The Sunni-stronghold of Tikrit has been captured by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), a day after Iraq’s second largest city Mosul was captured.
The city, the hometown of Saddam Hussain, fell after fierce clashes with Iraqi security forces.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki vowed to fight back against the armed group and said he will “cleanse Nineveh of the terrorists and those who helped them”.
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