Iraq

Protesters storm Iraqi Kurdistan's parl. as Barzani resigns

Oct 29, 2017 14:01

Angry demonstrators, some carrying clubs, have reportedly stormed the parliament of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region in the region’s capital city of Erbil as the Kurdish lawmakers approved a request by president of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government, Massoud Barzani, to step down early next month.
Iraqi army seizes control over 40 oil wells in northwestern Nineveh

Oct 29, 2017 13:33

Iraqi army troops have taken control over 40 oil wells West of Mosul city, an army officer reported on Sunday, adding that the wells were previously under the control of Masood Barzani's fighters.
Wahhabism ideology inspiring terrorism in region: Iraqi commander

Oct 28, 2017 14:13

A high-ranking commander of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units says Daesh and other terrorist groups in the region are influenced by Wahhabism, Saudi Arabia’s official radical ideology.
US calls counter-terrorism Iraqi forces ‘terrorists’

Oct 28, 2017 09:33

As an official branch of the Iraqi armed forces, the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also known by its Arabic name Hashd al-Sha’abi, has been a bulwark against Daesh terrorism in Iraq soon after the terrorist group launched an offensive in the Arab country in 2014.
No bargain over defensive issues: Friday Prayer Leader

Oct 27, 2017 14:41

Tehran's interim Friday Prayer Leader, Ayatollah Mohammad Emami-Kashani said that US is fighting with the thoughts, ideology, and feelings of the Iranian nation.
Disintegrating Iraq, Syria terrorists’ 2nd plot

Oct 27, 2017 14:37

Parliament's General Director for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told the visiting Syrian Deputy FM Mekdad, that disintegration is still the top priority of US for the region.
Army forces advancing into last den of Daesh in Iraq: Prime minister

Oct 27, 2017 02:10

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says his country's “heroic legions” are advancing into the "last den" of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the Arab country and will liberate the few remaining towns and villages from the grips of the terror outfit soon.
UN Security Council reaffirms support for Iraq’s integrity after Kurdish vote

Oct 27, 2017 02:06

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has "reaffirmed" support for Iraq's territorial integrity amid tensions between the central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in the wake of a highly controversial referendum the semi-autonomous region held last month in open defiance of Baghdad.
Iraqis’ resistance against terror increased their power: Larijani

Oct 26, 2017 16:49

Parliament Speaker of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Larijani, says the Iraqi people’s battle against terrorists has made them stronger and proved to the world that nobody can take any aggressive action against their country.
Kurdistan’s offer to freeze referendum result will not redress damage: Turkey

Oct 26, 2017 13:56

Turkish authorities say an offer by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to freeze the results of last month’s independence referendum is not enough, saying the move would not compensate for the damage caused by the controversial vote.