Tag Archives: Iraq

Soldier killed in suicide bombing hits northern Baghdad

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 …

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ISIS terrorists attack police security center in Western Iraq

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 …

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One death and 82 new COVID-19 cases in Iraq

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 …

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US military convoy targeted in Iraq’s Anbar

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 …

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US-led Coalition convoy targeted with an explosion in Baghdad

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 …

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Iraqi forces foil an attack on an oil refinery in Diyala

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 …

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Iraqi PMF arrests a commander of an ISIS sleeper cell

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 …

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MP launches legal action to halt Basra-Aqaba pipeline project

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 …

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Turkey launches new offensive in Iraqi Kurdistan Region

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 …

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Iraq summons Swedish envoy over Quran burning

On Thursday, a Danish far-right leader burnt a copy of the Holy Quran in Sweden Iraq on Sunday summoned the Swedish charge d’affaires, Hakan Rooth, to protest the burning of a copy of the Muslim holy book of the Quran by far-right extremists in Sweden. On Thursday, Rasmus Paludan, the …

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