伊拉克部隊努力收復提克里特

Iraqi troops and militia fighters continued their offensive against the Islamic State group near Tikrit on Tuesday, as they try to recapture the city that fell to the militants last June.

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Ground troops have been advancing on multiple fronts, but military commanders said their progress is being slowed by roadside bombs.

An estimated 30,000 members of Iraq's security forces, Shi'ite militias and Kurdish peshmerga fighters are taking part in the operation that also includes airstrikes from Iraq's air force.

A victory in Tikrit would be a geographic stepping stone for Iraqi forces to approach Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city that serves as a stronghold and nerve-center for the Islamic State group.

Tikrit is also the hometown of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, who was executed after his ouster in 2003.伊拉克部隊和民兵武裝星期二繼續對提克里特附近的伊斯蘭國組織發動攻勢，努力收復這個去年6月被激進分子佔領的城市。

地面部隊分多路進攻，但軍事指揮官說，路邊炸彈延緩了進攻速度。

參加這次行動的有大約3萬名伊拉克安全部隊、什葉派民兵和庫爾德武裝。伊拉克空軍也對目標展開了空襲行動。

特克里特的勝利將爲伊拉克部隊挺進摩蘇爾提供一個前沿陣地。摩蘇爾是伊拉克第二大城市，也是伊斯蘭國激進組織的大本營和指揮中心。

提克里特是2003年被廢黜並處死的伊拉克前獨裁者薩達姆·侯賽因的家鄉。