Iranian National Security Council spokesman: Washington bears security and military implications for assassination of Soleimani
Foreign oil companies evacuate their employees through Basra Airport, and Iraqi officials say the move will not affect oil production
Defence Sources: UK military have increased their security and readiness at bases in the Middle East region following Soleimani killing
Iraq - an emergency session of the Iraqi parliament to be hold on Saturday to discuss the issue of the American presence in Iraq
Hezbollah General Secretary Hassan Nasrallah to make a speech at 4 pm today(Beirut time)
The emergency meeting of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council chaired by Khamenei begins
Hizbullah denies casualties in U.S. raid that killed Soleimani
Turkey neutralizes YPG's so-called intelligence head Metin Arslan, in most wanted category, in northern Iraq
Iranian Minister of Defense: The Iranian armed forces will "take revenge" on the perpetrators of the killing of Qassem Soleimani
The U.S. embassy in Baghdad has released a statement urging American citizens in Iraq to depart immediately following a U.S. airstrike at Baghdad International Airport which killed the head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force major-general Qassem Soleimani
Iraqi National Assembly to hold an emergency session tomorrow to discuss Suleimani's assassination in Baghdad and the presence of US troops in the country
3 month agoNear Jumjuriya bridge across the Green Zone, a civilian curses Qassem Suliemani. Member of Riot Police responds "the blood of the dead (in reference to killed Iraqi protesters) didn't go in vain
3 month agoMuqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Sadrist movement announces reactivation of anti-US 'Mahdi Army' to defend Iraq
Iran summons Swiss envoy - as protector of US interests in Iran - to strongly protest US assassination of Soleimani
3 month agoIranian official news agency @IrnaEnglish claims that Gen Qassem Soleimani was comming back to Baghdad from Beirut
The Iranian National Security Council to convene an emergency meeting to discuss how to respond to the assassination of Soleimani
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard threatens violent retaliation against the United States in response to Soleimani's death
The PMF confirm the killing of its Vice President Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and IRGC commander Qassem Soleimani by US airstrike in Baghdad - Statement
US-trained Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service are securing Baghdad's Green Zone, closed the main gates
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard confirms the killing of the Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq
3 month agoPentagon statement confirms US military airstrike tonight killed Iran's Gen Soleimani in Baghdad
3 month ago4:30 AM (IQ time): Iraqi protesters at Baghdad's Tahrir Square are celebrating the death of Qassem Solaimani in a US airstrike.
3 month agoIraqi State TV confirms death of Qassem al-Solaimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in airstrikes on Baghdad Airport road tonight
An Iraqi security source: 8 people were killed in attack at the Baghdad airport
Media affiliated with the PMU denied that Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was targeted in Baghdad airport bombing
3 month agoAl Mayadeen banner states Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the head of the PMU, was targeted in the convoy that was hit by an airstrike at Baghdad International Airport
3 month agoDebris of the cars that were targeted near Baghdad International Airport. Syrian pounds visible on the 2nd photo
Sources close to the PMU confirm that an aircraft targeted the official of the militia, Mohammed Reda Al-Jabri, two of his companions and 3 guests on the internal road to Baghdad International Airport
3 month agoTarmiyah tribes cutting the Mosul-Baghdad road tonight
PMU official, named Muhammad Reda along with two of his companions, was killed in the bombing of the Baghdad airport.
Government statement: The two burned cars on the airport road belong to PMF. The PMF PR official was killed along with "guests". No more details
3 month agoImages of vehicle destroyed near Baghdad International airport
A civilian car was burned and its driver was killed after a missile hit road leading from Baghdad International airport
3 month agoVideo of fires after rocket attack on Baghdad International Airport
3 month agoPreliminary from military sources mentions two SUVs were hit in the vicinity of Baghdad International airport during the attack tonight
The rockets landed near a joint site of the U.S. and Iraqi anti-terrorist forces, "International Coalition Consultative Units", south of Baghdad Airport
Reports of civilian casualties after explosions rocked the Baghdad airport
Baghdad airport is closed after rockets fall near the arrivals building
Iraqi security sources: The rockets landed near the anti-terrorist center adjacent to the southern area of Baghdad International Airport
SecDef Esper: To Iran & its proxy militias: we will not accept continued attacks against our personnel & forces in the region. Attacks against us will be met with responses in the time, manner, & place of our choosing. We urge the Iranian government to end malign activities
3 month agoRocket attack landed in The vicinity of Baghdad International airport near the civilian runway Iraq
Few projectiles launched from the "Al-Sweib" area southwest of Baghdad targeted the area of Baghdad international airport
4 missiles fell on Baghdad airport, and American military helicopters take off from the airport and fly over the capital.
