The army troops inflicted heavy losses on the ISIL in the area of al-Fatah and killed nearly eight terrorists in their confrontation with the Takfiri group.
The Iraqi soldiers also gained major advances in the areas of Albu-Ajil and al-Dour, and managed to kill 30 terrorists and defuse 511 IEDs.
Some 30,000 Iraqi troops and thousands of allied Shiite and Sunni militias have been involved in a week-long operation to recapture Tikrit and other key towns and villages in the Northern part of Salahuddin province from the ISIL militants.
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