In an attack, IS militants in Diyala, Iraq claim targeting a Shi'a village al-Ma'adan with mortar shells
1 year agoPKK ATGM target a military position belonging to the Turkish army on Lêlîkanê hill in Sîdekanê, KRG Iraq. PKK claim 3 soldiers were killed.
Military B350 on ISR mission over Tikrit Iraq. 1132z
SecGen: Our new training mission in Iraq
Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan has arrived in Baghdad to talk to the Iraqis about their "security concerns", the "political dynamics that they're facing and then, and based on that, we'll obviously factor that into our planning. "
1 year agoMore than 200 members of a Da'ish terror network in Ramadi have been detained by Iraq's intelligence apparatus in one of the biggest anti-terror operations carried out in recent memory. This is a massive blow to Da'ish and its long-term revival in Anbar province.
In Iraq, 77 MPs sign petition calling for end of US-Iraq strategic agreement. Uncertainty of total number of US forces in Iraq and their true mission in light of recent statement by US president that US forces are in Iraq to observe Iran.
1 year agoReports that a Peshmerga force has resumed operations at a barracks outside of Kifri that was previously vacated during the law enforcement operation of October 2017. This site was never taken by Iraqi Forces and lies on the road between Kifri and Tuz.
United Nations: Daesh leaders planning international terrorist operations
United Nations: ISIS still poses threat and has about 3,000 foreign fighters
PMF repelled an attack by ISIS in vicinity of Ba'aj
The United Nations: ISIS has significant financial and investment reserves
A session of the Security Council on the threat posed by ISIS in Syria and Iraq
Daesh claims killing an Interior Ministry official and 2 of his guards about 20km north of Rutbah, in Anbar province. US special forces were seen by locals coming into the area, probably tracking Daesh fighters.
Iran Revolutionary Guards: Tehran will not withdraw its forces from the region, dismissing U.S. calls that Iranian regional influence should be curbed. "The enemy cannot ask us to leave the region. They must leave the region"
Iraqi policeman killed in ISIS attack in Khanaqin
KRG Interior Ministry orders seizure of weapons held without a permit
ISIS attacking Guards positions near Mubarak village at the Iranian border at this moment.
Joint committees of Iraqi Defense Ministry and Peshmerga visit Erbil-Baghdad disputed areas.
Iraqi PMF (Hashd) foils ISIS suicide attack in Ba'aj district in Ninawa Province.
Iraqi security forces killed on Sunday two suicide bombers and arrested three others during a security operation in Mosul city.
Barzani said Erdogan will use the buffer zone to drive Kurds out. "If the fighters belonging to Turkey and the militants belonging to Erdogan will be there, they will be fighting for the land. It's not a safe zone, it's a warzone."
In Iraq, security source says US forces conduct reconnaissance of international highway in west Anbar Province and areas Kilometer 160 and Kilometer 210 between Qaim and Rawah. Iraqi forces had no prior knowledge of US reconnaissance
Coalition is active above Knaus village in Shirqat subdistrict.
ISIS claims killing 4 Iraqi Swat members and a war reporter and injuring other 4 in al Shirqat in Salah al Din
KRG @PMBarzani met Iraqi PM @AdilAbdAlMahdi in Baghdad. discussed latest developments, corporation between Peshmerga and Iraqi forces.
1 year agoTrump: Formal announcement on defeat of Daesh 'caliphate' to be 'probably' made next week
1 year agoItaly's PM Conte with KRG PM Barzani in Erbil. Conte's remarks: "we hope for a fast cabinet formation. Peshmerga were extraordinary against Daesh, which is still a threat, bilateral ties are positive and we agreed to develop them way more".
1 year agoItalian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has arrived in Erbil, received at the airport by KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani.
Iraqi foreign minister calls on world countries to support Baghdad in the war on ISIS
