2 year agoMore than 4,000 people have been displaced from Sinjar district, adjacent to the northern region, since Monday, after two days of clashes between Iraqi forces and Yazidi fighters, before calm returned, the authorities of the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq announced on Tuesday.
The Iraqi military captured over 10 YBŞ fighters this morning in Shingal
Erbil Interior: More than 700 families displaced from Sinjar arrive as a result of clashes
2 year agoThe Chief of Staff of the Army and the Deputy Commander of Joint Operations arrive in Sinjar to inspect the security situation and military units in the district
2 year agoIraqi army retake the control of Snune town near sinjar, northern Iraq after heavy clashes with PKK militants
2 year agoUS condemns latest attack on oil refinery in Kurdistan Region
2 year agoFor second day, clashes continue between the Iraqi army and PKK-affiliated YBŞ around Shingal district. Airstrikes targeted YBŞ bases last night
Flights have resumed from Baghdad airport, after they were suspended earlier on Sunday due to the dust storm - state media
At least six Katyusha rockets on Sunday evening landed near Khabat district, northwest of Erbil province. No casualties were reported
2 year agoCCTV shows the moment of firing 6 rockets towards western Erbil
A missile attack targets the Zlikan base where Turkish forces are stationed in Mosul
Three rockets were reportedly fired towards Ain al-Assad base in Iraq in the past hour or so. No injuries reported as of yet
A missile attack targeting the Ain al-Assad base in western Iraq
2 year agoKilling and wounding 5 people in a clan conflict in Najaf.
2 year agoScenes from the military clashes that took place in Amadiya district last night between Turkish forces and fighters from PKK
ISIS attacks Iraqi forces southern Kirkuk. Casualties feared
Islamic State (IS) jihadists on Wednesday night attacked a unit of the Iraqi Army forces in the disputed Kurdish district of Tuz Khurmatu
Sinjar: As tentions between PKK-backed Yazidi militia YBS and Iraqi army continue, Iraq has deployed additional troops and Iraqi PM has appointed Mosul governor to administer Sinjar, sidelining the pro-YBS/PMF mayor. Iraq has also recently built a wall between Sinjar & NE Syria
2 year agoFlash flooding in parts of Erbil
ISIS has claimed responsibility for an April 23 bombing near the town of Akashat in Iraq's western Anbar Province that assassinated a prominent Shiite militia commander and allegedly wounded 14 others
2 year agoISIS/Daesh militants attack on an Iraqi federal police patrol in al-Rashad district in southern Kirkuk province
2 year agoCabinet spokesman Hassan Nazim: The Prime Minister announced that the security forces had thwarted a terrorist attack on Baghdad with a qualitative operation
2 year agoThe spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasoul, said that the "Tigris Province" of ISIS, south of Mosul, had been completely dismantled
Two Turkish soldiers were killed and four others injured by the PKK by a rocket attack in Duhok province on Tuesday, according to a statement by Turkish defense ministry
Seven hideouts belonging to the Islamic State (ISIS) were destroyed by the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in western Anbar on Monday evening, according to the force's media
Two mortar shells have landed in an area close to Camp Taji, 27km north of Baghdad, Iraqi media report
2 year agoISIS temporary checkpoint on a highway looking for Iraqi Army in Anbar, Iraq
In Iraq, committee investigating March Iranian missile attack on Erbil: we will take legal & diplomatic steps against Iran
2 year agoISIS claimed capture and execution of an alleged "Shi'ite intelligence spy" west of Baiji, in Iraq
Sirens sound reported at the US embassy in Baghdad
