Top US general: Iran, Shia militia not in Tikrit fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. general for the Middle East says Iranian forces and Shia militia groups have left the fight and pulled back from Tikrit, as U.S. airstrikes were launched Wednesday to support Iraqi forces and try to take back the Islamic State-held city. Gen. Lloyd Austin is telling the Senate Armed Services Committee that the U.S. agreed to come in with airstrikes under the condition that the militias pull back. He says there are about 4,000 Iraqi forces, commandos and police battling for the city. He says the campaign being ...
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