Iraq

Iraqi PM rules out dismantling of Hashd al-Sha’abi

Aug 05, 2017 08:37

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has categorically ruled out the dismantling of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), commonly known as Hashd al-Sha’abi.
About 624 civilians killed in US-led strikes in Iraq, Syria: Report

Aug 04, 2017 13:59

A report released by the US-led coalition says its airstrikes against purported Daesh targets in Syria and Iraq have claimed the lives of at least 624 civilians since the start of the military campaign in 2014.
Iraqi troops unearth dozens of bodies in Anbar mass grave

Aug 04, 2017 11:28

Iraqi security officials say government forces have found a mass grave in the troubled western province of Anbar, containing the bodies of at least 40 people, who are believed to have been executed by Takfiri Daesh terrorists in 2015 when they were in control of the terrain.
New US-led airstrikes in northern Syria kill 8 civilians

Aug 04, 2017 11:27

At least eight people have been killed when the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group conducted a string of aerial attacks in Syria’s militant-held northern province of Raqqah.
253,000 civilians have returned to Mosul, Iraqi minister says

Aug 02, 2017 11:01

Iraq's Minister of Displacement and Migration Jassim Mohammed al-Jaaf says more than 250,000 internally displaced persons have returned to their homes in Mosul.
Iraqi VP: Referendum to harm Kurds

Aug 02, 2017 10:26

The Iraqi Vice-President, Nouri al-Maliki, warned of the consequences of a referendum on independence in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, stressing that it will first harm the Kurds
Iraq's Hashd al-Sha’abi forces liberate 17 villages southeast of Tal Afar

Aug 01, 2017 16:24

Iraqi fighters from Popular Mobilization Units have liberated more than a dozen villages near Tal Afar as pro-government forces and army soldiers work on a planned offensive to expel the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group out of its remaining urban strongholds in the country.
Upcoming Tal Afar battle simpler than Mosul's: Top Iraqi general

Jul 31, 2017 15:34

A high-ranking Iraqi military commander predicts a relatively easy victory for government forces in the forthcoming operation to retake the northern city of Tal Afar from the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group as the extremists are “worn out and demoralized.
Iran, Iraq reach deal over Kirkuk pipeline

Jul 31, 2017 02:32

Iran says it has reached an agreement with Iraq to construct a pipeline that would export crude oil from the northern Iraqi fields of Kirkuk via Iran.
Saudi Arabia attributes ‘false’ claim on Hajj to Qatar

Jul 31, 2017 00:44

The Saudi government has described as a “declaration of war” what it says are calls by Qatar for the “internationalization” of the Muslim Hajj pilgrimage sites in Saudi Arabia, a demand that Doha says it has not made.