Estimated 4.9 magnitude earthquake near the Iraq - Iran border hits south of Mandali
In Iraq, head of Reform and Building Coalition in Parliament says subject of withdrawing foreign forces from Iraq will not end until last US soldier gone and last US base closed. The 3 presidents cannot stop Parliament from voting on the withdrawal law.
Iranian embassy in Baghdad announces the start of free visas between Iraq and Iran. Every year 100K Iraqis visit Iran and 9M Iranians visit Iraq. Embassy says this is the start of incorporation between the two nations.
Semalka border crossing between Iraq and Syria was closed due to heavy rains and flooding
Iraqi Counter-terrorism service battalion destroys ISIS headquarters in Hadr desert in west Ninawa Province.
Iraq Army 10th Division, 39th Brigade kills one terrorist and arrests another during an operation northeast of Ramadi
Turkish Interior Minister Soylu: "After elections we will not let Qandil (PKK) on its place, even if Amerika is behind it."
Turkey is in pursuit of militants with air operation launched early Saturday in northern Iraq, says Turkish defense minister
Kurdish security forces arrested the two men who were in Erbil after fleeing Mosul in the wake of the incident.
3 week agoDiyala police chief Faysal Abbadi says ISIS has lost the ability to recruit new members and exploit them to prolong its militant activities in the area.
3 week agoA Turkish Navy force unit have landed in Erbil.
Saraya Salam 3rd Regiment killed 5 ISIS including a leader who was known for the recruitment of children for suicide operations. Took place south of Samarra and it was based on accurate intelligence.
3 week agoThe fight against ISIS continues. @CJTFOIR: "Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces conducted a coordinated air and ground operation, and several clearance operations against Daesh's networks in northern and western Iraq from March 25-27. Clearances were supported with Coalition airstrikes"
Iraq to export 1m barrels of oil per day Jordan Basra Aqaba pipeline
3 week agoOps targeting senior PKK militants to continue in Qandil: Turkey DefMin
Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar: Air Campaign against targets in Qandil will continue
Federal Police repelled an attack by the Butma cell at Akula village, east of Hawija.
3 week agoIraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi receives the Lukoil President Mr. Vagit Alekperov
Haji Ali police and the National Security Service arrested a woman from Shirqat and a Kurdish national after they were caught attempting to drop off supplies to ISIS elements in Makhmour mountains.
ISIS claims through affiliated unofficial media : It killed 1 junior ISF officer in the northern suburb of Baghdad and 2 other personnel in an assassination operation what looks like an intel led attack.
3 week agoGovernment forces arrest two people on sectarian charges in the Hawashah area of the southern Baghdad belt.
International coalition: ISIS remains a threat in Syria and Iraq
Report: strike hit Iranian warehouses in North-Eastern Aleppo
Baghdad: Grad rocket fell on the area of Al Maeamil east of the capital
Security forces arrested 2 suspects for involvement in the Feb. 28 car bombing in Mosul which left 14 casualties.
Islamic State linked Moata media claims that the groups fighters used an IEDs to hit police / military vehicle killing 1, wounding 5 in Rebaidah village in Daquq region in the south of Kirkuk, Iraq
3 week agoOver 20 Yezidis who were freed from ISIS in Syria have arrived in the Kurdistan Region where they are greeted by family members.
3 week agoDriving from Erbil to Duhok this morning
Iraqi MP from Ninawa Province calls for closure of all militia economic offices in Mosul and detention of their officials. Calls for withdrawing all militias from Ninawa.
3 week agoISIS drone munitions seized by Iraq Army 10th Division, 39th Brigade near Ramadi today.
