Iraq

The Iraqi intelligence agency announced arresting prominent terrorists in the capital Baghdad. The agency said in a statement that it had arrested two terrorists in the al-Taji area, and another in Abu Gharib. The three terrorists are members of the ISIS terrorist organization and were handed over to the concerned …

Iraq recorded 168 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Wednesday. In its daily epidemiological report, the Ministry registered 239 recovery cases and no mortalities. The cumulative count of COVID-19 cases since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2,324,697 of …

Local Iraqi media said that the Iraqi army killed more than 40 ISIS terrorists in operations recently launched in the south of Mosul. A statement from the Iraqi army’s public relations department said that the Iraqi armed forces recently conducted an operation against terrorist remnants in the south of Mosul …

A suicide bombing targeted the Iraqi army north of Baghdad on Tuesday, resulting in deaths and injuries. “A man wearing an explosive belt blew himself up near an Iraqi army force during operations within the Tarmiyah district, which killed a soldier and injured an officer.” A security source told Al-Ghadeer …

Iraq recorded 161 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday, to bring its total to 2,324,384, the Ministry of Health and Environment said. It reported two deaths. Its coronavirus death toll reached 25,207. It also reported 278 recoveries to bring its total to 2,296,548 (98.80%). The COVID-19 intensive care patients count …

An Iraqi security source reported on Sunday that ISIS terrorists have attacked a security center in Anbar province. ISIS terrorists attacked the international highway linking Iraq’s western Anbar province to Jordan near the town of al-Rutbah, west of Anbar, the source added. The source also added that two Iraqi policemen …

Iraq recorded 82 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Sunday. In its daily epidemiological report, the Ministry registered 323 recovery cases and single mortality. The cumulative count of COVID-19 cases since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2,324,223 of …

Iraqi news sources on early Sunday reported that a US military logistics convoy was targeted in the Iraqi province of Anbar. The convoy was attacked by roadside bombs, according to local sources. Details of possible damages or casualties of the attack have not yet been released. Another US military convoy …

The Joint Operations Command launched on Saturday, the second stage of Operation “Solid Will” against ISIS in western Iraq. The Security Media Cell said, “Under the supervision of the Joint Operations Command, the Solid Will Operation was launched this morning, with the participation of the commands of the Al-Anbar, Al-Jazeera, …

A blast from a roadside bomb reportedly hit a convoy of the US-led Global coalition in southern Iraq, earlier today, Sunday. A source told Alghadeer News that the explosion targeted a supply convoy of the Coalition on the international road inside the territory of al-Muthanna. The attack resulted in no …

On Friday, the Military Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense thwarted an attack on a security point west of Nineveh and arrested three “terrorists” in Al-Anbar. The Security Media Cell said that a joint force of military intelligence and ground forces arrested three terrorists in Al-Qaim and Al-Fallujah. Other …

Al-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) thwarted an ISIS attack west of Kirkuk. The PMF said in a statement that ISIS terrorists attacked the PMF’s patrol near the Rubaida area, al-Rashad district before the force responded and forced them to flee.

A blast from a roadside bomb reportedly hit a convoy of the US-led Global coalition in Baghdad, on Thursday. A source said that the explosion targeted a supply convoy of the Coalition within the governorate’s southern borders. The attack resulted in no human casualties and the convoy resumed its march …

Three ISIS attacks were thwarted in 72 hours, in al-Muqdadiyah and al-Udhaim districts, a security source in Diyala governorate reported. The Chief of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) in the northeastern basin of the governorate, Ahmed al-Tamimi, said that the PMF, the operations commands, and the police thwarted three terrorist attacks in …

The Iraqi security forces seized drones in Diyala Governorate, on Thursday. A security source said, “A force from the Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency intercepted two cars transporting armed drones in Baqubah in Diyala.” The source added that the drones would be used to target an Iraqi oil refinery. He …

A large military force has been deployed in the district of al-Shatra, northern Dhi Qar, a local officer revealed on Thursday. The Commissioner of al-Shatra, Haidar Ghaleb, said that a brigade of the Iraqi army was deployed in the city in the aftermath of the recent security turbulence. “The army …

A force from al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF) captured a commander of an ISIS sleeper cell, a PMF media officer said on Monday. In a statement to Alghadeer News, the public relations officer of the PMF’s ninth brigade, Abu Hussein al-Janabi, said that “a force from [the ninth] brigade’s intelligence …

Lawmaker Hanan al-Fatlawi started legal action against Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s caretaker government seeking an injunction to halt the implementation of the Basra-Aqaba oil pipeline. According to the transcript of the legal proceeding filed by al-Fatlawi, the lawmaker challenged the constitutionality of the cabinet decree upon which Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi authorized …

Turkish warplanes, helicopters, and drones hit Kurdish militant targets, camps, tunnels, shelters, and ammunition storage areas in the Kurdistan Region, Northern Iraq, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar was quoted as saying by the state-run Anadolu news agency. The operation, which Akar said targeted the Metina, Zap, and Avasin-Basyan areas of the …

The President of the Republic of Iraq, Barham Salih met with the Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad, Iraj Masjedi on the occasion of the end of his mission. The meeting was held at al-Salam Palace in Baghdad on Monday, April 18, 2022. At the outset of the meeting, President Salih hailed …