Iraq

Iraqi premier rejects army, allies plan attack on Kurdish Peshmerga forces

Oct 12, 2017 13:05

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has rejected an attack plan against the positions of Kurdish Peshmerga forces amid ongoing tensions between the central government in Baghdad and Kurdish authorities over the September 25 referendum.
At least 11 killed, 15 wound in bombing in Iraq’s Anbar Province

Oct 12, 2017 03:10

At least 11 civilians have been killed in a bomb explosion in the western Iraqi city of Hit in Anbar Province.
Iraqi court issues arrest warrants for Kurdish referendum organizers

Oct 11, 2017 16:46

A top Iraqi court has issued arrest warrants for the elections and referendum commission chairman of the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region and his two aides over the controversial September 25 referendum on Kurdish vote from the rest of the Iraqi territory.
Abadi says Daesh to be completely defeated in Iraq this year

Oct 11, 2017 03:42

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says the Daesh Takfiri terrorists group will be totally defeated in the Arab country until the end of the current year.
Iraqi warplanes kill 17 Daesh terrorists near Syria border

Oct 11, 2017 03:10

A high-ranking Iraqi military official says more than a dozen Daesh Takfiri terrorists were killed when Iraqi Air Force fighter jets bombarded their positions in the country’s troubled Western Province of Anbar near the border with Syria.
Hundreds of suspected Daesh terrorists surrender in Iraq

Oct 10, 2017 11:50

Several hundred suspected Daesh militants surrendered to local authorities after the militant group lost its last stronghold in northern Iraq.
Iraqi govt. to put Kurdistan-based mobile networks under control

Oct 09, 2017 14:25

The Iraqi government has decided to impose control over mobile phone operators in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and to relocate their headquarters to Baghdad as part of punitive measures taken in response to last month’s secession referendum in the region.
Iraqi army forces find Daesh mass grave west of Ramadi

Oct 09, 2017 11:48

Iraqi forces have found a mass grave in the country’s troubled western province of Anbar containing the remains of nearly two dozen Daesh Takfiri terrorists killed during heavy clashes with government forces and their allies during the campaign for the liberation of the strategic city of Ramadi.
Iraqi parliament speaker meets with Kurdish leader

Oct 08, 2017 11:18

The speaker of Iraq's parliament has met with Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani, two weeks after the Kurdistan region held a controversial referendum on secession from the mainland.
Iraq to prosecute 100 European Daesh members

Oct 08, 2017 09:25

Iraq is to prosecute at least 100 European Daesh terrorists, most of whom face the death penalty, says Belgium’s ambassador to the country.