article_snippet: Soldiers on the ground have had to pause Soldiers on the ground charge through the northern city of Kirkuk as Soldiers on the ground wait for reinforcements.
article_snippet: ISIS is also on the back foot in northern Iraq where militia forces and Kurdish peshmerga  stepped up militia forces and Kurdish peshmerga   offensive on Tikrit on Friday.
article_snippet: militia forces and Kurdish peshmerga   began attacking the militants' positions near Tikrit on Monday and have since retaken territory and a number of villages to the south-west.
article_snippet: Kurdish commanders said Kurdish commanders faced weak resistance but were held up by home-made bombs the extremists laid in Tikrit before retreating to the extremists laid in the city stronghold of Hawijah.
article_snippet: Aggressive: ISIS is also on the back foot in northern Iraq where militia forces and Kurdish peshmerga stepped up militia forces and Kurdish peshmerga offensive on Tikrit (pictured) on Friday .
article_snippet: Charge: Kurdish commanders said Kurdish commanders faced weak resistance but Kurdish commanders forces (pictured with a captured ISIS flag) were held up by home-made bombs the extremists laid in the city .
highlights_snippet: Kurdish peshmerga have ISIS 'on the back foot' in oil-rich Iraqi city Kirkuk .