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Three explosions rocked a military compound in Baghdad Sunday, but the cause remains unclear, an Iraqi military statement said. The explosions were reported at Al-Saqr military base. A statement from the Iraqi Media Security Cell said that an ammunition warehouse belonging to the police exploded due to the high temperatures …

Baghdad has limited the actions of the US military in Iraq, military spokesman Abdel Karim Khalaf said on Saturday, following a drone attack that claimed the lives of Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of an Iraqi PMF. “After the recent events that have taken place, …

The Iraqi military said on Sunday that its warplanes shelled an alleged Islamic State hideout in a rural part of Salahuddin province, killing all its occupants. In a statement, the military said Iraqi F-16 fighter jets launched an airstrike and destroyed a position the terrorist organization held near the city …

The Iraqi Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday that five members of the Islamic State militant group were arrested in Mosul city. “A force of the 12th police emergency regiment of the Nineveh Police Command arrested five IS militants, who are involved in terrorist acts in Mosul city,” the Interior Ministry …

An Iraqi court on Monday sentenced to death nine people convicted of involvement in the bombing of the Justice Ministry six years ago. The so-called Islamic State had previously claimed responsibility for the March 2013 bombing that killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens. The Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council …

At least seven people have been killed in three separate attacks on the northern outskirts of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, over the past few hours. Security sources said on Sunday that the overnight attacks targeted the homes of tribal fighters belonging to pro-government Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), known as Hashd …

Iraqi military intelligence forces announced on Tuesday that five Islamic State terrorists were arrested in the eastern province of Diyala. “Acting on intelligence information, troops of the Iraqi Military Intelligence Directorate caught five Islamic State terrorists in Mandali district in Diyala,” Alsumaria News quoted the directorate as saying in a …

  Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Forces (CTF) in cooperation with the United States Air Force conducted a bombing raid on an ISIS-infested island in Iraq on September 10, 2019. F-35A Lightning II and F-15E Strike Eagle jets dropped more than 36,000 kilograms of bombs in a terrain denial operation that sought to …

Iraqi counter-terrorism forces conducted an airdrop operation on Monday in an area between Diyala and Salahaddin provinces where they killed 15 Islamic State (IS) terrorists, security officials confirmed. Ali Haidar, an officer with Diyala intelligence police, said that the Iraqi forces were backed by the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) also …

At least three members of Iraq’s security forces and one civilian were killed on Saturday in three separate attacks by terrorists, security sources said. An army officer and soldier were killed when an explosive went off inside a house they were de-mining in the Sinjar district west of Mosul, and …

Iraqi army soldiers, backed by fighters from pro-government Popular Mobilization Forces, have launched a major operation to hunt down the remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in an area of the country’s western province of Anbar. The media bureau of the volunteer forces, known by Hashd al-Sha’abi, announced in …

Iraqi military intelligence forces arrested on Sunday two Islamic State terrorists at a security checkpoint in Mosul city. The pair had fled Mosul city to Erbil province in Iraqi Kurdistan region following the crushing defeat of the Daesh terrorist group in Iraq in 2017, Iraqi media quoted the Military Intelligence …

An Iraqi court on Wednesday sentenced 11 Daesh terrorists to death for bombing a bridge in the southern Babel province. In a statement, Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council said the 11 had confessed of being members in the notorious terrorist group. According to the statement, the terrorists had bombed a bridge …

Iraq’s interior ministry on Tuesday announced the arrest of an alleged Islamic State terrorist member who was involved in the destruction of ancient monuments and artifacts at the Mosul Museum when the terror group controlled the city. A security forces’ unit arrested an “ISIS member who confessed to destroying and …

An Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) commander said on Monday that 10 hotbeds of the Islamic State terrorist group were destroyed during an ongoing military operation in the country. “Security forces, PMF also known as Hashed al-Sha’abi, backed by Iraqi warplanes, destroyed 10 Islamic State hideouts and killed all terrorists …

Members of the pro-government Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, have managed to cleanse a number of villages in the country’s western province of Anbar during the fourth phase of a major offensive to hunt down remnants of the terrorist group of Daesh. The media bureau of …

Iraqi military intelligence forces arrested on Sunday three Islamic State militants during a military operation in Nineveh province. In a press release, the Iraqi Military Intelligence Directorate said its troops arrested the three terrorists in al Sahaji village, west of Mosul. The three terrorists, according to the statement, were implicated …