Iraqi forces kill six protesters in southern city of Basra
Iraqi security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition on hundreds of protesters in the southern city of Basra on Tuesday, killing six people and…
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John Bolton support for Iranian opposition spooks Tehran
Alarm bells rang in Iran as soon as Donald Trump named John Bolton as his national security adviser. Mr Bolton is even more hawkish towards…
2 German women identified among group held in Iraq
A total of four German citizens are among a group of women who were captured by Iraqi forces in the Iraqi city of Mosul last…
Iraqi army wins Mosul battle
The victory over Daesh in Mosul is an achievement of the Iraqi army and people’s militias, not of the United States, Nouri said. “They [the United States] say, and…
Iraqi army takes over IS central hospital in Mosul
Iraqi Federal Police forces took over Islamic State’s main hospital in Mosul’s Old City on Monday as operations near a total recapture of Iraq’s second…
Mosul: Daesh attacks kill 17 Iraqi soldiers
At least 17 Iraqi soldiers were killed in suicide attacks by IS militants in the northern city of Mosul on Sunday, according to a local…
Mosul: Iraqi army advances on ISIS enclave
Iraq’s armed forces have opened a new front against Islamic State in Mosul, advancing on the militants’ enclave from the northwest, a military commander says….
4 Daesh leaders killed as Iraqi forces encircle strategic mosque
At least four ISIS leaders, including a Kurd, were killed by coalition jets in the neighborhood of Tenk in the embattled western half of the…
Mosul: Iraqi forces seize ground in Old City
An operation began on February 19 to retake Mosul’s west, the last major Islamic State group urban bastion in the country, which includes the Old…
Iraq: At least 20 dead after suicide attackers target wedding party
Iraqi forces battled Isil militants in their stronghold of Mosul yesterday and took control of the last major road leading west from the city, before…