Alwaght-Iraq's army, backed by volunteer forces, has recaptured two areas from the ISIS Takfiri militants in the western and northern parts of the Iraqi city of Tikrit .
According to reports on Monday, the Iraqi army along with Shia forces flushed out the Takfiri militants from al-Teen in the northern part and albu Abid in the western part of the Iraqi city Sunday night .
They used heavy artillery, mortars, tanks, and short-range missiles during intensified clashes over the town of Dour that is still under the control of the ISIS terrorists .
The joint forces are reportedly tightening the noose around the Takfiri militants .
Over 27,000 Iraqi soldiers and Shia volunteers launched a massive operation from three directions on Sunday to liberate Tikrit, the hometown of Iraq’s executed dictator Saddam Hussein, from ISIS Takfiri terrorists .
"I call upon those who have been misled or committed a mistake to lay down arms and join their people and security forces in order to liberate their cities,'' Iraqi Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief Haider al-Abadi said during a news conference in Samarra, another key city in Salahuddin which is located 95 kilometers (60 miles) north of the capital, Baghdad .
Abadi traveled to Samarra to "supervise the operation to liberate Tikrit from the terrorist gangs,” the premier’s office said in a statement .
The Iraqi military backed by volunteer forces has been fighting against the ISIS terrorists in Salahuddin since mid-2014 .
