US State Department orders the departure of its employees from the Basra Consulate in Iraq.
Iraqi government regrets US's decision to withdraw US consular staff from Basrah, Iraq is committed to protect and secure foreign diplomatic missions - MFA
2 year agoFrom Basra tonight: Protesters gather at Abdul Kareem Kassim Square to discuss mass demonstrations.
2 year agoThis is the first official announcement that the latest assassinations in Iraq were not coincidental. PM Haidar Abadi directs security forces to focus efforts to take action on murders that happened high level implementation in concurrent timing in Baghdad and Basra
Iraqi PM Abadi has ordered an investigation into abductions and murders in Basra and Baghdad, demanding results within 48 hours
2 year agoThe Global Coalition to Fight ISIS has come up with guidelines on terminology to avoid. For example: - Avoid" "Lone Wolf" - Why? "'Wolf' has a positive, almost heroic connotation. Care should be taken not to glorify criminal activity."
2 year agoTurkish armed unit enters Shapan village in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Special election kicked off in Iraqi Kurdistan, by which 17,469 members of Peshmergaand Kurdish security personals vote in 99 voting stations
2 year agoPeshmerga and security personnel, police stand in long queues in Amedi to cast ballots as KurdistanVotes in early elections
Early voting begins in Kurdistan Region
Reports that 3 rockets fell near the US Consulate at Basra International about an hour ago.
2 year agoIraqi female model Tara Faris -who was in Baghdad for a one-week visit- was assassinated today: "The body showed traces of six bullets" She is the latest of a string of assassinations of female activists in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities in the last weeks.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Thursday dismissed Lieutenant-General Jamil al-Shammari, an army commander in Basra, against the backdrop of ongoing violent protests in the country's south.
Coalition planes destroy ISIS weapons cache, kill 3 fighters near Makhmour
2 year agoFederal Police say 18 ISIS militants killed in Makhmour
Iraqi Security Forces kill suicide bomber attempting to target convoy in Jalawla subdistrict in Diyala Province.
In Iraqi election news, MP from Building Alliance: there is movement in Parliament towards withdrawing confidence in PM Abadi because of Basra.
Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolay Patrushev: There is a risk of the transfer by U.S. and some of its allies groups from Syria and Iraq to Afghanistan.
Moqtada Sadr met with Hassan Nasrallah, Qassem Soleimani in Beirut earlier this month to hammer out consensus to back Adel Abdulmahdi for PM.
2 year agoMakhmour At 11:40 am, the dens of ISIS militants were bombed on Mount Qahrajog in Makhmour district
PM @HaiderAlAbadi: During the past few days, our security forces conducted large-scale operations to hunt down militants trying to cross into Iraq from Syria
Iraqi PM rejects calls that his government immediately resign and says it would be unconstitutional, treasonous and leave citizens unprotected. Also, says Iraqis live with a high degree of security in regards to terrorism.
2 year agoA crowd gathers at the site of an explosion in Erbil where two vehicles collided. At least one person was killed.
Explosion that left one person dead not terror-related: Erbil Security
Majidi Mall: The explosion wasn't because of terror attack an electric generation was explode Erbil is safe .
An Explosion hits Erbil , the capital of Kurdistan region. The explosion happened near to Majidi Mall which's one of the biggest Shopping centers
PM @HaiderAlAbadi: Iraq is at an important juncture. We must seize the opportunity to embark on the reconstruction of captured areas and other parts of our country, with the support of Iraq's friends and allies in the international community
PM @HaiderAlAbadi: While efforts to form the next administration continue, this @IraqiGovt is discharging its duties in the service of the Iraqi people
PM @HaiderAlAbadi: Over the last few days, Iraq's armed forces successfully conducted operations in the desert of Anbar, Nineveh and Hawija to hunt down Daesh remnants, and to prevent militants from crossing into Iraq from Syria. There will be no hiding place for Daesh in Iraq
