Iraq

Blast kills 3 Peshmerga fighters in Iraq’s Kirkuk

Sep 24, 2017 01:36

At least three Kurdish Peshmerga fighters have been killed in a bomb blast in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
Iraqi forces retake 3 more villages from Daesh near Hawijah

Sep 23, 2017 11:47

Iraqi government forces, backed by fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units, have retaken control over three villages from Daesh Takfiri terrorists as part of a multi-pronged offensive to dislodge the extremists from their stronghold in the northern city of Hawijah and surrounding areas.
Iraqi Kurdistan vote poses direct threat to Turkish national security: Turkey

Sep 23, 2017 08:24

Turkey’s top security body says an independence referendum planned by Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region “directly” threatens Turkish national security.
Iran reiterates opposition to Kurdish referendum

Sep 23, 2017 02:45

A senior Iranian official has expressed the Islamic Republic’s opposition to an upcoming referendum for independence by Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, saying that Tehran supports the Arab country’s territorial integrity.
Iraqi army, allies further advance in offensive to retake Daesh-held Hawijah

Sep 22, 2017 12:18

Iraqi government forces have recaptured more than a dozen other villages near Hawijah as they successfully carry out the second phase of a joint operation with allied fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units to push Daesh Takfiri terrorists out of the strategic town in the country’s oil-rich northern province of Kirkuk.
We’ll celebrate fall of Daesh in 2 months: General Soleimani

Sep 22, 2017 11:59

A senior general with Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the Takfiri Daesh terror group will be uprooted in two months.
UNSC warns Iraqi Kurds against independence referendum

Sep 22, 2017 02:56

The UN Security Council has warned that a secession referendum planned to be held in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region next week is potentially “destabilizing” and threatens the ongoing war against Daesh terrorists.
UN votes for resolution to probe Daesh war crimes in Iraq

Sep 22, 2017 02:26

The United Nations Security Council has voted for a resolution that authorizes an investigation team to collect evidence on the atrocities committed by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Iraq.
Iraqi forces liberate 11 villages from Daesh near Hawijah

Sep 21, 2017 08:50

Iraqi government forces have managed to seize back nearly a dozen villages near Hawijah as they are battling Daesh Takfiri terrorists in joint operations with allied fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units to push the terrorists out of the northern town.
Iraq launches offensive to liberate northern Hawijah from Daesh

Sep 21, 2017 08:31

Iraqi armed forces have launched a massive offensive to liberate the town of Hawijah in the oil-rich northern province of Kirkuk, one of the last remaining Daesh bastions in the Arab country.