Iranian Foreign Ministry: Iraqi PM's decision to merge PMF (Hashd) with Army is an Iraqi decision that we respect. It does not mean a complete merger, but rather a reorganization of the PMF.
1 week agoThe Minister of Defense personally oversaw the Iraq Army movements in Anbar today. Iraq Army 7th Division, 8th Division, and Border Guards 2nd Region carried out the large-scale searches with support from PMF.
1 week agoIraq: The Joint Operations Command in Iraq has announced the launch of a military operation "Victory of Irada" to pursue IS in the confined areas between the provinces of Salah al-Din, Nineveh and Anbar.
1 week agoPM-designate @masrour_barzani to present his cabinet to the @KurdistanParl today. Kurdistan Parliament to vote on new KRG cabinet on Wednesday.
2 week agoQamishli: The entry of a new batch of dozens of trucks coming from Iraqi Kurdistan region, loaded with logistical assistance and reconstruction mechanisms to areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces
Replace security forces with federal police in Kirkuk, Khanaqin: Iraqi MPs
Turkish aircraft attack PKK position in north Iraq, killing at least 2.
2 week agoUS SIGINT mission near the IRGC hotspot AlBukamal in eastern Syria (circling in Iraqi airspace).
Iraqi Defense Ministry decides to close all social media accounts of all units in Iraqi Armed Forces. Future statements on Armed Forces' activities will come from the official spokesmen.
Iraqi MP from Defense Committee: now that PMF (Hashd) is part of official Armed Forces, it will increase in size, not get smaller. PMF Chairman Falah Fayyadh shall command it independently and will be in a position like the Defense and Interior Ministers.
Security Forces dismantled a suicide belt in Fallujah earlier today.
U.S. Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher acquitted in war crimes trail in San Diego of murder and all other charges except posing in photos of Iraqi captive.
Iraqi PM Abdel-Mahdi: official military methods will be criteria in how we transfer PMF (Hashd) officers into the Army. No one will be transferred until they earn an official military rank.
2 week agoTurkish warplanes launch airstrikes in Kurdistan Region' Amedi district
PKK should not use Kurdistan region territories as a base to attack neighboring countries - KRG Spox
Iraq FM urges Trump to replicate latest diplomatic overture to North Korea with Iran
Attacks on Saudi Arabia oil pipeline launched from Iraq not Yemen - US officials.
Water and electricity cut off to most areas in Baghdad.
At least "60 militants neutralised" in Iraq's Hakurk region in Operation Claw since May 27 - Turkey's defence ministry
Iraqi security forces arrest 25 demonstrators who took part in the storming of the Bahrain embassy in Baghdad
Iraqi Interior Minister vows to hold accountable those responsible for storming Bahrain embassy in Baghdad Iraq
Iraqi Interior Minister arrives at the Bahraini embassy in Baghdad after the attack
Bahrain withdraws its ambassador from Baghdad after demonstrators stormed Bahraini embassy
3 week agoPictures of protesters storming Bahrain Embassy in Baghdad in wake of US sponsored Bahrain Summit and Its FM's interview with Israeli TV
Protestors with Palestinian flags broke into Bahrain embassy in Baghdad
Iraqi demonstrators occupy the roof of Bahrain Embassy in Baghdad and raise the flag of Palestine and Iraq instead of the Bahraini flag
3 week ago#Turkish warplanes targeted a group of #PKK guerrillas beneath #Qandil mount. As result a man with his wife and son died. five more persons wounded.
4 dead and 5 injured in a bombing of Turkish aviation in a village in Iraqi Kurdistan.
One person was killed and 18 others injured by two explosive devices exploded in two passenger buses in the city of Kirkuk, Iraq
Iraq's president: "We do not want our territory to be a staging post for any hostile action against any of our neighbors, including Iran. This is definitely not part of the agreement between the Iraqi government and the United States."
