Kurdish security forces arrested the two men who were in Erbil after fleeing Mosul in the wake of the incident.
2 year 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.
2 year 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.
2 year 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
2 year 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.
2 year 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.
2 year 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
2 year agoOver 20 Yezidis who were freed from ISIS in Syria have arrived in the Kurdistan Region where they are greeted by family members.
2 year 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.
2 year agoISIS drone munitions seized by Iraq Army 10th Division, 39th Brigade near Ramadi today.
Iraqi security forces "fiercely" repelled an attack staged by ISIS militants on Alas oilfield in Salahadin province yesterday.
2 year agoA bridge between Kalar and Darbendikhan has partially collapsed due to heavy rain and flash floods. The road is closed.
Iraqi former PM Abadi warns of coming war in Kirkuk Province due to PM Abdel-Mahdi's neglect of the situation.
The border crossing of Peshabour between KRG and Northern Syria is closed so far and maybe more because of heavy rains. The bridge is overflowed
2 year agoHeavy rain causes flooding in Sulaimani
The majority of the blocs in Iraqi Parliament are agreed to vote in favor of expelling PKK from Shingal in coming weeks, including the Kurdish blocs (except for Neway Nwi). PKK has clashed several times with Iraqi forces/PMF during the past weeks in Shingal Yezidis hometown.
2 year agoThe Iraqi ministry of interior on Sunday declared that federal police units destroyed 4 hideouts used by ISIS in Kirkuk.
2 year agoA child was killed and one person was injured in an air strike carried out by US forces on a house in Al-Oudan district, north of al-Rutba district in Anbar province, and a number of family members were arrested.