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Iraqi media outlets reported on Saturday that Turkish drones bombarded villages in Matin Mountain in Dohuk governorate in northern Iraq. A security source said Turkish drones targeted the villages of Matin Mountain near Amedi town in Dohuk governorate, Baghdad Today reported. The source added that the Turkish bombardment targeted sites …

Turkish police on Tuesday detained 110 people over alleged militant ties, security sources said, with a pro-Kurdish lawmaker saying politicians, lawyers, and journalists were among those held in raids that he linked to elections on May 14. The operation was focused on Diyarbakir, the largest city in mainly Kurdish southeast …

Deputy Speaker of Iraqi Parliament Mohsen Al-Mandalawi on Saturday condemned the drone attack on Sulaymaniyah’s airport, which he described as a “grave violation” of Iraq’s sovereignty. We strongly condemn the targeting of Sulaymaniyah International Airport. This is a serious violation of Iraqi sovereignty, and a threat to our citizens,” Al-Mandalawi …

Iraq called on Turkey on Saturday to apologize for what it said was an attack on Sulaymaniyah airport in Iraq’s north, saying the Turkish government must cease hostilities on Iraqi soil. The Iraqi presidency said in a statement that Turkey has no legal justification to “continue its approach of intimidating …

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani took to Twitter on Wednesday to reaffirm his government’s commitment to regulating water consumption and securing Iraq’s water resources. The tweet came on the occasion of World Water Day, which is celebrated annually on March 22 to highlight the importance of freshwater and advocate …

Sources revealed that the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, will head a ministerial delegation to Turkey on Tuesday for a two-day visit. The Iraqi delegation will discuss several topics, most importantly the water, border security, the PKK presence on Iraqi territories, as well as and political and economic issues, …

Turkish police said they had not found evidence of any concrete threat to foreigners after detaining 15 ISIS suspects accused of targeting consulates and non-Muslim houses of worship, state media reported on Sunday. Last week, several European consulates in Istanbul were shut citing “security reasons” and several Western states warned …

Dialogue is a form of “joint regional security” that can contribute to alleviating the inflammations in the Middle East, Iraq’s deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, Fuad Hussein, said on Saturday during a panel discussion on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Along with his …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed the possibility of meeting with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in forthcoming talks with Russia to discuss peace and stability in the region and in the Arab country. Erdogan said on Thursday that a trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers from Turkey, Russia, …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday he was mulling going beyond air strikes and launching a ground operation in Syria following a deadly rocket strike on a Turkish border town. Erdogan also renewed warnings that those attacking Turkey will pay dearly, a day after Ankara’s forces launched air raids …

Turkish intelligence targeted the PKK member who was in charge of the group’s so-called “health committee” since last year. Turkish intelligence has “neutralised” a senior PKK in northern Iraq, security sources said. Okkes Develi was targeted in an operation by Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organisation in the Gara region, said the …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has lambasted Turkey’s declared plans to launch a new military campaign in northern Syria, stressing that an escalation of military actions in the war-ravaged country would be “unacceptable.” Lavrov made the remark at a press conference alongside his visiting Syrian counterpart, Faisal Mekdad, in the …

A Turkish air strike on a Syrian border post has claimed the lives of nearly a dozen people in the war-torn country’s Kurdish-majority north.

At least a dozen Syrian government forces have been reportedly killed and more than a dozen others injured in a missile attack in the northwestern Syrian province of Aleppo.

The Iraqi army aviation bombarded a communication center for the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)  in Sinjar district, a security source reported. The source told Alghadeer news that the operation was carried out based on accurate intelligence information. Earlier today, two YBS snipers were killed in an airstrike of the Iraqi …

A new bout of fire exchange erupted in the district of Sinjar which has been the battlefield of ongoing confrontations between the Iraqi army and forces aligned with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). A source told Alghadeer News that the clashes took place near the Hetteen compound when the Iraqi …

A barrage of rockets has reportedly landed close to an airbase in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, where American military forces are stationed. News outlets reported that at least four BM-21 Grad rockets were launched at Ain al-Asad Airbase, located about 160 kilometers (100 miles) west of the capital Baghdad, …

Two far-leftist groups with alleged links to the Kurdish militant group PKK carried out two bombings in Turkey this week, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Friday. A prison guard was killed in an explosion that hit a bus in Turkey’s northwestern province of Bursa on Wednesday. A day later, …

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 …

An official security source reported that a 45-year-old civilian was wounded by Turkish army artillery shelling on the Kani Masi district, north of Duhok governorate. On Wednesday, Iraqi Kurdistan Coordinator for International Advocacy, Dindar Zebari, announced that more than 800 villages were evacuated due to the ongoing conflict between the …