Although no group claims responsibility for the Tikrit attack that killed more than 50 people, the U.S. says it has all the hallmarks of al Qaeda. Video courtesy of Reuters and photo courtesy of AP.

US troops moved into Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit yesterday as a senior defence official in Wahington declared that "the major combat operations are over". US warplanes and helicopters ...

Iraqi forces closed in on the key Islamic State (Daesh) stronghold of Tikrit Tuesday, their progress slowed by jihadist snipers and booby traps, on the second day of Baghdad's largest operation ...