President Joe Biden announced on Monday that the US combat operation in Iraq will be formally ended by the end of the year, marking another step toward ending the two lengthy military conflicts that began in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The US mission in Iraq will evolve, Biden told reporters in […]
U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, reaffirmed Washington’s support for Iraq in a phone call with Prime Minister-designate, Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi while stressing Iraq’s “obligation” to protect U.S. coalition forces there, the State Department said. Pompeo pointed to Iraq’s obligation to protect U.S. and coalition diplomats, forces and facilities, according to the statement issued by […]
Iran has admitted “unintentionally” shooting down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people on board. An investigation found that missiles fired due to human error”, President Hassan Rouhani said. He described the crash as an “unforgivable mistake”. Update: Ukraine airline chief says he never believed airline caused Iran crash The military said the jet […]
Britain announced on Tuesday it would be putting girls and women at the heart of its work to end conflict in nine countries including Iraq, Nigeria and South Sudan. “Empowering women and girls … improves peace and stability, economic growth and poverty reduction,” senior ministers said in a National Action Plan on Women, Peace and […]
At least 5 Boko Haram militants who were in Mosul, Iraq to undergo military training under ISIS were killed on Wednesday, May 13th by Mosul Youth Resistance Movement. The spokesperson for Mosul, Saed Mamuzini, told the press that the Mosul Youth Resistance Movement, which was recently formed to act against Islamic State (IS) in Mosul, […]
The second-in-command of Islamic State (IS) has been killed in a US-led coalition air strike in northern Iraq, the Iraqi ministry of defense says. According to BBC, Abdul Rahman Mustafa Mohammed, also known as Abu Alaa al-Afri, was inside a mosque in Tal Afar that was targeted, spokesman Brig-Gen Tahsin Ibrahim said. He had been […]
Suspected terrorists are among the inmates who escaped a prison in Iraq today, 9th of May during a riot that saw dozens of people die. The death toll at Khalis prison, in Diyala province, has not been confirmed but the Interior Ministry said 30 prisoners and six police officers were killed. Local police and medical […]
At least 22 people were killed in explosions across Iraq late Sunday, including a suicide car bomb attack on a military post in western Anbar province, police and medical sources said. The deadliest attack came when a car packed with explosives was detonated at an army checkpoint near the town of al-Nukhaib, an outpost on […]
Kurdish officials say remnants of a suicide blast on highway between Mosul and Syria showed presence of chlorine, AlJazeera reports. Kurdish authorities in Iraq say they have evidence that fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant used chlorine gas as a chemical weapon against their peshmerga forces. The Kurdistan Region Security Council […]