Sentences with phrase «recapture key cities»

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But in the campaign to recapture the northern Iraq city of Tikrit, where Canada hasn't been directly involved, a key element in Iraq's ability to push back Islamic State extremists has been the battlefield effectiveness of Shia militias led by Iranian military officers.

ISIS leaves Mosul Museum in ruins Following the Iraqi army's recapture of key sites in Mosul earlier this week, CBS News reports that the city's antiquities museum has been left in «ruins».