-
Turkey made no coordination with Iraq for military op in Kurdistan region: Foreign ministry
Jul 24, 2020 03:32The Iraqi Foreign Ministry has vehemently condemned an ongoing Turkish operation in the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region against hideouts of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group, saying the cross-border offensive is being carried out without any coordination with the Baghdad government.
-
Iraqi Kurdistan no staging ground for anti-Iran attacks: Barzani
Jul 20, 2020 01:02Senior Kurdish political leader Masoud Barzani has given Iran an assurance that the Iraqi Kurdistan region will never be used to threaten the Islamic Republic’s interests.
-
Iraq summons Turkish ambassador over deadly strikes in Kurdistan region
Jun 16, 2020 11:41Iraq’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Turkish ambassador over recent deadly airstrikes carried out by Ankara against the purported strongholds of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group in the country’s northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
-
Iran Intelligence Ministry busts two terrorist groups, confiscates their arms cache
May 07, 2020 01:16The Iranian Intelligence Ministry says it has dismantled two terrorist groups in the west and northwest of the country and confiscated a cache of arms from them.
-
Iran’s IRGC forces kill several terrorists in Western Kordestan Province
May 06, 2020 00:48A number of terrorists have been killed as forces with Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) carried out a security operation in the Western Province of Kordestan, which borders Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
-
Iraqi Kurdistan and Iran border partially reopens for trade
May 04, 2020 00:28Trucks lined up at the Iraqi Kurdistan and Iranian border as it partially reopened for trade on Sunday (May 3), months after it was shut to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
-
IRGC to receive new ‘Fotros’ drones with 2,000 km range
Apr 27, 2020 00:27Commander of the IRGC Ground Force’s Drone Division has said that the force will receive new Fotros drones enjoying an operational range of 2,000 kilometers in the near future.
-
Iraq summons Turkish envoy to protest deadly airstrike in Kurdistan region
Apr 17, 2020 01:18Iraq's Foreign Ministry has summoned the Turkish ambassador to Baghdad to protest Ankara’s latest deadly aerial raid on a refugee camp in the Arab country's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
-
Turkey’s deadly drone strike on Iraqi refugee camp draws angry reactions
Apr 16, 2020 09:38Turkey has launched a deadly drone strike on a refugee camp in Iraq’s northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, drawing angry reactions from Iraqi politicians of different factions, who censured the attack as a violation of West Asian country’s sovereignty.
-
IRGC: Operation in Iraq start of more strikes against US across region
Jan 09, 2020 14:37Commander of the Aerospace Division of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has described the IRGC’s recent revenge strikes targeting the US’ Ain al-Assad airbase in western Iraq as only “the starting point of a great operation,” which will grow in sphere to cover the entire region.