BEIRUT (Sputnik) – Islamic State (ISIL) militants executed 11 commanders who fled the Iraqi city of Tikrit after government forces launched a major offensive, Lebanon's Al Mayadeen TV channel reported Wednesday.
Over the past 24 hours, around 150 ISIL extremists, including commanders, reportedly left Tikrit, the birthplace of late dictator Saddam Hussein and a stronghold of the group. Iraqi forces managed to take eastern and southern parts of the town under control.
