Iraq

Iraqi Kurds mark Halabja chemical attack anniversary

Mar 17, 2018 03:12

Iraqi Kurds have staged events marking 30 years since a chemical attack by the former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, on the town of Halabja.
US military helicopter crashes in western Iraq

Mar 16, 2018 04:34

A US military helicopter, with seven service members on board, has crashed in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, US officials say.
Iraqi Kurdistan's airports reopen for intl. flights following PM's order

Mar 15, 2018 16:26

Airports in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq have been reopened to international air traffic.
Iraq's PM security detail commander killed in armed clash in Salahuddin province

Mar 14, 2018 04:09

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi security detail commander has been killed in firefight in the country's Northern Salahuddin Province.
Iraqi PM reopens Kurdistan airports to international flights

Mar 13, 2018 11:09

Iraq has ended a nearly six-month air blockade imposed on its Kurdistan after the semi-autonomous region held a controversial referendum on secession last September.
Daesh terrorists kill over dozen civilians, Hashd al-Sha’abi fighters in Iraq

Mar 12, 2018 10:57

Remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group have shot and killed more than a dozen civilians and pro-government fighters in two separate attacks amid ongoing counter-terrorism operations to purge the extremists from all parts of the war-battered Arab country.
Hashd al-Sha’abi inclusion in Iraq's security service helpful, says Abadi

Mar 10, 2018 14:02

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has defended his decree to formally incorporate pro-government fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) into the Arab country’s security service, stressing that such a move would help establish security and stability.
Senior Daesh figures still hiding in Mosul tunnels, Iraqi officials

Mar 09, 2018 15:11

Iraqi security officials have warned that the high-ranking members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist groups are still hiding in tunnels dug beneath the country’s strategic northern city of Mosul roughly a year after government troopers and allied fighters retook the area from the extremists.
Turkey, Iraq to carry out joint military ops against PKK in N. Iraq: Turkish FM

Mar 09, 2018 05:11

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says Ankara and Baghdad will carry out a joint military operation against members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group in the northern parts of the Arab country.
Hashd al-Sha’abi formally inducted into Iraq's security system

Mar 09, 2018 03:10

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has issued a decree, ordering the formal inclusion of pro-government fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) in the Arab country's security forces.