Iraq’s military has established a security cordon around dozens of villages inside a “hot territory” in Diyala, a commander of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF) revealed on Tuesday. Authorities in Iraq use the term “hot territory” to imply that the area in question is infested by terrorist groups. “Forces from …
Read More »Iraq sentenced 14 ISIS members for massacre of hundreds of army cadets in 2014
Iraq has sentenced 14 people to death for their role in the ISIS terrorist group massacre of hundreds of army cadets in 2014, judicial officials said Thursday. The massacre, one of the worst committed by ISIS in Iraq, saw the terrorists in June 2014 abduct up to 1,700 mainly Shia …
Read More »Iraq’s Federal intelligence arrests six persons with ties to ISIS
Six persons with links to the Islamic State extremist group have been apprehended in separate operations in Saladin, Iraq’s federal intelligence agency said in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement, all of the arrestees joined the organization in 2014, but they served in different departments. “The first served …
Read More »Iraq’s Security Forces kills two ISIS terrorists in Kirkuk
Two members of the Islamic State terrorist group had been killed in an airstrike in Kirkuk, the Security Media Cell (SMC) said in a press release on Saturday. According to the press release, the two terrorists were first identified ten kilometers far from the location of the strike. The two …
Read More »German parliament recognizes Yazidi ‘genocide’ in Iraq
Germany’s lower house has recognized as “genocide” the 2014 massacre by the armed group ISIL (ISIS) against the Yazidi minority group in Iraq and Syria. The move by parliamentarians on Thursday condemned “indescribable atrocities” and “tyrannical injustice” carried out by ISIL fighters “with the intention of completely wiping out the …
Read More »Deadly explosion in Kabul kills 20 – media
Multiple casualties have been reported, with the blast allegedly targeting the Taliban’s foreign ministry A blast in the Afghan capital of Kabul killed at least 20 people on Wednesday, a Taliban official said. The explosion apparently took place outside the Taliban government’s foreign ministry building, with photos from the scene …
Read More »Six ISIS members were detained in Kirkuk, Saladin, and Al-Anbar
On Thursday, the Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency (FIIA) stated that six people affiliated with ISIS were arrested in three governorates. The Agency explained that three terrorists were apprehended in Saladin, two in Kirkuk, and one in Al-Anbar. In 2017, Iraq declared final victory over ISIS after Iraqi forces drove …
Read More »ISIS says it carried deadly attack in Egypt’s Suez Canal
ISIS said Saturday that it carried out a deadly attack on an Egyptian police checkpoint in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia the previous day. “A cell of soldiers of the caliphate managed to attack an Egyptian police roadblock… with a machine gun,” the terrorist group’s Amaq news agency said. …
Read More »‘Multiple casualties’ feared after loud explosion heard outside Kabul military airport
Local residents say a loud explosion was heard before 8 am local time on New Year’s Day An explosion was heard outside the military airport in Kabul which is feared to have caused “multiple casualties”, Afghanistan’s Taliban government has said. “Today morning an explosion took place outside Kabul military airport, …
Read More »Five ISIS fighters killed in aerial bombardment in Nineveh
Iraqi warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes on ISIS sites in Nineveh’s district of Tal Afar, spokesperson to the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi armed forces, Major-General Yehya Rasool, said on Wednesday. Rasoul said that the airstrikes struck sites on Mount Sheikh Ebrahim, killing five members of the Islamic State …
Read More »The Supreme Religious Authority Al-Sistani receives UNITAD delegation in Najaf
The office of the supreme religious authority, Sayyid Ali al-Sistani, issued on Monday, statement after receiving the authority, the Special Adviser and Head of (UNITAD). The office said, in a statement, “Sayyid Ali al-Sistani received this Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by …
Read More »Three terrorists killed in an airstrike near the Hemrin lake: source
Three members of an Islamist terrorist group were reportedly killed in an airstrike near the Hemrin lake in Diyala on Monday. The source told Al-Ghadeer News that the Iraqi warplanes carried airstrikes on sites used by the terrorists as hideouts near the lake. “The initial death toll is at least …
Read More »PM: Iraqis who defeated terrorism are capable of defeating the corruption
Iraq has a tall order ahead to eradicate seditions and “bury extremist dreams and hatred speech”, the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces, Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani, said in a speech during a ceremony held by the country’s Joint Operations Command (JOC) on the fifth anniversary of ISIS defeat. …
Read More »Iraqi Air Force kills terrorist, destroys ISIS headquarters
The spokesperson for the joint operations command, Maj. Gen. Tahsin Al-Khafaji revealed new details about the military operations in the Hemrin mountain. Al-Khafaji considered these operations the “most prominent” for the Iraqi military intelligence in the Hamrin mountain and Wadi Al-Shay areas. “Military Intelligence provided essential information about some terrorists …
Read More »Iraqi security forces kill a suicide bomber in the holy city of Karbala
Iraqi security forces on Tuesday managed to kill a suicide bomber in an intelligence operation in the holy city of Karbala, spokesperson to the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces, Major-General Yehya Rasool, announced. Rasoul said in a statement that a force from Karbala’s Operations Command carried out a search …
Read More »Six ISIS terrorists were killed in a series of airstrikes in Kirkuk
Six ISIS terrorists were killed in a series of airstrikes carried out by the Iraqi Airforce in Kirkuk, the Security Media Cell (SMC) said in a statement on Monday. According to SMC, the attack took place following extensive cooperation between the federal intelligence agency, the national intelligence body, and the …
Read More »Five ISIS members arrested in a tight ambush in al-Anbar
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 …
Read More »An ISIS “Emir” killed in a security operation in Nineveh
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 …
Read More »PMF raids ISIS sites in 3 provinces
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 …
Read More »Iraq’s CTS captured senior terrorist “Abu Hamza” in Kirkuk
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 …
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