article_snippet: Security and allied forces, backed by U.S.-led coalition aircraft retook the hometown of former president Saddam Hussein and Iraqi tricolour was raised.
article_snippet: The provincial government headquarters was retaken on Monday, and on Tuesday the Iraqi tricolour replaced the black ISIS flag on the building.
article_snippet: Raising the black ISIS flag: A member of the Iraqi security forces holds an Iraqi flag during the operation .
article_snippet: Iraqi security forces and allied Shiite militias celebrate and hold an ISIS flag Iraqi security forces and allied Shiite militias captured in Tikri .
article_snippet: Security and allied forces, backed by U.S.-led coalition aircraft retook Tikrit - the hometown of former president Saddam Hussein - and
article_snippet: the Iraqi tricolour was raised .
highlights_snippet: Iraqi tricolour replaced the black ISIS flag on Provincial government HQ .