The Royal Air Force (RAF) has carried out a bombing raid in northern Iraq under the guise of combating the terrorist group Daesh. According to a statement from the Ministry of Defense (MoD), a pair of RAF Typhoons and “other coalition aircraft” carried out a bombing raid on “six cave …
Read More »An operation against remnants of ISIS in Iraq underway: official
Iraqi Commander in chief of the Armed Forces Adil Abd Al-Mahdi has ordered the launch of a large-scale operation against the remnants of ISIS terrorists, according to the spokesperson of Iraq’s Armed Forces. Abdul Mahdi has ordered the armed forces to cooperate with intelligence agencies to target and destroy the …
Read More »‘Iraq will buy Russian missile system if US fails to provide any’
A senior Iraqi lawmaker says his country will buy long-range surface-to-air S-300 or S-400 air defense missile systems from Russia in a bid to update its own defense infrastructure in case Washington does not help Baghdad in getting modern armaments. “Iraq is contemplating buying S-300 or S-400 systems from Russia …
Read More »Iraq to Build Wall Around Anbar to Stop IS Infiltration
Iraqi authorities are making preparations to construct a wall around Anbar province in efforts to stop the infiltration of the Islamic State (IS) terrorists into the province, an official said on Monday. Rutba Mayor Emad Al-Dulaimi told reporters that the wall will be 16 kilometers long and two meters high …
Read More »Iraq PMF accuses US of relocating Daesh fighters from Syria
Iraq’s Al-Nujaba Movement, which forms part of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), has claimed that the US has been planning to “transfer” senior Daesh commanders and other terrorists from eastern Syria to neighboring Iraq. “Washington is insisting on the implementation of a plot to return the terrorists to Iraq by …
Read More »PMF: ISIS Reactivated in Iraq with US Assistance
“The Americans and the ISIL terrorists are repeating the same scenario they played during the collapse of Mosul in 2014, in Babel, Salahuddin, and Diyala provinces and they are attempting to distort security and stir instability in those regions,” said Qasim al-Maamouri, the commander of Hashd al-Shaabi’s Division 26, was …
Read More »Iraq launches ‘Desert Lions’ offensive against ISIS sleeper cells
Fighters from Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), also known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, began a major operation against Daesh in Anbar on Monday, managing to kill and injure dozens of terrorists in the western province. According to Iraqi security sources, the area of Haditha, which lies about 130 kilometers southwest of …
Read More »Video: Iraqi security force kills suicide bombers in Anbar
Haditha clans’ fighters in Anbar province have killed on Monday, ISIS suicide bombers, after they were trapped inside a mosque in Al-Medham village west of Haditha district, 160 km west of Ramadi city west of Iraq. The spokesman of the clans’ fighters said in a video recording that they had …
Read More »US, Saudi Arabia trying to revive Daesh in Iraq
Iraq’s Badr organization, which is part of the country’s Popular Mobilization Forces or Hashd al-Sha’abi, says the US and Saudi Arabia are seeking to reactivate Daesh, adding that recent attacks by the Takfiri terrorist group serve that aim. Mohammed Mahdi al-Bayati, a senior leader in the Badr Organization, revealed fresh …
Read More »Daesh attack kills 10 Hashd al-Sha’abi forces in Iraq
At least 10 Iraqi fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, have been killed in an attack by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Iraq’s Salahuddin Province. The coordinated assault which took place in the cities of Mekeeshfa and Balad, led to clashes between PMU forces …
Read More »Video shows airstrikes pounding ISIS caves in Iraq
Iraqi air force in cooperation with US-Coalition airstrikes destroyed a complex of 10 caves where Islamic State fighters were hiding out in the northern mountains of Iraq, the U.S.-led Operation Inherent Resolve said Thursday. The strikes, carried out in the Hamrin Mountains Wednesday, killed five to 10 militants, the coalition …
Read More »Explosions reduce supply electricity rate in third of Iraq
The Ministry of Electricity and local officials said on Thursday that the rate of supplying electrical energy in six Iraqi governorates, including the capital, Baghdad, had decreased due to the targeting of power transmission towers in Diyala Governorate with roadside bombs. The Ministry of Electricity said in a statement today …
Read More »Iraq: Five IS Hideouts Found in Kirkuk
At least five hideouts belonging to the Islamic State (IS) terrorists were found in the Iraqi province of Kirkuk on Wednesday, Iraq’s Interior Ministry said in a statement. The hideouts were discovered during an operation by the federal police forces in the village of Garhakazan, in which they also seized …
Read More »Somalia’s al-Shabab Publicly Executes 3 for Spying: Media
Somali militant group al-Shabab has executed three of its own members for alleged spying on behalf of Western intelligence agencies, local residents and regional officials said. El Bur district commissioner Colonel Nur Hassan Gutale says the three men were executed by a firing squad late Tuesday in the center of …
Read More »Iraq blames ISIS for Kirkuk intelligence office assault
Several members of the security forces were injured in the first suicide attack in months Iraq has blamed ISIS for a suicide attack on its intelligence bureau in the northern city of Kirkuk on Tuesday when at least three security force members were wounded. Authorities said two men – one …
Read More »US and Iraq to meet in June to discuss troop withdrawal: Report
The United States and Iraq have agreed to meet in June to discuss the possible withdrawal of US troops from the country, Iraq’s military spokesman has said. Major General Abdul-Karim Khalaf told Kuwait’s al-Sabah newspaper that Baghdad and Washington would negotiate a timetable for US withdrawal from Iraq at the …
Read More »Iraqi on genocide charges in Germany for ISIS killing of child
An Iraqi man went on trial in Frankfurt on Friday for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, on allegations that as an Islamic State member he was part of an effort to exterminate the Yazidi religious minority, and killed a five-year-old girl he purchased as a slave by chaining …
Read More »Spain arrests one of Europe’s most-wanted Daesh terrorists
Spain says its police forces have arrested one of Europe’s most wanted fugitive Daesh Takfiri terrorists in the southern town of Almeria. Spain’s Interior Ministry said in a statement late on Tuesday that a detainee is an Egyptian man who has appeared in gory propaganda pictures of Daesh crimes. “The …
Read More »Iraqi forces repel Daesh attacks on two provinces.
Iraqi troops and fighters from the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) repelled two major attacks by Daesh terrorists in the provinces of Kirkuk and Diyala. According to reports by Iraqi media and security sources, members of the terror group on Sunday launched an attack on the district of Molla Abdollah in …
Read More »Syrian army repels Daesh offensive to overrun town in Homs
Syrian forces have thwarted a major attack by Daesh terrorists against the central province of Homs, killing some 22 of the terrorists in fierce clashes. The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government forces backed by Russian airstrikes were battling the Takfiri terrorists to prevent them from entering the …
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