2 year agoMuqtada al-Sadr: the election of Parliament Speaker and deputy speakers is the first signs of a "national majority government."
2 year agoGerman Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht talks to German soldiers as she visits German armed forces in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan Region on January 9, 2022. Safin Hamed/AFP
Muhammad al-Halbousi won the presidency of the Iraqi parliament for a second term with a majority of votes
The Shiite coordination framework submits the signatures of 88 deputies to register it as the largest bloc in the Iraqi parliament
2 year agoPro Iran militia group called (Ta'ar Al Muhandis) division release a video shows IED attack against US Army's logistical convoy near Baghdad
German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht arrives in Erbil
2 year agoThe opening ceremony of the new session of House of Representatives of Iraq
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi: The stage of cooperation with the international coalition after the end of its combat role is limited to providing advice and training
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan announces the candidacy of Barham Salih for the presidency of the Republic in Iraq
2 year agoVideo / Quite a bold presence of Sadr-backed Saraya al Salam forces in Baghdad
"Groups supported by Iran were behind last night's attack on a Kurdish Peshmerga frontline near Kirkuk" an Iraqi security source confirms 8 rockets were fired on a Peshmarga position last night, causing no damage or injuries. "We're not certain if they had an order or not"he adds
President Erdogan on Kılıçdaroğlu's statements: We are already bombing Qandil nonstop. There are almost no militants left. Now the target is to hit that head in their den.
Al-Sadr stresses the need to form a majority government in which sectarianism and ethnicity have no place
Muqtada al-Sadr: There is no place for militias in Iraq and everyone will support the army, police and security forces
Violent clashes between a force of the Iraqi army and ISIS forces north of Baghdad
2 year agoThe militia (Asaib) stormed the demonstration grounds in the city of Kut, Wasit Governorate, and fired bullets at the protesters
The explosion was in At Taifiya neighborhood in Baghdad
Initial report of blast sound in Baghdad Iraq
Tonight several Katyusha rockets hit an area close to the Peshmarga frontline near Kirkuk. Some Iraqi media claim that Iran-backed groups were behind the attack as a warning to Kurds: Don't interfere in the Shia affairs, otherwise you are in danger"
Tonight several Katyusha Rockets targeted an area close to the Peshmerga frontline in Southeast of Perdi town in Kirkuk province. No casualties or material damages reported
Five Katyusha rockets fired at Peshmerga frontline near Altun Kupri in Kirkuk. No casualties reported yet
White House says Vienna negotiations and anniversary of killing of Qassem Soleimani may be behind the increasing attacks against US troops in Syria and Iraq
IRGC Quds Force Commander Qa'ani: We don't need to be present everywhere. We will prepare the grounds for taking revenge against Americans (for killing Soleimani) from inside their houses & using people who are already with them, without any need for our presence
At least one Peshmerga soldier was wounded on Thursday night in an attack by Islamic State (IS) snipers in the village of Kochak, Kirkuk province. The Kurdish forces were able to repel the attack
President Biden nominated Army Lt. Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla to be the next commander of U.S. military operations that include the Middle East
Iraq "Unknown gunmen" stormed the house of a member of Kataib Hezbollah in Baghdad killing his wife & 3 children. He himself is seriously injured and taken to hospital. Lots of rumours circulating in Iraqi social media about this assassination attempt
Til Koçer: Sources confirmed that AANES and Damascus government signed, with Russian mediation, a bilateral agreement that stipulates that the Damascus and the SDF jointly run the Til Koçer border crossing with the Kurdistan region, to be reopened
A number of foreign diplomats tested positive for the omicron variant in Baghdad, the Iraqi health ministry announced
The US Army logistics convoy was targeted in Babylon.
2 year agoAdditional pix from the "suicide drone" that was shot down last night near Al Assad Air Base. This is the third failed drone attack against US troops in Iraq in the past few days
