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The Security Media Cell announced arresting Abu Yasser, the terrorist responsible for transporting explosives for ISIS in Baghdad. The cell said in a statement that the intelligence agency launched, today morning, a security campaign to strike the most prominent ISIS den in Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad, from which terrorist operations …

A security source said on Tuesday that the criminal court in Dhi Qar Governorate had issued a death sentence against eight members of al-Qaeda. The source told Shafaq News Agency, “based on Article 4 of the Anti-Terrorism Law, the criminal court issued a death sentence against these eight terrorists who …

The Independent High Electoral Commission in Iraq disclosed today the latest details of the ongoing manual counting. Imad Jamil, a member of the Commission’s media team, told Al-Ghadeer News, “Today, the electoral stations whose results are contested will be manually counted in six governorates, which are Karbala with 101 stations, …

The 12th Brigade in the Popular Mobilization Forces redeployed its forces to prevent the infiltration of ISIS north of Baghdad in the Tarmiyah district The military units of the 12th Brigade, the Popular Mobilization, continue to redeploy within the sector of responsibility in the Tarmiyah district, within the security plans …

The Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, on Saturday said that the country needs a developed infrastructure that commensurates with its geographic location. Al-Kadhimi’s comments came in a statement he made to journalists at the sidelines of the inauguration of the first compartment of the Baghdad-Hillah road, “we shall develop a …

Large crowds protesting election fraud heads to the Green Zone in Baghdad

The Iraqi Intelligence Services said on Monday they had arrested a senior member of an ISIS-linked militant group that has carried out several attacks in the country. The arrest, according to a statement by the Iraqi Intelligence Services, was a culmination of an intelligence-led transborder security operation. The arrestee was …

Thousands of Iraq demonstrators have rallied nationwide to denounce the electoral commission results of last week’s legislative poll, according to which the Sairoon Alliance, led by influential Shia Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, has made progress and is staking its claim as the “largest bloc” in the house. On Sunday, people …

Thousands of demonstrators stormed the streets north of Baghdad and south of the country, protesting the election results announced by IHEC yesterday. Sources say that the demonstrators are citizens who rejected the election results because of fraud, noting that they blocked the highway linking Baghdad with the northern governorates. The …

The Chairman of the IHEC’s Board of Commissioners, Judge Jalil Adnan, announced the participation rate in the public polling that started this Sunday morning. Jalil said, “The participation rate until midday is more than a third of the voters.” He added, “There is no malfunction in the voting devices. When …

The head of the Al-Fateh Alliance, Hadi Al-Amiri, cast his vote in the early parliamentary elections, on Sunday (October 10, 2021). Polling stations opened in Baghdad and the provinces at 7 am, marking the start of general voting for the early legislative elections. About 24 million Iraqi voters participate in …

Iraq received about a million new batches of Covid-19 vaccines. A source told Shafaq News Agency that the Iraqi Company for marketing drugs and medical appliances, affiliated with the Ministry of Health and Environment, has received new batches of vaccines, medicines, and protocols for protecting and treating the past ten …

Iraq’s Election Supreme Security Committee released new directives related to the election day. The Committee spokesperson, Gen. Ghaleb Al-Atiya, told the Iraqi official news agency, “there will be restrictions on movement among the governorates, as well as all airports and border crossings will be closed between the October 9 and …

The Iraqi government announced its “firm” rejection of the “illegal” meetings held by some tribal figures residing in the city of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region who called for normalization with Israel. “First, these meetings do not represent the people and residents of the dear Iraqi cities, these personalities are …

A security source reported that sirens were sounded on Friday at a military base that includes US soldiers inside Baghdad International Airport. “The military base inside Baghdad International Airport, previously known as “Victory” base sounded the sirens as an experimental drill,” the source told Alghadeer News. It’s worth noting that …

The international conference to recover the stolen funds will be launched in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on the 15th and 16th of September. The conference is held under the auspices of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi. The Arab League President Ahmed Abul Gheit, Arab justice ministers, heads of judicial councils and …

Al-Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF) on Tuesday thwarted a plot to attack the Shiite pilgrims on the Arbaeen day in the south Iraqi capital, Baghdad. According to a press release issued by the paramilitary organization, the PMF intelligence department apprehended a “network of ISIS operatives that included the commanders of …

The al-Abbas’s (p) holy shrine has launched an extensive cleaning project on all pilgrims’ roads leading to Karbala, on its three axes (Najaf – Babylon – Baghdad), because of the great importance of this factor of the Arbaeen visit. The project included several stages, the first stage was the organization …

The Iraqi government initiated talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) oversupplying Iraq with nuclear fuel as a part of Baghdad’s project to build nuclear power plants. A source told Alghadeer News that the Iraqi government contacted the IAEA over the possibility of resuming its nuclear activity and allocating …

On Wednesday, the Counter-Terrorism Service arrested eight terrorists in different areas. The Agency said in a statement today that “the Service arrested four terrorists in the capital, Baghdad, the Tarmiyah district and the Radwaniyah district. Counter-Terrorism launched another operation in Al-Anbar Governorate in the districts of “Fallujah, Hit, and Karma, …