The Iraqi army parade: Tikrit would finally fell

Is Tikrit free of jihadists?

If one believes the joy of these Iraqi soldiers, the city is now under control. There would, however, according to the Iraqi interior minister, a neighborhood, Qadissiya, which would still be in control of the Islamic State fighters.

"We liberated Tikrit"

The army could count again on the crucial support of Shiite militias sent by Iran, and who had stopped their offensive against Tikrit because of American air raids on the town.

In the city it is still necessary to defuse many explosive devices and booby traps left behind by the Islamic State. It is they who had led to the interruption of the operation of government forces.

Next goal now Nineveh province, further north, the chief town, Mosul, is the stronghold of the Islamic State.