Iraq

President vows full support for Iraq’s anti-terror fight

Jul 11, 2016 12:36

President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic will always stand by the Iraqi government and nation in the fight against terrorism and help protect the holy shrines in Iraq.
US to deploy 560 more troops to Iraq: US defense secy.

Jul 11, 2016 12:30

US Defense Secretary Ash Carter says his country will send more troops to Iraq, claiming that the forces will help Baghdad in an upcoming operation aimed at retaking the key city of Mosul from Daesh Takfiri militants.
Pentagon chief arrives in Iraq to discuss ISIL

Jul 11, 2016 12:20

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has made an unannounced visit to Baghdad for talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi about the fight against the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group.
Iraqi airstrike kills senior member of Daesh

Jul 11, 2016 01:54

A high-ranking member of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group has been killed in an Iraqi airstrike in the Province of Salahuddin, north of the capital, Baghdad.
Top Shia figure: Iraq to free Mosul soon

Jul 11, 2016 01:16

Head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Ammar Hakim said the Arab country’s security forces are going to retake the entire regions now occupied by Daesh terrorist group, including northern city of Mosul.
Daesh lost 12% of territory in Iraq, Syria since 2016: IHS

Jul 10, 2016 15:35

The Daesh Takfiri terrorist group has lost 12 percent of the territory it already held in Syria and Iraq in the first half of 2016, a British think tank says.
Iraqis must stand united to defeat Daesh: Zarif

Jul 10, 2016 12:12

The Foreign Minister has called for a stronger unity among various Iraqi groups as the key to defeat the Takfiri terror groups wreaking havoc in the Arab state and elsewhere in the region.
Iran to continue advisory missions in Iraq, Syria: Official

Jul 10, 2016 12:10

Tehran will not give up its advisory support for Iraq and Syria until the full elimination of terror threats gripping the region, a senior Iranian official says.
Dozen PKK militants killed as Turkish jets hit SE Turkey, N Iraq

Jul 08, 2016 13:10

At least a dozen members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been killed after Turkish military aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes in the rural areas of the country’s southeastern province of Hakkari and Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
Iran condemns Iraq terror attack

Jul 08, 2016 13:04

Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned a recent deadly terrorist attack by the Takfiri terrorist group of Daesh in the vicinity of a holy shrine north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.