Sabah al-Noman

Iraq says town of Hit retaken from ISIL after weeks of fighting

Iraqi forces retook the town of Hit from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on April 14 after weeks of fighting, the military said, the latest in a series of losses for the jihadists.
 
"Units from the Counter-Terrorism Service completely liberated Hit," Iraq's Joint Operations Command said in a statement.