Tag Archives: Iraq

Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Agency managed to capture five persons with links to the terrorist organization of ISIS in a tight ambush in the desert of al-Anbar, a spokesperson to the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces, Major-General Yehya Rasool revealed. The arrestees were caught in possession of weaponry, explosive material, and …

Russia’s ambassador to Baghdad, Elbrus Kotrachev, on Thursday said that his country seeks to develop his country’s “cooperation and partnership” with Iraq. Kotrachev’s remarks came during a meeting with the Iraqi prime minister, Mohammad Shia al-sudani, in the latter’s office in the Iraqi capital earlier today. According to a readout …

Fifteen people were killed in a gas cylinder explosion in a residential area in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniya, the civil defence said on Friday. A rescue operation lasting 17 hours had now ended, the civil defence added. Earlier on Friday, Haval Abubaker, the governor of Sulaimaniya province, announced …

Iraq said Wednesday it has set up a high commission to investigate “major cases of corruption,” as the newly appointed premier makes tackling graft a priority. Corruption, mismanagement, and nepotism are rife in Iraq which has caused widespread public anger. Days after Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani was appointed last …

A commander of the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group has been captured in a security operation in Nineveh, Iraq’s Security Media Cell (SMC) said in a statement on Wednesday. The arrestee, wanted in accordance with Article 4/Terrorism as by the statement, served as a bodyguard for the head of the …

Civil defense forces were fighting a fire that broke out in the departure hall of Iraq’s Baghdad international airport, our correspondent reported on Tuesday. The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.

A senior commander of the Islamic State terrorist group has been killed in a security operation in Nineveh, Iraq’s Federal Intelligence Agency said in a statement on Saturday. The statement said that the operation was carried out under the auspices of the interior minister. “The Federal Intelligence Agency, in cooperation …

On Saturday, the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) raided ISIS positions in the areas among Diyala, Saladin, and Kirkuk governorates. A PMF leader told Al-Ghadeer News that the PMF artillery bombarded five ISIS sites in the border areas between the Al-Azim district, north of Diyala, and the outskirts of Kirkuk and …

The figure exceeded $300 million in the first eight months of the year, according to the Russian embassy The trade turnover between Russia and Iraq between January and August 2022 amounts to $313.1 million and has exceeded the figure for all of last year, $282.7 million, an economic adviser at …

On Tuesday, the Iraqi Ministry of Trade and the General Company for Iraqi Fairs and Commercial Services, the 46th session of the Baghdad International Fair started under the slogan “The Cradle of Civilizations…Progress and Challenges to Attract the World.” Local, Arab, and international companies from various sectors are participating in …

Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Agency has apprehended a senior ISIS commander in Kirkuk, a spokesperson to the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces, Major-General Yehya Rasool, said on Monday. The arrestee, Abu Hamza al-Mitwity, is a security commander in the so-called Wilayat of Kirkuk and a commander of the Raid team of …

A joint force of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) and National Security forces foiled on Monday, an ISIS attempt to target the Yathrib district of the Saladin governorate. A PMF statement explained that the joint force seized two explosive belts the terrorists attempted to use against people in the Shehabi …

Iraq’s Federal Intelligence Agency on Wednesday said it had apprehended six persons with links to the Islamic State terrorist group in separate operations in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Among the arrestees, there is a senior commander of the “Kata’ib of Tawheed and Jihad”, a military group affiliated with the terrorist …

Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Mohammad Shiyaa al-Sudani said he is carrying out a multi-layered “final scrutiny” into his cabinet lineup on the eve of an expected confidence vote tomorrow, Thursday. “The Prime Minister’s bureau is holding today a final scrutiny into the names of the candidates nominated for the ministerial posts …

Archaeologists in northern Iraq have uncovered some extraordinary Assyrian rock carvings dating back around 2,700 years. The discovery was made in Nineveh, east of Mosul, by a joint US-Iraqi excavation team completing reconstruction work on the Mashki Gate, which ISIS terrorists destroyed in 2016. Iraq was home to some of …

The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) announced on Friday, strikes on targets belonging to ISIS terrorist gangs in Diyala. The commission said in a statement received by (Al-Ghadeer) that “the detachments of the second battalion in the Directorate of Shield in the Popular Mobilization, today, Friday, dealt with targets of the …

The Coordination Framework has given the opportunity to its member parties to put forth their candidates for ministerial portfolios, but the final saying will be for Prime Minister-designate Mohammad Shiyaa al-Sudani, an official statement said on Friday. “In reference to the Coordination Framework’s statement, we affirm that the agreement between …

The coordination framework issued an important decision on Thursday, regarding the cabinet of PM-designate Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani. A member of the Wisdom Movement affiliated with the framework, Fadi Al-Shammari, said in a tweet, that “the coordination framework authorizes the Prime Minister-designate, Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, to form his ministry and choose …

Iraq’s new President Abdullatif Rashid assumed office on Monday, promising to bridge the gap between political rivals and push to form a new government after more than a year of deadlock. Rashid, 78, was elected by Parliament last Thursday, defeating outgoing President Barham Salih, who had been in office since …

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, congratulated Mohammad Shia Al-Sudani on his appointment as Iraq’s Prime Minister. Plasschaert said in a statement on Friday, “On behalf of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, I would like to extend my sincere congratulations …