Iraq

Four Daesh commanders killed in Iraq's Kirkuk, 2 villages freed in Anbar

Apr 30, 2016 00:55

Four Daesh commanders have been slain in airstrikes carried out by the Iraqi Air Force in the country’s Northern Province of Kirkuk.
Iraqi forces thwart terrorist attacks south of Mosul

Apr 29, 2016 14:08

Nearly one hundred members of the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group have been slain when Iraqi security forces foiled two separate attacks by the terrorists against two villages in Iraq’s troubled northern province of Nineveh.
Daesh using Iraqis as human shields in Mosul: Witnesses

Apr 29, 2016 04:49

Daesh terrorists are using civilians as human shields in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul amid a major army offensive to liberate the strategic city from the Takfiri group, witnesses say.
Iraq bans Al Jazeera news network over violation of guidelines

Apr 28, 2016 04:28

Iraqi officials have revoked the operating license of the Qatar-based Al Jazeera news network and closed its bureau in the capital, Baghdad, over its violation of government guidelines.
Iraqi Kurds, volunteer forces agree to withdraw from northern town

Apr 28, 2016 01:10

Kurdish Peshmerga forces and volunteer fighters with the Popular Mobilization force have agreed to pull out from a northern Iraqi town that has been the scene of sporadic clashes over the past week.
Iraqi forces liberate Nineveh village, kill 200 Daesh terrorists

Apr 27, 2016 15:20

Iraqi security forces, backed by the country’s warplanes, have managed to purge a strategic village in Nineveh Province of the Daesh terrorist group, leaving at least 200 terrorists dead.
Blast kills terrorist commander in Syria's Idlib

Apr 27, 2016 15:12

A commander of a brigade affiliated with the Ahrar al-Sham terrorist group has been killed in a blast that targeted his vehicle in northwestern Syria.
Iraq replaces 6 ministers in contested cabinet reshuffle

Apr 27, 2016 03:33

The Iraqi parliament has finally endorsed six new ministers proposed under a cabinet reshuffle plan by Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi despite attempts by dozens of deputies opposed to changes to block the chamber meeting.
Iraqi forces arrive in Daesh last base in western Heet

Apr 26, 2016 08:59

The Iraqi army continued their advances in Anbar Province and managed to enter a strategic area in the western part of the city of Heet on Tuesday after several days of clashes with the Takfiri terrorists.
About 11 killed in a car bomb explosion in Iraqi capital

Apr 25, 2016 11:26

At least 11 people have been killed in a major car bomb east of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.