DefenceTalkMilitants have seized the Iraqi city of Tikrit as a militant offensive sweeps closer to Baghdad, prompting the UN Security Council to convene crisis talks Thursday, with the US said to be considering air strikes on the rebels. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) seized the second city of Mosul on Tuesday […]https://www.defencetalk.com/un-calls-crisis-talks-as-iraq-militants-advance-on-baghdad-59870/