Iraq

Iraqi army forces pause Mosul operation for civilian protection

Mar 25, 2017 12:30

Iraqi government forces, backed by fighters from allied Popular Mobilization Units, have ceased their joint operations to flush Takfiri Daesh militants out of their last urban stronghold in the conflict-ridden country over the high rate of civilian casualties.
UN deeply concerned over US-led airstrikes on Mosul

Mar 25, 2017 08:51

The United Nations has expressed deep concerns over reports that more than 200 people lost their lives in two airstrikes by the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul earlier this week.
Iraqi forces take control over Daesh command center in western Mosul

Mar 24, 2017 14:42

Iraqi government forces have managed to establish complete control over a command center run by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in central Mosul as the country's armed forces battle to recapture the country’s second largest city and drive the extremists out of their last urban stronghold in Iraq.
Over 230 killed under rubble after ‘US-led raid’ in Mosul

Mar 24, 2017 03:48

Hundreds of civilians, mostly women and children, have been killed under collapsed buildings in the Iraqi city of Mosul after a reported US-led airstrike triggered a massive explosion in a residential neighborhood last week.
Hashd al-Sha’abi begins aid delivery to liberated Mosul areas

Mar 23, 2017 08:42

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, have begun delivering humanitarian aid to the Mosul districts recaptured from Daesh terrorists, as government forces push deeper into the city’s western half.
Daesh executed hundreds of detainees, buried bodies in Mosul mass grave: HRW

Mar 22, 2017 07:37

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Daesh terrorist group has executed possibly hundreds of detainees in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul and buried them in a mass grave that could be the largest one discovered in the country so far.
Iran, Iraq to lead Middle East oil growth

Mar 22, 2017 03:44

Speculations are growing that oil field development plans in Iran and Iraq would drive the largest production growth in the Middle East over the next four years.
Iraqi forces gain more ground against Daesh terrorists in Mosul

Mar 22, 2017 03:12

Iraqi government forces have made more territorial gains in Mosul as they are battling in joint operations with allied fighters to flush Daesh Takfiri militants out of their last urban stronghold in the crisis-hit Arab country.
Trump takes chance to question Iran deal amid Abadi’s visit

Mar 21, 2017 04:55

US President Donald Trump has questioned the Iran nuclear deal amid a visit by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.
Car bomb attack kills at least 23, injures dozens in Iraq’s capital

Mar 21, 2017 04:55

At least 23 people have been killed and 45 others injured in a car bomb blast in the west of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.