Tag Archives: Iraq

The Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi announced, on Wednesday, his government’s intention to cooperate with Jordan, to face challenges, especially in the battle against Covid-19. This came during a meeting between Al-Kadhimi and the Jordanian minister of Foreign affairs, Ayman Al-Safadi, who arrived today to Baghdad on an official visit. …

Iraqi forces launched, on Wednesday, a military operation targeting ISIS sites in Makhmur district, which separates Nineveh and Erbil. A spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces said in a statement received by ِAlghadeer.tv that, “Based on the directions of the Commander-in-Chief, and to complete a series of operations …

Iraq registered, on Tuesday, 1862 new cases and 84 fatalities of Covid-19, as well as 968 recoveries in the past 24 hours. The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment said in a statement, that 10672 tests were performed today, raising the total number of performed tests Thus, since the beginning …

Security sources in Al-Hash Al-Shaabi revealed, on Tuesday, that its forces destroyed multiple ISIS dens and located an explosives factory, within the third stage of the “Heroes of Iraq” campaign in Diyala, Kirkuk and Saladin. “A force of the brigade, and among its operations that started yesterday, managed to destroy …

The commander of the Northern Axis of Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi in Kirkuk said, on Tuesday, that an ISIS terrorist who was involved in killing, kidnapping and bombing innocent citizens was arrested earlier today. Abu Rida Al-Najjar said that his forces arrested a “dangerous” ISIS terrorist, south of Kirkuk, indicating that, “we …

Iraqi Chief of Joint Staff, Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Rasheed Yarallah and Iran’s military attaché to Iraq Brigadier-General Mostafa Moradian new on Tuesday called for expansion of Tehran-Baghdad military cooperation. Lieutenant-General Yarallah and Brigadier–General Moradian discussed various issues concerning military cooperation and vowed a fierce campaign against terrorism in the …

The council of Representatives Rapporteur, Hoshyar Qardagh, revealed, on Monday, that the parliament may resort to an online platform (VideoConference) to hold the next sessions, after registering several Covid-19 cases among the members of the council. Qardagh said that, “Parliamentary committees continued working despite the fact that the parliament sessions …

The Iraqi army in an unprecedented operation targeted and destroyed the ISIS terrorists’ bases and their weapons in a valley at the bordering areas with Saudi Arabia. News agencies reported on Monday that forces of the brigade 7th of the Iraqi army’s infantry unit in a preemptive measure attacked the …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment registered today, Sunday, 87 fatalities and 1646 new cases of Covid-19. In a statement received by AlghdeerTV, the Ministry said that 10027 tests were performed today, raising the total number of performed tests since the beginning of the outbreak in the country to …

Former Iraq striker Ahmed Radhi has died from complications linked to COVID-19, the country’s health ministry announced on Sunday. Radhi, 56, is an Iraqi football legend and scored what remains Iraq’s only World Cup goal in 1986 against Belgium, and he passed away on Sunday just hours before he was …

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), also known as Hashed al-Sha’abi forces repelled a fierce attack by ISIS terrorists on a military base in central Iraq. PMF announced on Saturday night that heavy clashes between its forces and ISIS terrorist forces have been occurred in Salahuddin. The clashes started on Saturday …

Kidnapped by members of the so-called Islamic State six years ago, a young Yazidi woman was recently found in Turkey and returned to Iraq’s Kurdistan Region on Saturday, a relative said. Halima Hussein Khalaf was kidnapped in 2014 and was moved to Turkey after the group’s territorial collapse in both …

In a conversation last year, US President Donald Trump allegedly said that he did not care whether Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) militants made a return to Iraq, according to claims made in former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s new book “The Room Where It Happened”. In the memoir, which is …

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi is reportedly planned to visit Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the US in a bid to provide economic protection for his country. As Media reported, in his first round of trips to other countries as of getting appointed, Al-Kadhimi is set to visit the named countries …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health and environment announced today, Friday, that the Russian Covid-19 drug will be available in Iraq by the end of next week. The official Iraqi News agency quoted the minister of health, Hassan al-Tamimi, saying that, “the Russian drug is currently manufactured in Iraq and will …

A specialized medical team performed today, in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital in Karbala, a successful cesarean delivery for a Covid-19 patient. The director of the hospital, Ibrahim Al-Rikabi, said in a statement received by Alghdeer that the hospital performed the first caesarean section for a 23-year-old Covid-19 patient, after …

Turkish bombardment killed a Kurdish shepherd in northern Iraq, a local official said Friday, the first known civilian victim of Ankara’s air and ground assault on the region. “He was a shepherd in Bradost district and was killed at dawn Thursday in Turkish airstrikes,” the official from Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish …

Head of Badr parliamentary bloc Hassan Shaker al-Kaabi called for the immediate withdrawal of the US troops from Iraq to help retain the country’s peace and stability. In an interview, al-Kaabi stressed that the real stability in Iraq begins with a complete exit of all foreign forces. “The exit of …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad, summoned, again, the Turkish ambassador to Iraq and handed him a protest note regarding the Turkish attack on Kurdistan Region. In a statement received by AlghdeerTV, the ministry said that Iraq “condemns in the strongest terms the Turkish forces violation, on June 17, …

World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Iraq, Adham Ismail, revealed today, that COVID-19’s Russian drug, which Baghdad is intending to import, is not approved by international health committees yet. Ismail said that, “the Russian treatment improves the mortality, but does not reduce the severity of the symptoms”, stressing that, “the …