Iraq

Iraqi army soldiers, allies kill 14 Daesh bombers in Diyala

Sep 09, 2017 13:01

Iraqi army troops, backed by allied fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units, have launched a counter-terrorism operation to hunt down Daesh Takfiri terrorists in the country’s eastern province of Diyala, killing more than a dozen extremists in the process.
Iraqi troops find dozens of bodies in mass grave near Tal Afar

Sep 08, 2017 10:07

Iraqi forces have reportedly found a mass grave in an area northwest of Tal Afar containing the bodies of at least 50 people who were slain by Daesh Takfiri terrorists as government forces, backed by volunteer fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units, were engaged in a multi-pronged operation to liberate the northern city from the extremists.
Iraqi MP slams KRG over decision to open voting office in Kirkuk

Sep 08, 2017 00:31

Iraqi Legislator and Deputy President of the Iraqi Turkmen Front, Hasan Turan, has strongly condemned a recent decision by the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region to establish an election office in the northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk ahead of an independence referendum due this month.
Iraqi army, allies to retake Hawijah from Daesh terrorists soon: Abadi

Sep 07, 2017 03:13

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says army troops, backed by allied Kurdish forces, will soon launch a multi-pronged operation to liberate Hawijah town in the oil-rich northern province of Kirkuk from Daesh Takfiri terrorists.
2 Iraqi Kurdish parties call for postponement of independence referendum

Sep 05, 2017 01:50

Two major Iraqi Kurdish parties have called on authorities in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region to delay the forthcoming independence referendum in a bid to save a part of the salaries of civil servants and improve the living conditions of ordinary people.
Daesh terrorist commanders slain by locals in Hawijah

Sep 04, 2017 13:41

Local residents of Hawijah have reportedly attacked a gathering of Daesh Takfiri terrorists and killed a number of high-ranking militant commanders as government forces are preparing to retake the town in the oil-rich northern province of Kirkuk from the extremists.
Iraqi forces nab over 250 Daesh terrorists hidden among refugees

Sep 03, 2017 12:27

Iraqi security forces have arrested more than 250 Daesh infiltrators, who had disguised themselves as civilians and slipped out of Tal Afar in the wake of a joint multi-pronged operation by government troops and allied fighters to push the Takfiri terrorists out of the northern city.
Daesh bomb attack on Iraq power plant kills 7, injures 12

Sep 02, 2017 14:49

An Iraqi security official says at least seven people have lost their lives and a dozen others sustained injuries when Daesh Takfiri terrorists carried out a bomb attack against a power plant north of the capital Baghdad.
US-led coalition says 61 Iraqi, Syrian civilians killed in its fresh strikes

Sep 01, 2017 12:50

The US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group claims that dozens of people have lost their lives as a result of fresh aerial attacks by the military alliance against alleged militant positions in Iraq and neighboring Syria.
Iraqi forces, allies poised to launch Hawija operation

Sep 01, 2017 08:46

An Iraqi military official says government forces, backed by allied fighters from Popular Mobilization Units, are preparing to launch a major military operation aimed at liberating the town of Hawija in the oil-rich northern province of Kirkuk from Daesh Takfiri terrorists anytime soon.