Iraq

Iraq's prime minister visits troops in Mosul airport

Mar 07, 2017 11:42

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has paid an unannounced visit to troops deployed in the north of the country amid a fierce battle to recapture the second largest city of Mosul.
‘Turkey, Russia, US military chiefs meet in Turkish city’

Mar 07, 2017 08:17

The Turkish army says its chief of the general staff has met with his Russian and American counterparts in Turkey, discussing the situation in Iraq and Syria among other things.
‘Iraqi elite forces retake government building in Mosul’

Mar 07, 2017 05:39

Iraqi special forces have reportedly reclaimed the government’s headquarters in the northern city of Mosul, the last urban area controlled by Daesh in Iraq.
Trump expected to sign new executive order on travel ban

Mar 06, 2017 16:53

US President Donald Trump will exclude Iraq from the list of Muslim countries targeted in a travel ban when he signs a revised executive order as part of his promised overhaul of the nation’s immigration and refugee policies, according to a White House official.
About 200k civilians displaced since Mosul operation started: IOM

Mar 06, 2017 04:40

A high-profile NGO says more than 200,000 civilians have been displaced since the onset of the operation to liberate the northern Iraqi city of Mosul from Takfiri Daesh terrorists.
Iraqi forces launch fresh push in western Mosul battle

Mar 05, 2017 13:12

Iraqi forces have started a new push toward Mosul's old city center as they press ahead with their operation to purge the western bank of the Tigris River of Daesh terrorists.
Mosul chemical attack believed to be carried out by Daesh amounts to war crime: UN

Mar 05, 2017 04:10

The UN says the recent chemical attack in Mosul, believed to be the first by the Daesh terrorist group in the northern Iraqi city, could amount to a war crime.
Spokesman: Hashd Al-Sha'abi ready to kick off new liberation phase in Iraq

Mar 04, 2017 13:23

Iraqi Volunteer Forces Spokesman Ahmad al-Assadi voiced Hashd al-Sha'abi's readiness to start fresh military operations to seize back all regions to the West of the city of Mosul in Nineveh Province.
14 civilians killed in US-led coalition airstrikes in Mosul

Mar 04, 2017 09:36

More than a dozen Iraqi civilians have lost their lives in the US-led coalition airstrikes in the eastern part of Mosul, which was cleared of Daesh terrorists by Iraq’s armed forces in January.
Iraqi forces regain control of another western Mosul neighborhood

Mar 03, 2017 15:55

Iraqi government forces have managed to liberate another neighborhood in Mosul from the clutches of the Daesh Takfiri terrorists as they try to push the extremists out of their last urban stronghold in the country.