Iraqi Speaker of Parliament meets acting US ambassador and discusses the need to strengthen US-Iraqi relations. Iraq needs US assistance in rebuilding and investment.
"The Iraqi government categorically rejects the use of our territory to attack or monitor Iraq's neighbors" - Adil Abdul-Mahdi response to the Trump statement that he will keep US troops in Iraq to "watch" Iran.
US, coalition has "largely captured the so-called physical caliphate of ISIS" per @CENTCOM's gen Votel, adding ISIS controls less than 20 sq miles
One person was killed and another injured in a small-arms quarrel in Nahrawan, southeast of Baghdad.
PMU: The news that we have carried out an operation in Syria is baseless and confusing in terms of the role of the PMU on the border
New Pentagon IG Report on US withdrawal from Syria: "ISIS is regenerating key functions and capabilities more quickly in Iraq than in Syria, but absent sustained [counterterrorism] pressure, ISIS could likely resurge in Syria within 6 to 12 months and regain limited territory"
7 Iranian pilgrims wounded in shooting attack in Iraq
1 year ago1 killed and 6 wounded by an explosive device in Jalam area east of Samarra
Aws Al Khafaji PMF leader: We can hurt US troops in Ayin Al Asad military base, Anbar.
1 year agoInherent Resolve:
[email protected] Colonel Eric Van Den Bosch, director, CJTFOIR, Kurdistan Coordination Center, tours a Peshmerga training center with its commander, Kurdish Peshmerga Staff Brig. Gen. Zana Karim, near Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. The KCC represents CJTF-OIR in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
Iraqi President Barham Salih says that President Donald Trump did not ask Iraq's permission for US troops stationed there to "watch Iran"
Iraqi President: US forces in Iraq are under an agreement between the two countries
"Turkey will provide around $5 billion in loans for the reconstruction of Iraq" says @MevlutCavusoglu
The Iraqi security media center on Sunday announced that coalition fighter planes bombed ISIS hideouts in Salahaddin's Hamrin and Makhool mountainous areas.
Army Aviation struck a tunnel at Makhoul near the Baiji Refinery and are still active after receiving info about Daesh movements.
1 year agoVenezuelan Ambassador to Iraq Jonathan Delfi Velasco Ramíre declares his split from the government of President @maduro_en
IS militants claim house raid that killed the mukhtar of 'Anaz village south of Falluja city:
PMF missile forces foiled another attempt by ISIS to infiltrate the border from direction of Baghuz.
Unknown armed men assassinated Alaa Mashdhub, Iraqi poet and novelist, in the city of Karbala. He was shot with 13 bullets in front of his house. Iraq
1 year agoMasoud Barzani: Pleased to receive a Syrian opposition delegation today at my office where we discussed the ongoing situation in Syria and spoke of further enhancing avenues of cooperation
IS militants north of Bagdad in Baghdadi, Tarmiyya claim the assassination of 2 police and 1 soldier
1 year agoIn Erbil a fight broke out between two tribes - both sides are shooting at each other.
Turkish Ministry of National Defense reported that 7 militants were neutralized during the last week in the country and abroad.
1 year agoIS control over Baghuz at-Tahtani confirmed, pictures of Iraqi PMU shelling the village.
Interior Ministry announces the arrest Daesh official in Mosul
1 year agoSince January 24, people in Shigal are protesting closure of the border-crossing that was established during the YPG rescue operation of trapped Yazidis in 2014. Iraqi gov shut it recently and blocked others who tried joining the protest. KDP still has an embargo placed on Shingal.
1 year agoOne of the trucks belonging to Rusali Battalions struck an IED near the Baiji Refinery and the driver suffered a minor injury. Comes after the unit discovered a tunnel belonging to ISIS earlier in the night.
Islamic State: Yesterday, An Iraq Army Element Was Seriously Injured By A Sniper On Jalula Road, Qarah Tabbah, Diyala, Iraq
Brigade 46 of the PMF foiled a SVBIED at a checkpoint in northern Babil yesterday. No casualties.
Basra police command: arrest one of the most dangerous drug traffickers in the Shatt al-Arab district east of the province.
