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By Ali Jawad BAGHDAD (AA): A suicide bombing killed seven policemen and injured dozens near Iraq’s southern city of Najaf on Sunday. Three bombers blew themselves up at a security checkpoint in al-Qadisiyya, north-west of Najaf, after an exchange of fire with security forces, local official Hussein Wahid told Anadolu Agency. He said 25 […]

31st Dec 2016

Iraq: Twin bombing kills 24 in Baghdad

By Ibrahim Salih BAGHDAD (AA): At least 24 people were killed and dozens injured in a twin bombing claimed by Daesh terrorist group in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Saturday, according to security and health officials. Two bombers detonated themselves near spare parts shops in Al-Sinak market in central Baghdad, police officer Ahmed Khalaf […]

4th Dec 2016

Iraq: Suicide bombing kills 12 civilians in Mosul

By Mohamed Walid NINEVEH, (AA): Twelve civilians were killed and dozens injured in a suicide bombing Saturday in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, an army officer said. Major Abdul-Basit al-Jazaeri of the anti-terrorism forces said Daesh militants had detonated an explosives-laden tanker in al-Qadesiya al-Thaneya district in eastern Mosul. “Twelve people were killed and […]

2nd Dec 2016

Iraq: 15 children killed by Daesh snipers in Mosul

By Ibrahim Salih and Ali Jawad BAGHDAD (AA): At least 15 children have been killed by Daesh snipers over the past two days in the northern city of Mosul, according to an Iraqi army officer. “Daesh snipers are targeting children as they try to flee with their families to areas of Mosul under the […]

30th Nov 2016

Iraqi forces fight street to street in Daesh-held Mosul

By Mohamed Waleed, Ibrahim Saleh and Serhat Shakir BAGHDAD (AA): Iraqi army forces have penetrated Daesh’s defenses in two districts of Mosul and are now engaged in heavy street-fighting with the terrorist group, an Iraqi military commander said Tuesday. “After fierce resistance shown on Daesh’s first line of defense, security forces have managed to […]

29th Nov 2016

Iraq: US-led raid kills 14 civilians, 10 terrorists in Mosul

By Ibrahim Salih and Mohamed Walid BAGHDAD (AA): At least 14 Iraqi civilians and 10 Daesh terrorists were killed in an airstrike by U.S.-led coalition warplanes in the northern city of Mosul on Monday, according to a local police officer. The raid targeted a Daesh position where terrorists were preparing bombs and mortar shells […]

28th Nov 2016

Iraq: Dozens of Daesh terrorists killed in Mosul operation

By Ibrahim Saleh MOSUL, (AA): Thirty-seven Daesh terrorists were killed in operations as part of Iraqi military efforts to retake Mosul city from the terrorist group, the defense ministry announced Sunday. According to a statement issued by the ministry’s Military Intelligence Directorate, Iraqi warplanes hit Daesh positions located in Tel al-Zalat neighborhood west of […]

16th Nov 2016

Iraqi official says 2,800 Daesh killed in Mosul

By Haydar Hadi NINEVEH, (AA): More than 2,800 Daesh terrorists have been killed in the operation to retake the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said Tuesday. Ministry spokesman Ibrahim Tahsin said 2,801 terrorists had been killed by the Iraqi military and coalition forces since the campaign began on Oct. 17. The […]

13th Nov 2016

Iraq: 47,000 civilians flee Mosul amid anti-Daesh operations

By Ali Shikho and Ali Jawwad BAGHDAD (AA): More than 47,000 people have fled Iraq’s northern city of Mosul since a major offensive was launched last month to recapture the Daesh-held city, according to Iraq’s Ministry of Migration and Displacement. In a Saturday statement, ministry official Dia Salal said some 3,027 civilians have been […]

12th Nov 2016

Iraqi forces take 3 more villages near Daesh-held Mosul

By Ahmed Kasim, Farhat Shakir and Ali Jawad NINEVEH, (AA): Iraqi counter-terrorism forces have seized three more villages from the Daesh terrorist group in areas north and southwest of the city of Mosul, military sources said Thursday. “Iraq’s anti-terrorism agency has managed to capture the villages of Al-Abbas and Al-Najafiya,” Ahmad al-Dihan, a brigadier […]

