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    Tikrit (Arabic: تِكْرِيت Tikrīt [ˈtɪkriːt]) is a city in Iraq, located 140 kilometers (87 mi) northwest of Baghdad and 220 kilometers (140 mi) southeast...
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    The Second Battle of Tikrit was a battle in which Iraqi Security Forces recaptured the city of Tikrit (the provincial capital of the Saladin Governorate)...
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    perpetrated by ISIS on 12 June 2014, against unarmed Shia Iraqi cadets near Tikrit Air Academy, also known as Camp Speicher. As a result of ISIS seizing key...
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  • Battle of Tikrit may refer to: First Battle of Tikrit Second Battle of Tikrit Capture of Tikrit (1916) This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    The First Battle of Tikrit was fought for the Iraqi city of Tikrit following the city's capture by the Islamic State and Ba'athist Loyalists during the...
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  • (Slemani) ORSU ISU Sulaimaniyah International Airport Tikrit ORTK Tikrit East Airport Tikrit ORTS Tikrit South Airport Umm Qasr ORUQ Umm Qasr Airport Military...
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    "Battles – Capture of Tikrit, 1917". firstworldwar.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023. Yost, Russell (2023-07-24). "Capture of Tikrit in World War 1". The...
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  • Al-Awja (Arabic: العوجة) is a village 8 miles (13 km) south of Tikrit, Iraq on the western bank of the Tigris. It is mainly inhabited by Sunni Arabs. The...
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  • Tikrit University College of Medicine (TUCOM) is a government medical school in Tikrit, Iraq. It is part of the University of Tikrit. It was established...
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  • Tikrit East Airport – Tikrit ORTL (XNH) – Nasiriyah International Airport (formerly Tallil Air Base) – Nasiriyah ORTS – Tikrit South Airport – Tikrit...
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    Tikrit District (Arabic: قضاء تكريت) is a district of Saladin Governorate, Iraq. Its leading city is Tikrit. v t e...
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    200 people in 2003. It is made up of 8 districts, with the capital being Tikrit. Before 1976 the governorate was part of Baghdad Governorate. The governorate...
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    Ahudemmeh, also known as the Green Church, was a Syriac Orthodox church in Tikrit, Iraq. The church was destroyed by Islamic State militants on 25 September...
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    on Samarra on 4 June, followed by the seizure of Mosul on 10 June, and Tikrit on 11 June. As Iraqi government forces fled south on 13 June, Kurdistan...
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  • Tikrit (Akkar) (Arabic: تكريت) (also Tekrit) is a town in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. The population of Tikrit is mostly Greek Orthodox Christian or Sunni...
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    Tikrit University (Arabic: جامعة تكريت) is an Iraqi university located in Tikrit, Saladin Province, Iraq. It was established in 1987. It is one of the...
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    Iraqi Parliament blocked his efforts to do so. The cities of Baiji and Tikrit (Saddam Hussein's birthplace and stronghold) fell to ISIS and the group...
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    meeting Brigadier General Albert Bryant Jr. and deployed soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division, in Tikrit, Iraq, during his USO tour in September 2003...
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    collectively known as Saddamism. Saddam was born in the village of Al-Awja, near Tikrit in northern Iraq, to a Sunni Arab family. He joined the Ba'ath Party in...
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    officially known as the Tikrit Air Academy and formerly as Al Sahra Airfield (under Saddam Hussein) is an air installation near Tikrit in northern Iraq. The...
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    gallows. Saddam's body was returned to his birthplace of Al-Awja, near Tikrit, on 31 December and was buried near the graves of other family members....
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  • The 2011 Tikrit assault was an attack by the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) organization that took place in the city of Tikrit, Iraq, on 29 March 2011, while...
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    IS executed fifteen Iraqi security force members who were captured in Tikrit. According to CBS News, IS fighters armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled...
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    militias and Iraqi forces near the Al-Alaas oil fields in Hemreen east of Tikrit. The Shiite militant organization Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq has alleged that it...
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  • The Tikrit Museum is a museum located in Tikrit, Iraq. It was damaged during 2003 Iraq War. "Iraq - The cradle of civilization at risk". H-Museum. March...
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    lie near Baghdad (the southeast point), Ramadi (the southwest point) and Tikrit (the north point). Each side is approximately 125 kilometers (80 miles)...
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    2014 Fallujah N Aleppo Markada N Iraq (Jun) Mosul Salahuddin Baiji (Jun) Tikrit N Iraq (Aug) Kobanî Sinjar (Aug) Derna Ramadi Deir ez-Zor Baiji (14–15)...
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  • Marutha of Tikrit (Syriac: ܡܪܘܬܐ ܕܬܓܪܝܬ, Arabic: ماروثا التكريتي, Latin: Marutha Tagrithesis) was the Grand Metropolitan of the East and head of the Syriac...
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    cases of Saddam Hussein al Tikriti, meaning Saddam Hussein originated from Tikrit, a city in Iraq. This component of the name is called a nisbah. Estate names...
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    into Iraq in June 2014, which lead to the capture of the cities of Mosul, Tikrit and other cities in western and northern Iraq by the Islamic State. Between...
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