Iraqi Army Retreats From Saddam's Hometown As Assault On ISIS Falters

Insurgents brought down an army helicopter over the northern city of Tikrit on Sunday as the military sent in tanks to try to dislodge them on second day of a major pushback against a Sunni militant takeover of large stretches of Iraq. The army retreated to the south, BBC reports, striking a blow to the first major offensive to counter an Sunni insurgency led by extremist ISIS militants. The clashes are ongoing. Iraqi forces are bolstered by Iranian-trained militias. Meanwhile in Baghdad, threa...