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By Ali Cevad MOSUL, (AA): Iraqi forces recaptured nine villages northeast of Mosul on a wide-ranging military campaign to retake the city from the Daesh terrorist group, according to a statement from the Iraqi military on Sunday. Joint forces from the army, police and peshmerga renewed operations at dawn along several axes and attacked […]

22nd Oct 2016

Iraq: 15 Shia Muslim women killed, dozens wounded in air raid near Kirkuk

Kirkuk, Iraq: An airstrike left 15 Shia Muslim women dead and 50 injured after it hit a Shi’a Muslim shrine near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, according to AFP reports, citing a local official and medic. “Fifteen women were killed and another 50 wounded in a raid that targeted a Shiite place of worship at […]

22nd Oct 2016

Iraq: US, Turkey agree ‘in principle’ on Mosul battle

By Kasim Ileri WASHINGTON (AA): There is “an agreement in principle” to include Turkey in the offensive to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from Daesh, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter reportedly said Friday. Turkey should “appropriately have a role in the counter-ISIL campaign in both Syria and Iraq,” American media quoted Carter as […]

21st Oct 2016

Iraq: 7 killed, 19 injured in bomb blasts around Baghdad

By Gulsen Topcu BAGHDAD (AA): At least seven people were killed and 19 others injured in three separate bomb attack in and around Iraq’s capital Baghdad late Thursday, according to a security source. A device was detonated as a military vehicle was passing by in the village of Arab Ejbur south of Baghdad, killing […]

18th Oct 2016

Malaysia on alert as Mosul offensive in Iraq may bring home Daesh fighters

By P Prem Kumar KUALA LUMPUR (AA) – Malaysia has been placed on its highest security setting after intelligence reports suggested thousands of Daesh members may try and return home as a military operation closes in on Mosul — the last Daesh stronghold in northern Iraq. Iraqi forces began advancing on the city early […]

18th Oct 2016

Iraq: Shia Muslim militia convoy attacked in Baghdad, 11 killed

By Ibrahim Saleh BAGHDAD (AA): Eleven people were killed and another 23 injured on Monday when a convoy of Shia Muslim militiamen was targeted by a suicide car-bomber in Baghdad’s southern Al-Yousifiya district, according to a local police source. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Police First Lieutenant Nasser al-Hanoun told Anadolu Agency that the bomber […]

17th Oct 2016

Iraq: Offensive begins to liberate Mosul from Daesh

BAGHDAD (AA): A much-anticipated Mosul offensive to liberate the city from Daesh began midnight Sunday, according to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. In an address on state television, Abadi said only the army and police would be in the city. He called on people in Mosul to be in solidarity with the security forces. However, […]

15th Oct 2016

Iraq: Five killed in spate of Baghdad bombings

By Ibrahim Saleh BAGHDAD (AA): Five people were killed in three separate bomb blasts that shook Iraqi capital Baghdad on Friday, according to a local police source. Baghdad Police Colonel Salem al-Nuuman told Anadolu Agency that two people were killed — and 11 injured — when a bomb went off near a local market […]

6th Oct 2016

Iraq: 20 Sunni fighters killed by US airstrike near Mosul

By Jamal al-Badrani NINEVEH, Iraq (AA): At least 20 Sunni fighters were killed Wednesday by a U.S.-led coalition airstrike south of Mosul in northern Iraq. Tribal commander Nazhan al-Sakhr al-Lahibi told Anadolu Agency the fighters were killed after they were mistakenly hit by coalition planes in the Kharaeb Jabr village, south of Mosul. There […]

3rd Oct 2016

Iraq: More than 1,000 Iraqis killed in September: UN

By Arif Yusuf and Ali Jawad BAGHDAD (AA): A total of 1,003 people were killed in violence across Iraq last month, according to the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). In a report released Sunday, UNAMI said the fatalities included 609 civilians while 1,159 people were injured in September. Baghdad was the worst affected […]

