6 month agoPeshmerga official: "this year we all saw how the PKK handed over (granted) Heftenin mountains to Turkey." KRG frequently requested PKK to leave those areas and allow border guards to be deployed, PKK refused to allow that
Inherent Resolve:The @iraqicts assisted by the Coalition through Intel sharing & air support, conducted 150 defeatDaesh ops in the last 6 months, arresting 250 militants & killing 50 others. Our Iraqi partners, supported by the Coalition, are a lethal combination against Daesh
6 month agoMore than 50 YPG fighters tried to infiltrate into the Kurdistan Region from Northern Syria (Rojava-Syrian Kurdistan), clashed with Peshmerga forces deployed on the border near Sihela - Peshmerga official
6 month agoYPG forces tries to seize a Peshmerga point near Sihela on the Kurdistan Region border with Northern Syria (Syrian Kurdistan). Clashes lasted for an hour and a half - Secretary of Peshmerga Ministry said during a press conference this morning
6 month agoPress Release Regarding the Visit of H.E. Fuad Hussein, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq, to Turkey
In Baghdad, unknown gunmen assassinate protest activist. Observation cameras were broken
6 month agoIraqi PMF (Hashd) shuts down 6 of its unauthorized headquarters in Baghdad & arrests those operating them
The terrorist organization PKK should not be present in northern Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), British Consul-General in Irbil James Thornton has stated
The US-led @coalition stated that their forces, in coordination with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), carried out a joint operation to combat smuggling near the town of Hawl, in northeastern Syria
6 month agoImages: PMF carried out anti-ISIS operations in Anbar governorate
6 month ago107mm launch tube seized by a force from 16/91 west of Telol Al-Baj. ISIS employed similar models during attacks near Sinnayah
6 month ago'F-15 fighter jet' is still hovering over the sky of Erbil, non-stop since 4 PM (Kurdistan time)
The series of assassinations continue in Iraq. An activist, Salih al-Iraqi, killed by unknown militiamen in Baghdad tonight. The militiamen used a car that has Duhok plate number. A new tactic to accuse the Kurds or complicate investigations
6 month agoU.S. @StateDept designates Iran-backed Bahrain-based Saraya al-Mukhtar as a terrorist organization. Saraya al-Mukhtar is supported by IRGC
Pompeo: "Saraya al-Mukhtar" receives financial and logistical support from Iran's Revolutionary Guards
Kurdish Regional Government to increase its diplomatic representation aboard. It currently has 14 diplomats
Head of Erbil Airport: - Planes circling in the skies above Erbil governorate since yesterday belong to the US-led Coalition. - Coalition was conducting special operations. - Flights were being conducted with the Iraqi gov't's permission
Security Media confirmed 5 IED incidents around Baghdad this morning
Budget negotiations will go on until Kurdistan Region receives a 'good deal': Deputy PM Iraq
Iraq: 5 explosive devices exploded in separate areas of Baghdad
6 month agoUS war jets intensely flying over Erbil, Iraq
As Prime Minister @masrour_barzani said, the PKK are aiming to spread chaos within the Kurdistan Region by exploiting the peaceful protests, as well as attacking the "legal" Peshmerga security forces in different areas. Since October, PKK has killed 3 Peshmerga soldiers
The Iraqi security forces in Kirkuk arrested four Kurdish journalists in the province, for their coverage of the issue of the Kurdish village of Balkana. Kurdistan
Negotiations with federal government have not failed, says KRG Deputy PM
Sporadic gunfire heard in Tarmiyah sector without knowing the reasons yet
Civilian was killed after striking an IED near Hamrin mountains
6 month agoAmerican Ambassador met Iraqi National Security Advisor & Iraqi Minister of Defence in one day and reportedly had conversations with Head of counter terrorism:in Baghdad Ambassadors are expected to visit all security departments, access security plans.. Are they not
Negotiations between Erbil and Baghdad over the Kurdistan Region's delayed share of the federal budget have progressed, according to former Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi
6 month agoAn attack by the KDP on a PKK point in Amidiya
![US-led Coalition declares 10 new anti-ISIS strikes in Iraq and Syria during October- taking our tally since 2014 to 34,701 @CJTFOIR strikes. [The alliance refuses to say whether any of these or unilateral US actions were against Iran-linked elements in Syria, as locally claimed]](https://iraq.liveuamap.com/pics/2020/12/14/22136332_0.jpg)
6 month agoUS-led Coalition declares 10 new anti-ISIS strikes in Iraq and Syria during October- taking our tally since 2014 to 34,701 @CJTFOIR strikes. [The alliance refuses to say whether any of these or unilateral US actions were against Iran-linked elements in Syria, as locally claimed]
