1 year agoDemonstrations in Wasit Governorate, southern Iraq
Pentagon Spox Jonathan Hoffman denied that joint US-Iraq anti-ISIS operations have resumed. "don't have any updates for you on the training in Iraq, I would just note that because of the likelihood of Iranian action there was a pause that was implemented in Iraq."
The Pentagon: We have no intention of withdrawing from Iraq, and our goal is to remain in the Middle East
[email protected]: "With regard to Iraq, we are still in conversations with our Iraqi hosts, we continue to want to be a friend and partner to a sovereign and prosperous Iraq. At this time there are no plans by the US military to withdraw from Iraq"
Iraqi Ministry of Defense: Based on accurate counter-Daesh intelligence, @iqAirForce F16s conducted air strikes in Wadi al-Shay in the Hamrin Mountain range, resulting in the elimination of the Labwah camp & all the militants inside it
3 suspected PKK members were killed in Turkish strike on Hakurk area of Iraqi Kurdistan
Spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces: No approvals were granted to resume US military operations
Iraqi activist Ahmed Saadoun Al-Murshidi was shot dead in the city of Hilla
Iraqi forces arrest ISIS leader in Kirkuk
1 year agoCheers on student marches to support the sit-in of Nasiriyah
1 year agoDemonstrators cut through the burning tires the intersection of "Cordoba" in the middle of Baghdad in front of the traffic movement, which led to the exit of the traffic from the "Muhammad Al-Qasim" Highway towards the "Bab Al-Sharqi" area
1 year agoMuqtada al-Sadr's (Khomaini/ Islamic Revolution-inspired) motto: "Neither East, nor West, the revolution is an Iraqi one," as he's leading "million-strong" protest against US military presence on Friday. — "Neither East, nor West. Islamic Republic."
Iraqi PMF (Hashd) 30th Brigade: US occupation forces are moving their sleeper cells in Shurqat & Hadr districts in Ninawa Province to create chaos & instability
1 year agoZardasht Shingali, Chief of PKK's affiliated group YBS killed in latest Turkish airstrike near Sinjar
Turkish Defense Minister: We have not received a formal request regarding the Iraqi parliament's call for the withdrawal of foreign forces from the country
From Iraq, the Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs: The region today is passing through a very tense phase and all countries should seek calm
Turkish strikes at Sinjar: At least 8 killed and several wounded - source
Turkish warplanes strike PKK affiliated groups near Sinjar, western Mosul
Unknown war jets conducts an air strike in Snune town near Sinjar in Musul
Qatar foreign minister arrives in Baghdad- Rudaw reporter
Iranian Foreign Minister: We did not ask for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq
1 year agoVideo shows Iraqi security forces clash with IS militants after attack against Checkpoint in Dujail near Baghdad, which caused 2 kills and 5 wounded including an officer.
Report of an explosion in Baghdad and heavy gunfire
1 year agoSecurity Media Cell: ISIS attacked one of the points in Dujail / Salahuddin Fourth Emergency regiment, in the Sheikh Ibrahim area near Baghdad, which resulted in the killing of two affiliates and wounding Five others, including an officer.
US defense official tells @CarlaBabbVOA rocket attack targeting Camp Taji hit so far off base that it wasn't even considered a threat to US forces.
1 year agoNajaf: Protesters leave for march after the power cuts at sit-in area
ISIS has carried out two attacks on Iraqi posts along the border with Syria following the US decision to suspend counter-ISIS missions, according to a US defense official and Iraqi security officials
An explosion hits Iraqi capital Baghdad. The explosion was in Al Waziriyah neighborhood
Clashes between ISIS and security forces in the Dujail district
Iraqi CTS force arrests three members of Iranian backed al-Nujaba group and seizes weapons and equipment in their possession in Al-Karma western Baghdad, according to some sources they launched 8 rockets toward Taji military base which hosts US & German trainers
