Search results
Tikrit (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.
Tikrīt, city, capital of Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn muḥāfaẓah (governorate), north-central Iraq. It lies on the west bank of the Tigris River about 100 miles (160 km) northwest of Baghdad. In the 10th century Tikrīt had a noted fortress and was home to a large Christian monastery. Its wealth at that time derived.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mar 13, 2015 · BBC Monitoring. The Iraqi city of Tikrit - currently at the centre of a military operation aimed at driving out Islamic State jihadists - is known as the birthplace of two famous leaders....
People also ask
Where is Tikrit located?
Is Tikrit a Sunni city?
Why is Tikrit a symbol of Iraq?
Is Tikrit a test of Iraq's future?
Mar 9, 2015 · Tikrit, the city on the Tigris ninety miles north of Baghdad, has long served as a symbol of Iraq’s ancient past. More recently, Saddam Hussein was born in one of its suburbs, and he was...
- Robin Wright
Mar 14, 2023 · Simona Foltyn in Tikrit. Tue 14 Mar 2023 01.00 EDT. P erched on a cliff above the Tigris River, Saddam Hussein’s half-destroyed palaces loom over his home town of Tikrit, the deserted grounds...
- Simona Foltyn
Feb 17, 2023 · 16:46. REVISITED © FRANCE 24. By: Lucile WASSERMANN. It has been 20 years since the United States and its allies invaded Iraq in their “war on terror” amid claims that the country’s dictator,...
