KABUL: (Middle East Press) An airstrike has killed more than 50 ISIS militants which targeted their meeting in the north of Ramadi, the operations command of al-Anbar province said on Monday.
The Anbar command of the Iraqi military said that those killed included foreign militants with senior command posts within ISIS.
The Iraqi armed forces said they need the help of international air force to extricate ISIS militants from Tikrit as the campaign to retake Saddam Hussein’s home city stalled for a fourth day due to homemade bombs and booby traps.
Iraqi security forces and mainly Shi’ite militia pushed into Tikrit last week but have struggled to advance against the militants who are holed up in a vast complex of palaces built when Saddam was in power.
Government forces are in control of the northern Qadisiya district as well as the southern and western outskirts of the city, trapping the militants in an area bounded by the river that runs through Tikrit.
