The majority of the blocs in Iraqi Parliament are agreed to vote in favor of expelling PKK from Shingal in coming weeks, including the Kurdish blocs (except for Neway Nwi). PKK has clashed several times with Iraqi forces/PMF during the past weeks in Shingal Yezidis hometown.
1 year agoThe Iraqi ministry of interior on Sunday declared that federal police units destroyed 4 hideouts used by ISIS in Kirkuk.
1 year agoA child was killed and one person was injured in an air strike carried out by US forces on a house in Al-Oudan district, north of al-Rutba district in Anbar province, and a number of family members were arrested.
Clashes between Iraqi forces and ISIS near Khanasor town in north of Shingal, our corresp. confirmed. PMU forces located/attacked a group of ISIS who have crossed the Syrian border into Iraq. 2 militants were said to have been killed, another blew himself up. #Sinjar
Three suicide bombers blow themselves up in Sinjar in northern Iraq after fleeing Syria
1 year agoTurkish warplanes bomb Sharansh village in Duhok's Zakho district
PMU transports military reinforcement towards Sinjar
4 people were kidnapped from the desert of Qa'im while searching for truffles near Umm Al-Awaz
One person was killed by militia fire targeting him in Muqdadiya district, northeast of Diyala.
1 year agoAll ISIS-controlled territory in Syria and Iraq captured, according to @PressSec.
In Iraq, governor of Ninawa Province resigns a day before Iraqi Parliament was planning to debate his removal following ferry disaster.
A regiment from Special Division arrives to Sinjar region per the Army Cheif of Staff's orders
US call for Israeli sovereignty on GolanHeights contravenes international law - Iraq foreign ministry tweet
The Iraqi ministry of interior declared that security forces seized a homemade bomb making factory belonged to ISIS militants in eastern Mosul.
".thank the SDF for prosecuting this campaign so effectively, extending condolences for those lost and injured in battle, and marking this historic achievement in defense of the civilized world" per @brett_mcgurk
"This diverse force of Arabs, Kurds, and Christians did the hard fighting and suffered thousands of casualties over four difficult years" per @brett_mcgurk "They also know better than anyone that defeat of the physical "caliphate" does not mean the end of ISIS."
Congratulations from former special US envoy to the coalition to defeat ISIS, @brett_mcgurk "Congratulations to the SDF for this remarkable and historic achievement" McGurk writes on Twitter
Turkish jets hit PKK terror positions in northern Iraq
1 year agoSeveral Kurdish security sources that Iran is secretly using unmarked commercial trucks to ferry advanced missile parts across Kurdistan, as in other parts of Iraq, to unknown militia destinations—either inside or outside the country.
Iraqi Prime Minister asks Parliament to sack the current governor of Nineveh and his deputies.
1 year agoAirstrikes targeting Makhoul range. So far a total of 4 strikes have taken place.
1 year agoAngry protesters in Mosul refuse to welcome Iraqi President @BarhamSalih, following ferry sinking that killed about 100 people, forcing him to leave the city
Iraqi Kurdistan announces general mourning in Kurdistan region after ferry incident in Mosul.
The Iraqi president was evacuated by car after demonstrators tried to attack his motorcade in Mosul
The procession of the governor of Ninawa Nawfal al-Akoub run over 2 of the relatives of victims of the affected ferry while fleeing the scene after angry parents attacked his convoy
1 year agoNumber of victims of capsized ferry in Mosul rise to 103
Reports of infighting in Al-Hawl camp,between Syrian and Iraqi refugees,with Asayish intervening to stop the infighting
Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi has arrived in Mosul to review situation as death toll rises to 93 in Mosul ferry disaster
Death toll from ferry sinking in Mosul rises to 85 persons.
Iraq Army 16th Division 91st Brigade sent troops to Makhoul range for a search operation.
