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Iraq’s Ministry of Defense reported the killing of an ISIS prominent official in Kirkuk governorate on Friday. The Ministry said in a statement, “The 3rd regiment launched an operation in the Albu Muhammad area of Wadi al-Shay in Kirkuk which resulted in the killing of the leader of the sniper …

An explosion hit a mosque in the Spin Ghar district of Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan, wounding at least 12 people including the imam of the mosque, local residents said. Atal Shinwari, a resident of the area, said the blast occurred at around 1:30 p.m. when explosives apparently located in …

The Directorate of Military Intelligence in the Iraqi Ministry of Defense arrested a terrorist in Kirkuk Governorate. The Security Media Cell said that, based on intelligence information, the authorities had arrested a terrorist responsible for distributing funds (Kafala) to the families of ISIS in Kirkuk. In the same context, a …

A security source in Saladin reported that al-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) thwarted an attempt to blow up power transmission towers, southeast of Tikrit. The source told Al-Ghadeer News that a PMF force dismantled four explosive devices planted under power transmission towers on the outskirts of Mukaishifa district. No casualties were recorded. …

Iraq’s Security Media Cell announced that the military advisor in the so-called “Nineveh State” in ISIS was arrested. In a statement, the Cell said, “the National Security Service detachments arrested the military advisor for the so-called Nineveh State after he entered Iraq coming from a neighboring country.” The statement added, …

Last month, the family of Mawlavi Ezzatullah, a member of Afghanistan’s Hizb-e Islami party, received a WhatsApp message from his phone: “We have slaughtered your Mawlavi Ezzat, come and collect his body.” Ezzatullah’s killing, in the eastern province of Nangarhar, was one of a steady stream of assassinations and bombings …

The Popular Mobilization Forces announced, on Saturday, that it had repelled an ISIS attack southwest of Nineveh. In a statement, the PMF media said, “A force from the 44th Brigade repelled an ISIS attack Al-Jazeera, Wadi Al-Tharthar and Al-Makhazin areas. Meanwhile, the Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency of the Ministry …

A security source in Nineveh reported that an overall operation was launched in the remote areas surrounding the Makhmur district. “A large military force of the Iraqi army stormed the Kashaf area and the surrounding remote areas in Makhmur district, after receiving intelligence that ISIS elements are hiding in this …

The Security Media Cell announced arresting Abu Yasser, the terrorist responsible for transporting explosives for ISIS in Baghdad. The cell said in a statement that the intelligence agency launched, today morning, a security campaign to strike the most prominent ISIS den in Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad, from which terrorist operations …

A roadside bomb struck a Taliban patrol in a stronghold of ISIS militants in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding three, witnesses said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the attack bore the hallmarks of previous ISIS strikes against the Taliban. The two groups are …

A security source said on Tuesday that the criminal court in Dhi Qar Governorate had issued a death sentence against eight members of al-Qaeda. The source told Shafaq News Agency, “based on Article 4 of the Anti-Terrorism Law, the criminal court issued a death sentence against these eight terrorists who …

A suicide bomber and gunmen were behind an attack on a Kabul hospital that killed at least 19 people, and 50+ wounded on Tuesday, a Taliban official said. “The attack was initiated by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle who blew himself up at the entrance of the hospital,” said …

Iraqi security forces apprehended ten terrorists in separate security operations in Baghdad, Diyala, and al-Anbar. The Spokesperson to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Yehya Rasool, said that the Counter-Terrorism-Services (CTS) dismantled an ISIS network and arrested its six members in Fallujah and Ramadi in al-Anbar. “A terrorist …

Saladin Operations Command reported on Monday that ISIS members were killed and arrested in the Governorate. In a statement, the Command said that today, Morning, the Commandos Brigade had killed three ISIS militants and had arrested one other in a district of Saladin. In turn, the 9th Brigade of the …

A militant affiliated with the terrorist organization of ISIS was reportedly killed in an ambush executed by the Federal Police on Sunday. The head of the Federal Police’s advanced headquarters in Kirkuk, Lieutenant General Ali al-Furayji, said that the Federal Police’s mechanized division killed a terrorist and injured two others …

The Iraqi army seized more than 200 explosive devices in the left side of Mosul, Nineveh’s capital city, earlier today, Saturday. A source told Al-Ghadeer News that the intelligence of the Iraqi army’s 16th division located a large number of explosive devices in the Batnaya territory. “In cooperation with a …

An official security source reported that two civilians were killed and another was wounded in an ISIS attack south of Kirkuk governorate. The source told Alghadeer News that ISIS terrorists launched an armed attack this afternoon on civilians working in the coal industry, near Al-Hawaij village, in Hawija district, southwest …

Iraqi President, Barham Salih, hosted the Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to promote accountability for crimes committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD), Christian Ritscher, at al-Salam Palace in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. According to a readout issued by the President’s bureau, the meeting laid emphasis upon providing all the necessary …

On Thursday, a security source said that 4 mortar shells fell behind two villages in Diyala Governorate. The source told Al-Ghadeer that “4 mortar shells fell behind the villages of Al-Hroub and Al-Anbakiyah in Diyala, without any casualties.” Regarding the conditions of the Muqdadiya district, the source indicated, “The security …

On Wednesday, ISIS attacked security points belonging to the Iraqi army in Saladin Governorate. A security source told Al-Ghadeer News, “ISIS elements attacked the Army at four security points on Haditha Al-Siniya Road within Saladin Governorate, killing two members of the Iraqi army, and wounding others.” Earlier, a security source …