Turkish parliament on Wednesday ratified a motion extending authorization to launch cross-border anti-terrorist operations in northern Iraq and Syria, Anadolu agency reports. The ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party, the main …
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday inaugurated a vast irrigation and draining project in the Western provinces of Ilam and Kermanshah, Xinhua reports. "One of our wishes during the (Iran-Iraq) war was that the people of …
Following a report by Al Sumaria that an explosion hit a U.S.-led international coalition convoy on Wednesday in Iraq, the U.S. Central Command said it is looking into reports on the explosion and cannot confirm whether an attack took place. …
Turkish security forces killed nine PKK terrorists in northern Iraq during a cross-border counterterrorism operation in the region, unintentionally killing two Iraqi military officers and raising tensions between the two countries. …
Iraq cancelled a 13 August visit by the Turkish Defence Minister, Hulusi Akar, to the country, following condemnation of a Turkish drone strike in the Erbil province that killed two Iraqi border guards, according to an Iraqi Foreign Ministry …
An explosion near the Jraischan border crossing between Iraq and Kuwaiti on Monday evening targeted a convoy carrying equipment for U.S. forces, three Iraqi security forces said. It was not immediately clear if there were any U.S. …
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Two explosions hit a military base in Baghdad where Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) and police forces are based, the Iraqi press office said. Iraq’s Security Media Cell said in a statement that two different …
Two missiles hit Baghdad’s Green Zone, near the U.S. embassy, Iraq’s Al Sumaria television channel reported. One more missile fired at central Baghdad exploded in another quarter of the Green Zone, Al Sumaria said …
A U.S. military plane crashed into an Iraqi military base north of the capital on Monday without causing fatalities, the U.S.-led coalition said. Separately, a rocket landed on the periphery of Baghdad airport, the Iraqi military …
Iraq’s new oil minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar affirmed in a phone call with Saudi energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Iraq’s full commitment to the OPEC+ production cut deal, the oil ministry said in a statement. …
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The new ISIS leader has been arrested by Iraqi intelligence officers, according to local reports. Abdul Nasser Qirdash, 'the candidate to succeed the terrorist Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi' was captured, according to the National …
New Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi sent Russian President Vladimir Putin an invitation to visit Baghdad via the Russian ambassador to Iraq, the press service of the prime …
