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Bookmark or Share- Tikrit | Encyclopedia.comIraqi city on the Tigris River northwest of Baghdad, on the main road to Mosul. Tikrit (also Takrit) is located in north-central Iraq, some 100 miles north-northwest of Baghdad. The fortress around which the city was built was constructed by a Sassanid Persian king as a border post against the Byzantines.
- Tikrit - WikipediaTikrit (Arabic: تِكْرِيت Tikrīt [ˈtɪkriːt]) is a city in Iraq, located 140 kilometers (87 mi) northwest of Baghdad and 220 kilometers (140 mi) southeast of Mosul on the Tigris River. It is the administrative center of the Saladin Governorate. As of 2012, it had a population of approximately 160,000.
- Tikrit - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaTikrit sometimes known as Takrit or Tekrit, is a city in Iraq, located 140 kilometres (87 mi) northwest of Baghdad and 220 kilometres (140 mi) southeast of Mosul on the Tigris River. As of 2012, it has a population of 160,000. At least 80% majority of the people are Sunni.
- Tikrit: The Last Stronghold | PBS NewsHourIf Saddam or evidence of his remains aren't found in Baghdad Tikrit or Syria, how important is it for the administration, for this operation to have evidence of Saddam's whereabouts in order to...
- The Test in Tikrit | The New YorkerThe goal is to take back Tikrit, a city of a quarter million people, as the first step in recapturing the Sunni heartland. Without Tikrit, the campaign will have trouble forging north on the ...
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