Hundreds of people displaced from the Iraqi city of Tikrit have begun returning home.<br /> It’s three months since pro government forces recaptured former president Saddam Hussein’s home town from ISIL militants.<br /><br /> Largely deserted since then it’s not clear what conditions will be like for the 300 or so families when they arrive. <br /><br /> The local governor, Raid al-Jibouri Saladdin said that an exceptional effort is being made by Tikrit’s services department to restore the basics such as water, electricity and health . Security is also a priority in order to provide protection for the returning families.<br /><br /> Iraqi officials say they are concerned that ISIL militants could re-establish a presence in places from which they have been driven out by infiltrating the return population.<br /><br /> But failure to resettle strengthens ISIL’s narrative that Iraqi Sunnis are better off under their rule than that of the Shi’ite-led government or Kurdish forces.<br /><br /> Other towns in eastern Iraq remain empty, months afte
