Iraq

Iranian lawmaker slams Iraqi secession vote as ‘strategic mistake’

Oct 04, 2017 03:57

A senior Iranian lawmaker has denounced the recent Kurdish secession referendum in northern Iraq as a “strategic mistake,” warning that the plebiscite will pose a myriad of challenges to the Kurdish region.
Iran to increase cooperation with Iraq to confront separatism

Oct 03, 2017 11:27

Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami underlined that his country will boost cooperation with Iraq against any moves to disintegrate the country.
Iraq ex-president Jalal Talebani dies

Oct 03, 2017 11:24

Former Iraqi President Jalal Talebani has died in a Berlin hospital at the age of 83.
Mass grave of army, security personnel found south of Iraq's Hawijah

Oct 03, 2017 11:21

The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), locally known as Hashd al-Shaabi, and members of the Federal Police have discovered a mass grave south of Hawijah.
'Iran closes borders with Kurdistan to respect Baghdad sovereignty'

Oct 03, 2017 11:19

Iran's Government Spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht underlined that the country has closed its borders and airspace to the Iraqi Kurdistan region after the referendum to respect the Iraqi government's sovereignty.
Mideast caught in vicious cycle of arms purchasing: Turkey diplomat

Oct 03, 2017 09:22

Turkey says extremism and sectarianism in the Middle East region have plunged regional countries into a vicious circle of purchasing arms and military equipment.
Iran, Turkey back Iraq’s integrity, voice opposition to Kurdish referendum

Oct 02, 2017 13:25

The military brass of Iran and Turkey have voiced their opposition to the separation of Iraq’s Kurdish region and expressed support for the country’s territorial integrity.
Iraq's Hashd al-Sha’abi forces retake 18 villages near Hawijah

Oct 02, 2017 13:18

Iraqi fighters from Popular Mobilization Units have regained control over more than a dozen villages near town of Hawijah as they engage in joint military operations with army troops to purge Daesh Takfiri terrorists from their last bastion in the country’s oil-rich northern province of Kirkuk.
Iraqi Kurdish forces deport Arabs, Turkmens: Paper

Oct 02, 2017 13:14

Kurdish security forces known as Asayesh and Peshmerga fighters have deported scores of Arab and Turkmen families from Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk following last week’s referendum on secession.
FM calls for Kurdish talks with Baghdad

Oct 02, 2017 08:28

Iran says a recent controversial referendum in the northern Iraq runs counter to the Arab country’s constitution, calling on Kurdish authorities to negotiate with Baghdad regardless of the outcome of the vote.