Iraq

Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Hakim said on Wednesday that Iraq would go to the United Nations if Israel was found to be involved in targeting military headquarters. Hakim said in an interview, “Iraq will turn to legal methods through the United Nations if it is proven that Israel is involved …

Four other members of the Islamic State (Daesh) were captured in the Iraqi city of Mosul on Tuesday. Iraqi Interior Ministry said in a statement that the insurgents were arrested on judicial arrest warrants by a Nineveh Police force in western Mosul, noting that they had been involved in attacks …

Iraqi army soldiers, backed by fighters from pro-government Popular Mobilization Forces, have launched a major operation to hunt down the remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in an area of the country’s western province of Anbar. The media bureau of the volunteer forces, known by Hashd al-Sha’abi, announced in …

Iraq has suspended the license of a U.S.-government funded broadcaster after it ran an investigation alleging corruption within the country’s religious institutions. The country’s media regulator on Monday shut down the local offices of Al-Hurra television – a broadcaster funded by the US Agency for Global Media – for three …

Iraqi and Jordanian officials announced that Amman would receive its first shipment this week of a planned 10,000 barrels per day (BPD) of oil from Iraq’s province of Kirkuk as apart of an agreement made between the two neighboring countries in early 2019. Hala Zawati, Jordan’s Minister of Energy and …

Iraqi military intelligence forces arrested on Sunday two Islamic State terrorists at a security checkpoint in Mosul city. The pair had fled Mosul city to Erbil province in Iraqi Kurdistan region following the crushing defeat of the Daesh terrorist group in Iraq in 2017, Iraqi media quoted the Military Intelligence …

The Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq announced that Rusafa Central Criminal Court had issued a life sentence against Daesh convict of Pakistani origin over terrorism charges. The council said on Thursday that the criminal court issued a life sentence against a terrorist holding the Pakistani nationality after he admitted offering …

An Iraqi parliamentarian says the Baghdad government is preparing a complaint to the United Nations after investigations revealed that the Israeli regime is “certainly” behind several attacks on the bases of pro-government Popular Mobilization Forces, known as Hashd al-Sha’abi. Ahmad al-Assadi, the spokesman of the Fatah Alliance, told journalists on …

The British Museum has completed its biggest ever handover of historical artifacts looted in Iraq, a collection of 156 inscribed tablets which had been shipped to the UK, it has been reported. The items mostly dated from between 2100BC and 1800BC, originating from the third Ur dynasty or Old Babylonian …

Five more civilians have been confirmed killed in Iraq by the US-led coalition during its campaign against the Daesh terror group, which brings the total number of civilians killed in Syria and Iraq to at least 1,313, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve said in its monthly casualty report on …

Ahmed al-Kenani, the representative of al-Fatah coalition in the Iraqi parliament, was quoted by al-Itijah news channel as saying that the legal quorum has been achieved for the approval of the bill in the parliament. He added that 165 lawmakers have signed the bill to expel the American forces, adding …

An Iraqi court on Wednesday sentenced 11 Daesh terrorists to death for bombing a bridge in the southern Babel province. In a statement, Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council said the 11 had confessed of being members in the notorious terrorist group. According to the statement, the terrorists had bombed a bridge …

A senior Iraqi official says the recent Israeli drone attacks targeting a pro-government military force had the backing of the Saudi regime and were launched from the areas controlled by US-backed Kurdish militants in neighboring Syria. The official, who has knowledge of the latest intelligence briefing from Baghdad’s security services, …

Iraq’s interior ministry on Tuesday announced the arrest of an alleged Islamic State terrorist member who was involved in the destruction of ancient monuments and artifacts at the Mosul Museum when the terror group controlled the city. A security forces’ unit arrested an “ISIS member who confessed to destroying and …

The body of an Iraqi migrant who tried to swim across the Channel from France to the UK has been found off Belgium’s coast, Belgian authorities said Monday. The 48-year-old was discovered on Friday near the seaside resort of Zeebrugge, wearing a makeshift life jacket made of empty plastic bottles …

Members of pro-government Popular Mobilization Forces, better known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, have reportedly intercepted and targeted an unmanned aerial vehicle as it was flying in the skies over a region in the country’s northern province of Nineveh. The media bureau of the volunteer forces said in a statement that Hashd …

An Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) commander said on Monday that 10 hotbeds of the Islamic State terrorist group were destroyed during an ongoing military operation in the country. “Security forces, PMF also known as Hashed al-Sha’abi, backed by Iraqi warplanes, destroyed 10 Islamic State hideouts and killed all terrorists …

The President of the Republic, Dr. Barham Salih, received at the Peace Palace in Baghdad on Monday, in the presence of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, Speaker of the House of Representatives Mohammed Halbousi, Speaker of the Popular Mobilization Authority Faleh Fayad and a number of leaders of the Popular …

Forces from the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), also known as Hashd al-Sha’abi in Iraq have shot down a spy drone in the country’s northern province of Nineveh. Al-Soumariah television reported on Sunday that the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was targeted by the air defenses of the 50th Brigade of Hashd …

A total of five civilians were killed and 20 people were wounded overnight on Saturday in a mortar attack by Islamic State (IS) terrorists in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk, a security official said. The incident took place on late Saturday when the extremist IS militants fired mortar rounds on …