Iraq

  • Daesh terrorists launch chemical attack on eastern Mosul: Cmdr.

    Daesh terrorists launch chemical attack on eastern Mosul: Cmdr.

    Mar 03, 2017 01:23

    A high-ranking Iraqi military commander says Takfiri Daesh terrorists have used internationally-banned chemical weapons in a recent attack on the liberated areas in eastern Mosul as government forces and their allies are pushing to expel the extremists out of the country’s second largest city.

  • Iraqi army force thwart Daesh assault in western Mosul

    Iraqi army force thwart Daesh assault in western Mosul

    Mar 02, 2017 10:04

    Iraqi government forces have frustrated an attack by Takfiri Daesh terrorists in Mosul as they press ahead with their operation to drive the terrorists out of their last urban stronghold in the Arab state.

  • Iraqi forces regain control over main road out of Mosul

    Iraqi forces regain control over main road out of Mosul

    Mar 01, 2017 11:14

    Iraqi government forces have managed to establish full control over the last main exit out of the northern city of Mosul amid a new joint operation with allied Popular Mobilization Units to drive the extremists out of their last urban stronghold in the country.

  • Trump to remove Iraq from Muslim ban: US officials

    Trump to remove Iraq from Muslim ban: US officials

    Mar 01, 2017 11:00

    US President Donald Trump plans to remove Iraq’s name from the list of the Muslim countries included in his controversial entry ban, American officials say.

  • At least 8,000 civilians displaced by fighting in west Mosul

    At least 8,000 civilians displaced by fighting in west Mosul

    Mar 01, 2017 05:37

    The United Nations says some 8,000 people have fled west Mosul since Iraqi forces launched their operations to rid that part of the city from Daesh terrorists.

  • Iraqi troops make headway against Daesh in western Mosul

    Iraqi troops make headway against Daesh in western Mosul

    Feb 28, 2017 11:47

    Iraqi government soldiers and their allied forces have made more achievements in their push to take back the western flank of the strategic northern city of Mosul from Takfiri Daesh terrorists.

  • No real change in Saudi stance in support of terrorists: Shamkhani

    No real change in Saudi stance in support of terrorists: Shamkhani

    Feb 27, 2017 13:47

    A senior Iranian official has highlighted the key Saudi role in founding and sponsoring terrorist groups, saying Riyadh has failed to truly mend its ways.

  • Iraqi forces retake key bridge in western Mosul

    Iraqi forces retake key bridge in western Mosul

    Feb 27, 2017 11:33

    Iraqi security forces have managed to take control of a key bridge and a neighborhood as they push further into western Mosul, the last major urban stronghold of Daesh terrorists in the country.

  • Largest mass grave with bodies of 4,000 people found in Iraq

    Largest mass grave with bodies of 4,000 people found in Iraq

    Feb 26, 2017 16:36

    A mass grave believed to contain the bodies of thousands of Iraqi security personnel killed at the hands of the Daesh Takfiri militants has been discovered not far from the strategic northern city of Mosul, where government forces and their allies are engaged in the last phase of an operation to drive the extremists out of their last major stronghold in the country.

  • Iraqi forces gain control of two more neighborhoods in western Mosul

    Iraqi forces gain control of two more neighborhoods in western Mosul

    Feb 26, 2017 14:03

    Iraqi government forces have regained control of two neighborhoods in the western part of Mosul in a new phase of joint operations with allied fighters from Popular Mobilization Units to push Daesh Takfiri terrorists out of their last urban stronghold in the country.