Iraq

Iraq’s pro-government Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, have successfully purged more than a dozen other villages in the southern part of the country’s province of Nineveh during the third phase of a major offensive to hunt down remnants of the Daesh terrorist group. The media bureau of …

Members of the pro-government Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, have managed to cleanse more than a dozen villages in the southern part of the country’s province of Nineveh during the third phase of a major offensive to hunt down remnants of the Daesh terrorist group. The …

Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi received Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri and Jordanian Minister Ayman Safadi. On Sunday, Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali al-Hakim, Egyptian Sameh Shukri and Jordanian Ayman Safadi met in Baghdad. The participants stressed cooperation in combating terrorism and reducing escalation in the region.

Five years ago on this day, the Islamic State (IS) terrorists carried out a barbaric attack on the Iraqi Yazidis’ hometown of Sinjar where they killed thousands of civilians and kidnapped several thousands more. The extremist group labeled the Yazidis as “infidels” to justify its horrific massacre in Sinjar. According …

An Iraqi court has sentenced an Azerbaijani woman to 15 years in prison for her affiliation to the Daesh terrorist group. The Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq, in a statement released on Thursday, announced that the Central Criminal Court had issued the verdict against the woman, whose identity was not …

Mutanabbi Street, in the heart of downtown Baghdad, has been home to booksellers for centuries. Through years of war, censorship, and dictatorship it has served as a cultural hub for the city. “Cario writes, Beirut prints and Baghdad reads,” goes the proverb, and this is where they come to do …

Overall, at least 355 people were killed or found in mass graves during July. Another 127 were wounded. During July, at least 177 people were killed, and 113 were wounded in violence-related to Iraq and the Daesh terrorist group. At least 35 of them were civilians; 19 were security personnel, …

Baghdad and Ankara have agreed on building three water dams in the Kurdistan Region, a Kurdish lawmaker in the Iraqi Parliament revealed on Tuesday. Mohammed Amin, a member of the agricultural committee, pointed out that the three water dams, which are planned to be established in Meegasor town of Erbil …

Saudi Arabia approved a draft agreement on security cooperation with Iraq on Tuesday evening, the Saudi press agency said, in a bid to strengthen ties with the neighboring country. King Salman chaired a cabinet meeting in the city of Neom that tasked the Minister of Interior, Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud, …

Iraqi security forces have arrested a terrorist cell in the Muqdadiya district of Diyala province, including women recruiting young people for terrorist groups. A court of inquiry in Baquba, headed by the Federal District Court of Appeal of Diyala, arrested a “terrorist cell” operating in Muqdadiya district. “The cell was …

The Iraqi Interior Ministry announced on Monday that its forces arrested two members of the Islamic State terrorist group in the southeastern governorate of Maysan. Speaking to the news agencies, Maj. Gen. Saad Maan, the ministry’s spokesman, said counter-terrorism forces and intelligence arrested two Islamic State terrorists, who are wanted …

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Tuesday that arrest warrants were issued for 11 ministers and ministerial-level officials suspected of corruption. A total of 1,367 cases of corruption have been referred to the integrity courts, with 4,117 cases not resolved yet in various government institutions, Mahdi told a …

Iraqi rapid response forces announced on Wednesday the capture of four Islamic State terrorists in Baghdad. The arrests were made in al Tarmiyah district in Baghdad as part of a military operation, which was launched earlier this week to cleanse Iraq’s northern provinces from Islamic State terrorists. The four IS …

Iraqi security forces in cooperation with Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) are sweeping villages and farmland north of Baghdad as part of an operation aimed at clearing remaining terrorists belonging to the Daesh “Islamic State” group from around the country’s capital. A military helicopter flew over army units in the area …

The revealing process of a mass grave has started at Tuesday morning in Al-Muthanna province (South of Iraq) where it contained dozens of Arabic & Kurdish children and women who were victims of the Saddam Hussein’s former regime. The mass grave includes 70 women and children, who were shot dead. …

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi arrived in Iran on Monday evening for talks in a bid to ease tensions between Tehran and the West. “The premier is expected to meet with Iranian officials to discuss the issue of Strait of Hormuz, especially after Tehran seized the British-flagged tanker Stena …

The Iraqi parliament intends to reopen the investigation into the 2007 Nisour Square massacre, in which employees of US security firm Blackwater, now Academi, killed 17 people and injured 20 more in Baghdad, Adnan Assadi, a member of the security and defense committee of the legislature, said. “Now is a …

The Central Commission of Inquiry, sent by the popular mobilization forces , announced on Sunday the results of the investigation into the bombing of the Martyrs’ Camp of the Commission, which is located near the city of Amerly. The report of the specialized committee that the investigations conducted have proved …

An official source informed, on Sunday, that the Rapid Intervention Forces managed to apprehend one of the Islamic State group’s Emirs, in Tarmiyah District. The source said in a press statement that Iraqi Rapid Intervention Forces apprehended the terrorist Sabbah Mahmoud, during the ongoing operation “Will of Victory”, in Tarmiyah …

Iraq’s military says its troops are partnering with security agencies and Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) “also known as Hashed al-Sha’abi” to clear remnants of the Islamic State terrorist group north of Baghdad and surrounding areas. The operation launched Saturday is the second phase of an operation dubbed “Will to Victory.” …