Barham Salih has been elected as the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's (PUK) only candidate for the Iraqi presidency, a member of the party's leadership council told Rudaw
We're deep into unprecedented territory with #Ghwayran. #IS supporters are mobilising more aggressively than I've seen in years—think disinfo campaigns and calls to shelter escapees, obstruct roads and burn stuff (for smokescreens)
2 year agoIraq's security forces deployed around Abou Ghraib and Taji prisons near Baghdad to prevent a suspected attack from IS to release detainees such as what happened in Hasakah
Popular_Mobilization_Forces thwarted an attack by ISIS, northeast of Diyala, as part of the approaches to Muqdadiya district, where a group of ISIS tried to attack the force's points and destroy a thermal camera in a village.
The Iraqi government has ordered tightening the security measures on the border strip with neighboring Syria after dozens of Islamic State (IS) militants said to have escaped a prison in the Kurdish city of Hasakah
The Iraqi federal police and security forces have been deployed to the Yezidi region of Sinjar which makes them responsible for the security of the area, said Kurdistan Region's Peshmerga Minister Shorish Ismail
Iraqi Security forces Executing a large-scale operation to purify Hawi al-Azeem from ISIS militants and the borders between the Diyala, Salah al-Din and Samarra operations commands, with the support of the Army Aviation and the Air Force
US State Department: ISIS continues its attempts to destabilize the region
Iraq Army and PMF artillery targeted ISIS movements on the Salahuddin-Diyala provincial line
Enemy activity 10 ISIS spotted coming from Hamrin mountains to Mubaddad area in Salahuddin. Reports of 1 person being kidnapped
2 year agoIslamic State claimed the attack against Iraqi Army in Diyala and also released a photoset from the attack.
Northern Iraq: As a result of the coordinated work of the Turkish Armed Forces and MIT, 3 PKK militants detected in Avasin were neutralized with an air operation.
In Iraq, observers criticize the Defense Minister after ISIS kills 11 soldiers as they slept in Azim district in Diyala Province. What is the role of the Defense Minister
2 year agoStatement by US Embassy in Baghdad on the deadly ISIS attack on Iraqi forces in Diyala
2 year agoAccording to @amberinzaman, writing for @AlMonitor, the KRG has agreed to open the Semalka border crossing to vital humanitarian aid twice a month, following over a month of US mediation. Semalka has been closed to all traffic by the KRG since December 15
2 year agoIraq: 11 soldiers were killed in an ISIS attack on the headquarters of the First Company in Al-Azim district, north of Diyala
Iraqi President Barham Salih: The terrorist attack in Diyala is a despicable and failed attempt to target our security
An ISIS attack in the Diyala Province killed 11 Iraqi soldiers
Iraqi army officers arrested on charges of selling weapons to armed groups
In Iraq, 2 improvised explosive device attacks in Basra. One near security company & 2nd at housing area
An explosive device exploded near a bank in the central province of Basra, southern Iraq
An armed group affiliated with the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack targeting a pipeline carrying Kurdistan oil to the Turkish port of Ceyhan.
A bomb attack on Wednesday evening targeted the office of the second deputy speaker of Iraqi Parliament in the disputed province of Kirkuk, no casualties were reported
2 year agoNational Security Agency: Three leaders of ISIS forces were killed after raiding their den in Al-Taji Beach area. National Security: The three militants were wearing explosive belts that were dismantled after killing them. National Security: The group killed two Awakening sons two days ago.
2 year agoIraq's federal court to look into the complaints to challenge the constitutionality of the Parliament's first session. The appeal against the speaker's election was filed by Mashhadani, as well as another MP, Bassem Khachan
KRG's minister of natural resources claims that the Iraq-Turkey pipeline explosion happened due to electrical faults
Turkish airstrikes target villages in Duhok's Metina area, an official from Deraluk town told Rudaw
UNAMI: We strongly condemn the bombings that took place in recent days in Baghdad
The arrival of the commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Esmail Ghaani, to Najaf
2 year agoA grenade attack targeted a branch of Cihan Bank (related to Kurdish businesses) in Baghdad
