US role in campaign angered Shia militias, but Iraqi government forces still succeeded in expelling ISIL from Tikrit.
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With ISIL pushed from the countryside near Tikrit, many locals are returning to find their property destroyed.
The battle for Tikrit is crucial to win the war against ISIL.
Iraqi archaeologists say ISIL looted the museum before destroying it, but many artefacts were stored safely elsewhere.
![An ISIL militant uses a power tool to destroy a winged-bull Assyrian protective deity at the Ninevah Museum in Mosul, Iraq [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/5422550717034a37b2b15060e1a5cbdd_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Sunni politicians say they will reconsider parliamentary boycott if government agrees to create a Sunni fighting force.
Baghdad residents are celebrating the lifting of a night curfew imposed a decade ago during the Iraq War.
A proposed force to fight ISIL could pave the way for the country’s disintegration, Iraqi lawmakers warn.
Throughout 2014, more than two million Iraqis were forced to seek refuge in other areas of the country.
!['We are trapped here at the mercy of others. The place is crowded .... the children are always sick' [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2014122315751298734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Circumstances of battle have changed in favour of Iraqi troops since June, local security officials say.
![Iraq's Sunnis want a bigger role in the battle against ISIL [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/201412237144627734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Desperate for arms and military training to fight ISIL, Sunni tribes were considering Iranian assistance as an option.