Multiple explosions heard in the vicinity of Baghdad International Airport
Sounds of explosions near Baghdad airport
Two French journalists were kidnapped outside the US embassy in Baghdad during the assault on Tuesday. They've now been released.
Iraqi-Syrian border: American planes fly from inside Iraqi territory and enter Syrian territory, then return to Iraq
[email protected]: @SecPompeo "spoke today with the Speaker of Iraq's Council of Representatives Mohammed al-Halbousi. Secretary Pompeo expressed his appreciation for the condemnation of the Dec. 31 Iran-backed terrorist attack on US Embassy Baghdad issued by the Speaker & the Coalition of Iraqi Forces political bloc. The Secretary and the Speaker agreed that the Government of Iraq had an obligation to prevent further attacks against our diplomatic mission. The Secretary affirmed that we want an Iraq that is free, independent, and sovereign"
A fire broke out inside the port of Umm Qasr in Basra
3 month agoBaghdad: Tear gas deployed against demonstrators on Al Wathba square
PMU is strengthening its presence along the Tigris River south of Samarra to thwart any terrorist infiltration
3 month agoDemonstration in Maysan now
3 month agoSatellite images from today (2 January 2020) show the US airstrikes (29 December 2019) aftermath in AlQaim, Iraq, approx. 15 km South to Albukamal, Syria, where the Iranian crossing and "Imam Ali" military base are located
Iraqi MP from Parliamentary Defense Committee: the continuous circling of US aircraft over Baghdad is threatening to the Iraqi Government. If US wants a war, we are ready
Per @EsperDoD, US has 60,000 troops in Middle East right now
3 month agoAt 1,359 civilians killed by US airstrikes during five years of war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, @DeptofDefense announces
The Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff: We rule out anyone storming our embassy in Baghdad, and we have enough combat power there
US Defense Secretary Esper says he thinks Kataib Hezbollah may carry out further attacks and adds "they will regret it"
US strikes vs KataibHezbollah bases in Iraq Syria "were quite successful" and had "considerable effect" per @EsperDoD
US Secretary of Defense Esper: Kataib Hezbollah may carry out another provocative act in Iraq
3 month agoU.S helicopters continue to provide security for the U.S embassy in Iraq. Ongoing air patrols and show of force
3 month agoThe elite Iraqi CTS forces are protecting the roads around the U.S embassy in Baghdad
Iraq exported more than 106 million barrels in December, says oil ministry
3 month agoNajaf: The demonstrators chanted "Neither America nor Iran"
3 month ago[email protected] is broadcasting what appears to be US Blackhawks and Apache attack helicopters currently flying over Baghdad near the US Embassy
3 month agoUS helicopter patrolling in Baghdad Iraq - Al Mayadeen Live TV
Al-Mayadeen reporter in Baghdad: U.S. helicopters overflew the Iranian embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad
Fourth case suspected with swine flu has died in Kurdistan region
U.S. helicopters intensified their flights outside the Green Zone
3 month ago3 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III going over Great Britain
3 month agoUSAF C-17As currently inbound Germany (for fuel): RCH688, 06-6167 RCH687, 02-1110 RCH664, 09-9209 RCH417, 08-8196; Currently outbound Germany, heading for Iraq: RCH663, 04-4132 RCH429, 03-3125
2 security personnel were killed after they were targeted by gunmen at the checkpoint, in Al-Haj Ali village, south of Nineveh governorate.
