2 week agoRecent photo from ongoing Federal Police operations in the areas southeast of Hawija. Wadi Zhegitoun especially is the source of many ISIS in Riyadh subdistrict.
Baghdad-Fallujah train resumes after ISIL is defeated
2 week agoBombs targeting two buses in Shaab area of the Iraqi capital
2 week agoTurkish air force bombed 7 PKK fighters in northern Iraqi Gara Region
2 week agoParliament to convene today for initial vote on Iraqi presidency.
Postponement of the session of the Iraqi parliament to elect the president half an hour because of the lack of quorum
2 week agoHere's the preliminary results of Kurdistan region's parliamentary election. KDP %44.8; PUK %19.9; Gorran %12.9; New generation %8.4; Komal %7.2; Yekgrtu %5.8
Gorran rejects results of #KRGelection
NewGeneration leader Shaswar Abdulrahman says party will boycott next session of parliament if current preliminary results are made official
Inherent Resolve:Between Sept. 24 and Sept. 30, CJTF-OIR coalition military forces conducted 64 strikes consisting of 105 engagements in Iraq and Syria.
New Generation says it boycotts Kurdistan Parliament's fifth legislative round after September 30 election
2 week agoAs part of its (old/new) tactics after the caliphate, ISIS burns the homes of a mukhtar (town elder) and another person south of Kirkuk for working with or informing authorities
UN: 75 civilians killed and 179 injured in terrorism related violence in Iraq in September. Baghdad remains deadliest province, followed by Anbar and Salah ad-Din.
Iranian drones attack Kurdish opposition bases in Kurdistan Region: PDKI
2 week agoBrett McGurk: With new Iraq Parliament Speaker @MohammedAlHalb, discussed his recent visits to Kuwait, minority Christian communities near Mosul, and upcoming visit to Egypt. Our @coalition and @NATO training mission will fully support Iraq's long-term stabilization after ISIS.
Iraqi female candidate for presidency says she is receiving threats demanding she withdraw her candidacy.
Erdogan: "Our goal is to clear the Qandil, which we see as the nest of PKK organization that is progressing towards the Sinjar."
2 week agoProminent Gorran leader, Abdulla Mala Nuri, asks his party's top officials to apologize and resign after @Gorran_Change lost more than half of their seats in the Parliament Election
Iran artillery destroys bases of the KDP-I, no deaths in Kurdistan Region's Halgurd mountains says the Kurdish armed political group opposed to the government
2 week agoFirst direct Saudia flight SV625 from Jeddah lands at Erbil International Airport today
Preliminary results indicate that the Kurdistan Democratic Party won 42 seats in the parliament of Kurdistan of Iraq, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan - 24 seats
Official Voter turnout results by the elections commission for the general elections in the Kurdistan Region is 57.23%: Erbil: 58.58%; Slemani: 53.01%; Duhok: 61.87%; Halabja: 60.90%
Governor of Ninawa Province, Iraq: even though Parliament designated Ninawa a disaster area, nothing has been done. No compensation, no information on missing persons, no budgets. Bridges and airport still wrecked.
Iraqi forces kill 3 ISIS and destroy ISIS tunnel on Syria-Iraq border in Qaim district in west Anbar Province.
2 week agoMedical assistant (Haydar Shakir) was assassinated in Basra last night in front of his workplace (hospital).
About 3.5 million kurds are eligable to vote today in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. polling stations open between 8am and 6pm.
Forty-five bodies belonging to ISIS members were found in the Ashbah village south of Mosul
2 week agoGorran leader Omar Sayid Ali visits a polling station in Sulaimani to participate in the election as #KurdistanVotes in a parliamentary election
At UN, Bahraini Foreign Minister calls on Iran to stop intervening in Iraq through its use of militias.
In Iraq, MG Jafar al-Battat assumes duties as Basra Province police commander after leaving his post as chief of staff of Federal Police. LTG Rashid Faliih is Basra Operations Commander, having replaced LTG Jamiil al-Shammari. Part of protest demands.
