Iraqi forces on Friday battled jihadists making what looked increasingly like a last stand in Tikrit but the Islamic State (ISIS) group responded by vowing to expand its "caliphate."
"We are surrounding the gunmen in the city center. We're advancing slowly due to the great number of IEDs (improvised explosive devices)," he told AFP on condition of anonymity. "We estimate there are 10,000 IEDs in the city," he said. (Read More)
