SHAFAQNA – Iraq‘s PM Abadi announces the liberation of Tikrit. Iraqi flag has been raised on provincial government building as announced in Aliraqiyah TV .Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said security forces already have retaken neighborhoods on the southern and western edges of Saddam Hussein’s hometown and are moving to control the entire city. But Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi, the commander of the Salahuddin operation