Iraqi forces retook two villages in Anbar on Monday as part of their operations against the ISIS group in the western province, security officials said.
Fighting between the ISIS militants and the Iraqi army assisted by the Shiite militiamen, continued in Iraq's western Anbar province on Saturday.
The Iraqi Ministry of Defence released images on Wednesday saying Iraqi troops targeting ISIS position on the outskirts of Tikrit.
A video released by the Iraqi Defence Ministry shows troops battling ISIS group terrorist in front line of northern Iraqi city of Tikrit.
Car bombs targeting a crowded market and Shiite militia checkpoints north of Iraq's capital killed 27 people Saturday, authorities said.
The countdown to the liberation of Tikrit from the ISIS is already under way, the Iraqi military official who heads the operation told Asharq Al-Awsat.