29th Sep 2016

Iraq: US to raise number of advisors to 8,000

By Arif Yusuf BAGHDAD (AA): Washington will increase the number of its advisors in Iraq in line with a request by Baghdad, according to an Iraqi government statement issued Wednesday. “The reason for the increase of U.S. advisors in Iraq is to provide the necessary support for the imminent campaign to recapture Mosul from […]

29th Sep 2016

Iraq: Daesh terror group loses more territory in Anbar

By Suleiman al-Qubaisi ANBAR, (AA): The army on Wednesday recaptured the Al-Dabour Island region in Iraq’s western Anbar province from the Daesh terrorist group, Iraqi Army General Qassim al-Muhammadi told Anadolu Agency. “The Iraqi army, backed by airstrikes carried out by the international coalition and the Hashd al-Ashaeri [a pro-government Sunni tribal militia], has […]

26th Sep 2016

Iraq: Suicide bombing kills 8 in Baghdad

By Ali Jawwad BAGHDAD (AA): A suicide bombing killed eight people and injured dozens in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday, according to police and medical sources. A bomber detonated his explosive vest near a school in Al-Iskan district in western Baghdad, police officer Yasser al-Mostafa told Anadolu Agency. Health official Ihsan Radi said […]

15th Sep 2016

Iraq: 7 killed in separate Baghdad attacks

By Ibrahim Salih BAGHDAD (AA): At least seven people were killed — including four members of the same family — in separate attacks that occurred in different parts of Baghdad on Wednesday, according to a local police officer. Baghdad Police Captain Yasser al-Mustafa told Anadolu Agency that unidentified gunmen had attacked a home in […]

10th Sep 2016

Iraq: Twin car bombing kills 35 at Baghdad shopping mall

By Haydar Hadi BAGHDAD, (AA): A double car bombing at a shopping mall in Baghdad left 35 people dead late Friday, a security source said. Forty were injured when the bombs exploded at the Nakheel Mall opposite the oil ministry in eastern Baghdad at around midnight local time (2100GMT), the source said on condition […]

6th Sep 2016

Iraq: Car bombing kills 10 near hospital in Baghdad

By Ibrahim Salih BAGHDAD (AA): At least ten people were killed early Tuesday in a car bombing claimed by Daesh terrorist group in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. A car packed with explosives blew up near a hospital in the Shia Muslim predominantly al-Karada district in central Baghdad, police officer Hassan al-Noufal told Anadolu Agency. […]

1st Sep 2016

Iraq: Shia Muslim militia hands over parts of Tikrit to Iraqi army

By Ali Jawad BAGHDAD (AA): Saraya al-Salam, a Shia Muslim militia, handed over several parts of Iraq’s northwestern city of Tikrit to the army on Thursday roughly one year after liberating the areas from the Daesh terrorist group. “Saraya al-Salam has officially handed over security responsibility to the Iraqi army’s Baghdad Operations Command in […]

16th Aug 2016

Iraq: 6 killed in multiple attacks in Baghdad

By Arif Yusuf BAGHDAD (AA): Six victims were killed Monday, including one police officer, and 20 injured in bomb and sniper attacks in Baghdad, according to Iraq’s interior ministry. In the northern town of At-Tarmiyah, an unidentified sniper targeted a police checkpoint, killing the officer and injuring two other officers. Five civilians were killed […]

10th Aug 2016

Iraq: Hospital fire kills 11 babies in Baghdad

By Ibrahim Salih BAGHDAD (AA): Eleven newborn babies were killed on Wednesday in a fire that broke out at a hospital in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the Iraqi Health Ministry said. Ministry spokesman Ahmed al-Redini said the fire at the maternity wing of Yarmouk hospital was caused by electric fault. “Twenty-eight women and seven […]

7th Aug 2016

Iraq: 5 killed, many injured, in bomb blasts

BAGHDAD (AA): At least five people were killed Saturday, including three soldiers, in separate bomb attacks in Iraq, the country’s interior minster told Anadolu Agency. Fifteen civilians were also injured in the attacks. One soldier was killed and three others were wounded when a bomb placed on a road exploded in the Et-Tarimiyye district north […]

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