Iraq

Britain to send more troops to Iraq despite recent victories against Daesh

Sep 01, 2017 08:19

Britain is set to send more troops to Iraq with the purported aim of fighting Daesh terrorists, who have already lost their major bastions in the Arab state in the face of successful Iraqi army operations.
Iraq prime minister declares Tal Afar, Nineveh province free of Daesh

Aug 31, 2017 10:22

Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says the northern city of Tal Afar and the entire Nineveh province have been purged of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.
Iraqi Air Force jets kill nearly 100 Daesh terrorist in Anbar province

Aug 31, 2017 03:36

The Iraqi Air Force has killed at least 94 Daesh terrorists during extensive operations carried out in the western Anbar province.
Iraqi forces capture half of last Daesh redoubt in Tal Afar

Aug 30, 2017 13:54

Iraqi government forces have regained full control over half of the last remaining redoubt of Daesh Takfiri militants in Tal Afar as they are joined by volunteer fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units in a multi-pronged operation to liberate the northern city from the extremists.
Iraq , Jordan officially reopen vital trade route on border

Aug 30, 2017 13:54

Iraq and Jordan have finally allowed traffic through their single border crossing as officials watch the reopening of Trebil on the Jordanian side of the border.
Iran warns Iraq's Kirkuk decision to back Kurdish referendum provocative

Aug 30, 2017 13:42

Iran says a decision by councilors in the Iraqi province of Kirkuk to take part in next month’s independence referendum is a “provocative, wrong and unacceptable mistake.”
Jordan, Iraq set to reopen main border crossing after Daesh withdrawal

Aug 30, 2017 04:25

Jordan and Iraq are set to reopen their main border crossing after Iraqi forces recaptured a key highway connecting the two neighbors from Daesh Takfiri terrorists.
Iraq’s Kirkuk votes to take part in Kurdish independence referendum

Aug 30, 2017 02:33

The Provincial Council in Iraq’s ethnically mixed and oil-rich Northern Province of Kirkuk has voted to take part in late next month's Kurdish independence referendum irrespective of Baghdad government’s strong opposition to the planned vote.
Countdown begins for liberation of Iraq’s Tal Afar

Aug 29, 2017 11:23

Iraqi army soldiers, backed by allied fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units, are gradually entering al-Ayadiya district in Tal Afar to dislodge Daesh Takfiri terrorists from the northern city.
PKK says arrested two Turkish intelligence officers in Iraq

Aug 29, 2017 10:17

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group says it has arrested two Turkish intelligence officials, who were planning to assassinate one of its prominent leaders in Iraq.