1 week agoAlleged ISIS social media account 'mistakenly' publishes a website affiliated with Iran-backed Shia militias, just moments before releasing the statement that claimed responsibility of today's "suicide bombing" in Sadr City
1 week agoAn explosion in a popular market in Sadr City, east of the capital, Baghdad, leads to deaths and injuries. Reuters news agency said that the explosion killed at least 28 people, including women and children, and noted that this number may rise due to the fall of more than 50 wounded, some of whom are in critical condition.
At least 18 dead after explosion in Baghdad's Sadr City, according to local medical official. Took place in a market as the heat of the day subsided & families did their shopping for Eid
Iraqi Human Rights Commission calls on PM Kadhimi to declare a health emergency with almost 10,000 new cases today. Iraqis are not taking any preventive measures
Iraqi Health: The epidemiological situation in Iraq is very serious
Turkish Ministry of Defense: Within the scope of Operation Claw-Lightning, 5 PKK militants detected in Metina, northern Iraq, were neutralized by ATAK helicopters
1 week agoIED attack targets a Turkish army convoy near Zelkan base near Bashiq in Nineveh Plain. Casualties are reported
President Biden will meet the Prime Minister of Iraq, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, at the White House on July 26, per official
Iraqi PM Kadhimi: we have detained the murderer of the analyst Hisham Hashimi who was assassinated last summer. Retired Iraqi general: the murderer of Hashimi is a lieutenant who worked in the Interior Ministry. He was in a militia
Iraqi TV: The main perpetrator of the assassination of security expert Hashem al-Hashemi is an officer in the Ministry of Interior
Iraqi media: a fire broke out inside the Karbala Operations Command
A senior US official denies what Iraqi official sources told saying that: "The discussions today focused on the upcoming strategic dialogue and strengthening the US-Iraqi partnership"
White house coordinator for MidEast, Brett McGurk has informed Iraqi officials that US troops will withdraw from Iraq. "step by step", sources tell. "First combat troops will leave and then others" he has told his Iraqi hosts
Two militants were neutralized in the operation carried out by the MIT against the PKK/KCK's "special force" structure in Gara, northern Iraq.
1 week agoThis week Iran's Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi has met with Iraq's president, national security advisor, and speaker of parliament. His visit follows a trip by the commander of the IRGC's Intelligence Organization Hossein Taeb
PUK says it arrested a 'spy' in Jalal Talabani's house who confessed to working for the 'former co-president': PUK media
1 week agoDirectorate of health in Nainawa allocates fire brigade for al-Shifa hospital of Covid-19 treatment in Mosul following Nasiriya hospital fire caused 60 lives & 50 wounded on July 12th
1 week agoTwo people were killed while selling fish in the old Basra market, and 10 were injured during an armed fight
IED attack on a truck convoy carrying the coalition logistics, Nassiriyah, Dhi Qaar. No casualties.
1 week agoPopular Mobilization Forces / Anbar Operations Command launches a security operation to hunt down ISIS remnants, Iraq, Anbar
Muqtada al-Sadr's ministers withdraw from Iraqi government as cleric says in a speech he will not participate in the Oct. 10 federal election
An explosive device exploded on a Federal Police patrol at Dhuluiya Salah al-Din Airport
Iran's Intelligence minister Mahmoud Alavi is in Baghdad only a week after that IRGC intelligence chief Hossein Taeb traveled to Iraq
Iraq authorities managed to arrest a country's officer, accused of stealing salaries. "Colonel Khaled al-Mafraji was arrested in Turkey based on an Iraqi arrest warrant," a security source said
The Iran-backed, Iraqi Shia militia Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba recently extended power lines to their headquarters and offices in Syria's Palmyra
1 week agoIn Iraq, protest in Nasiriya City following fire in COVID isolation hospital that killed scores
The Pentagon threatens: We will respond with military force if our forces in Iraq or Syria are attacked
In Iraq, 2 policemen killed in attack in orchard in Tarimiya district north of Baghdad
1 week agoIraq/KRG- Counter-terrorism forces detain a group of suspected ISIS members who planned to carry out attacks in Erbil, including one on the governorate building
A Security force in Sulaimani has attacked Lahur Talabani's iPlus TV, breaking its equipment. The broadcaster is headquartered in Sulaimani and is planned to be launched in coming months