11th Nov 2016

Iraq: 7 killed in separate bombings in Baghdad

By Daniel Gallego BAGHDAD (AA): At least seven people were killed and 17 other injured in three separate bomb attacks around Baghdad late Thursday, according to a security source. Three victims were killed when an explosive device went off in the northwest of al-Hamamiyat district, police captain Yasser al-Mustafa, told Anadolu Agency. Seven others […]

8th Nov 2016

Iraq: 3 weeks into Mosul op, Iraqi forces take more ground

By Ali Shikho, Ahmed Qassim and Ali Jawwad BAGHDAD (AA): The Iraqi army and its allies on Monday continued to make gains in and around Daesh-held Mosul amid an ongoing campaign — now in its fourth week — to purge members of the terrorist group from Iraq’s second-largest city. In a statement, General Abdulamir […]

8th Nov 2016

Iraq: Mass grave found near Daesh-held Mosul

By Ali Shekhu and Ali Jawad BAGHDAD (AA): A mass grave has been found in an area south of the Daesh-held city of Mosul, a top Iraqi security official said on Monday. “The grave, located in the district of Hamam al-Alil, contains the remains of 100 people, including civilians, who were killed months ago […]

5th Nov 2016

Iraqi forces take Daesh bastion south of Mosul

By Ahmed Qassim NINEVEH, (AA): Iraqi forces on Saturday captured Hammam al-Alil district, the last Daesh stronghold south of Mosul in northern Iraq. According to the Iraqi state TV, army and police forces fully seized control of the Daesh-held district and raised the Iraqi flag there. Hammal al-Alil was the last Daesh stronghold, about […]

4th Nov 2016

Iraq: 37 Daesh terrorists killed in Mosul operation

By Arif Yusuf,Zeynep Tufekci MOSUL, (AA): At least 37 Daesh terrorists have been killed in the operation to retake Iraq’s oil rich city of Mosul, that country’s defense ministry said Friday. The ministry said that the operation targeted Daesh positions in Mosul’s western regions. The statement added that 14 bomb-laden vehicles were destroyed during […]

2nd Nov 2016

Iraqi forces ‘liberate’ strategic Kokjeli district of Mosul

By Ahmed Qassim, Ibrahim Salih and Haydar Hadi NINEVEH, (AA): Iraqi counter-terrorism forces on Tuesday captured Mosul’s eastern Kokjeli district from members of the Daesh terrorist group, according to an Iraqi army source. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Lieutenant-General Abdel-Wahab al-Saedi, who led the operation, said anti-terrorism forces had managed to “fully liberate eastern parts […]

1st Nov 2016

Iraqi army, allies retake 5 more villages near Mosul

By Ibrahim Saleh and Ahmed Qasim BAGHDAD (AA): The Iraqi army and its allies on Monday announced the recapture of five more villages near the northern city of Mosul, according to official statements. The assertions come hours after the army’s Joint Operations Command announced the launch of the second phase of the campaign — […]

31st Oct 2016

Iraqi army takes 2 more villages from Daesh

By Ahmed Qasim and Ibrahim Salih NINEVEH, Iraq (AA): Iraqi forces have captured two more villages near the northern city of Mosul from Daesh terrorists, according to an Iraqi army officer. Ahmed al-Shemari, a captain in the Iraqi army’s Nineveh Operations Command, said army forces seized control of the villages of al-Hokool and Ali […]

29th Oct 2016

Iraqi army says 3 more villages captured from Daesh

By Ahmed Kasim NINEVEH, Iraq (AA): Three more villages west of Mosul have been recaptured from the Daesh terrorist group, military sources said Saturday. Faisal Yasin, a captain in the Iraqi army’s Nineveh Operations Command, told Anadolu Agency that four bomb-laden vehicles of Daesh had also been destroyed and that operations were ongoing. An […]

25th Oct 2016

Iraqi forces capture strategic town near Mosul

By Jamal Badrani NINEVEH, (AA): The Iraqi army Monday recaptured from Daesh the Christian town of Qaraqosh near Mosul, according to an army officer. “The Iraqi joint forces have carried out combing operations in the town, which was totally evacuated of its Christian majority residents in 2014,” Mohammed al-Jubouri said. Qaraqosh is located about […]

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