Iraq

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.
Iraq to Saudi Arabia: End silence on Turkey incursion

Feb 26, 2017 08:55

Iraq has asked Saudi Arabia to break its silence on the presence of Turkish troops on its soil as the kingdom's hawkish foreign minister visits Baghdad to bring rocky relations out of a long freeze.
Iraqi forces, allies make new gains in west Mosul battle

Feb 26, 2017 03:49

Iraqi forces make further gains against the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in western Mosul as tens of thousands of fighters are punching through the defenses of the extremists to expel them from their last major urban stronghold in the country.
Saudi foreign minister makes rare visit to Iraq amid frosty ties

Feb 25, 2017 13:08

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has made a rare visit to Baghdad as the first by a high-ranking Saudi official since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Iraqi jets strike Daesh positions in Syria: Premier Abadi

Feb 24, 2017 14:40

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says Iraqi fighter jets have pounded the positions of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Syria.
Iraqi forces enter first residential neighborhood in west Mosul

Feb 24, 2017 10:55

Iraqi armed forces are pushing deeper in the western Daesh-held half of Mosul, entering the first residential neighborhood in the area in yet another blow to the terror group in its last urban stronghold in the Arab state.
Iraqi police forces launch operation to liberate Mosul airport

Feb 23, 2017 05:24

Iraqi forces have mounted a major military operation to retake the strategic terrorist-held airport in the northern city of Mosul days after they began a new phase of the battle to drive the Daesh terror group out of its last urban stronghold in the Arab county.
Issue of Palestine still alive: Iraq’s Parliament Speaker

Feb 22, 2017 16:26

Speaker of Iraq’s Parliament Salim al-Jabouri said the ongoing international conference in support of the Palestinian Intifada (uprising) in Tehran indicates that the issue of Palestine is alive.
Civilian casualties reported as US-backed militants enter Syria’s Dayr al-Zawr

Feb 22, 2017 05:38

At least 11 civilians have been killed as US-backed militants make their first major incursion into the Syrian province of Dayr al-Zawr.
Iraq rejects Turkey’s sectarian allegations against Iran

Feb 22, 2017 05:05

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry spokesman has rejected as “wrong” and “unreasonable” Turkey’s recent allegations that Iran is involved in spreading sectarianism in the Middle East.