National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with @masrourbarzani of Iraq’s @Kurdistan at the White House. He affirmed support for the security of the Kurdistan region and condemned attacks by Iran and Iranian-backed proxy groups against locations there
9 month agoA drone targeted a location in the center of Kalar city in Sulaymaniyah Governorate in Iraq, resulting in casualties according to reports
The global coalition forces in northeastern Syria brought today a massive military support and bolstering military bases in northeastern Syria on a wider scale. Seven small cargo planes of the Boeing CH-47 Chinook CH47D type, belonging to the international coalition forces, landed at the American base at Kharab al-Jir Agricultural Airport in the northeastern countryside of Al-Ya'rubiyah, north of Al-Hasakah, coming from northern Iraq under the protection of helicopters.
Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) says preparations are underway for the Kurdistan Region's parliamentary elections and that a date will be set "in the next few days" - IHEC spox tells Rudaw's Sangar Abdulrahman
Iran feared that the autonomy of factions within Iraq could potentially escalate tensions into armed conflict — NY Times
Iran urged factions in Iraq to refrain from targeting US interests — New York Times
Iraqi Intelligence: We were able to arrest two of the "most dangerous ISIS leaders" in an operation outside the borders
TSK airstrikes in Akre and Hakurk and Metina
The Turkish Ministry of Defense announces the killing of 4 Kurdistan Workers' Party militants in northern Iraq
Turkish warplanes are hitting PKK targets in the Akre region of Duhok in northern Iraq. There are dead
10 month agoTurkish FM meets with Falih Alfayyadh, Chairperson of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF).Minister of Foreign Affairs @HakanFidan met with Falih Alfayyadh, Chairperson of al-Hashd al-Shaabi, in Ankara
4 PKK militants detected in the Claw-Lock Operation region in northern Iraq were neutralized
Iran's Oil Minister says the explosion of a gas pipeline in the southwest of the country is an “act of sabotage"
TSK airstrikes in Akre and Metina and Hakurk
US will continue its operations in Iraq and Syria — Biden
The military committee meetings with Iraqi officials do not include discussions about the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq, according to the Pentagon's statement to Sky News Arabia
The Iraqi Oil Minister: Negotiations with oil companies operating in the Kurdistan region are towards resolution
10 month agoIran's proxy umbrella announces a full resumption of attacks on the U.S. in Iraq & Syria, seeking to expel it from the region. The "Islamic Resistance" says "painful strikes and broad attacks" are forthcoming
Initial assessments indicate more than 40 militants associated with Iranian proxy groups were killed in U.S. strikes in Iraq and Syria, says @PentagonPresSec
Advisor to the Prime Minister of Iraq: The American strikes are an unjustified violation of Iraqi sovereignty
Advisor to the Prime Minister of Iraq: We will submit a complaint to the Security Council regarding the American strikes
The International Coalition: We look forward to continuing military talks with our Iraqi partners on Sunday and discussing the transitional phase of our mission
"We have been reassured by United States officials.that there's not going to be any withdrawal [from Syria] anytime soon" SDF commander @MazloumAbdi tells reporters
10 month agoIran strongly condemned the assassination of the senior Kataib Hezbollah commander by the US in Baghdad, saying that Abu Baqer Al-Saedi was a senior commander in the fight against ISIS in Iraq. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman condemned US’ killing of Iraqi resistance members as “a clear example of American state terrorism” and its “support for Israeli crimes against Palestinians”.
10 month agoTurkish intel ‘neutralizes’ Yunus Demir, senior PKK terrorist in northern Iraq's Gara region, wanted by top category red notice
An Iraqi military spokesman: What the international coalition is doing is pushing the government more than ever before to finish its mission
An Iraqi military spokesman: The international coalition threatens to drag the country into the conflict
An Iraqi military spokesman: The international coalition completely exceeds the reasons and purposes for which it was found on our land
An Iraqi military spokesman: U.S. forces irresponsibly repeatedly commit everything that might undermine the understandings
The Iraqi Prime Minister: The repeated "irresponsible" US strikes threaten civil peace and violate Iraq's sovereignty
