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By Ali Jawad BAGHDAD (AA): The death toll from Sunday’s twin car bombings in the city of Al-Samawah in Iraq’s southern Muthanna province has risen to 36 with another 90 injured, a local medical official told Anadolu Agency. Adel Mohamed, an official at the Muthanna Health Department, said most of those killed were civilians, […]

2nd May 2016

Iraq: Sadrists withdraw from Baghdad’s Green Zone

By Moayed al-Tarafi, Ali Jawad and Haydar Hadi BAGHDAD (AA): Supporters of firebrand Shia Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr withdrew from Baghdad’s Green Zone Sunday after holding a sit-in for two straight days. A protest leader, Ihlas al-Ubeydi, made a statement on behalf of all demonstrators to announce their conditional withdrawal. “A technocrat government must […]

1st May 2016

Iraq: Demanding gov’t reform, Sadrists storm parliament

By Idris Okuducu and Haydar Hadi BAGHDAD (AA): Supporters of prominent Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr stormed Baghdad’s Green Zone on Saturday before forcing their way into the parliament building where they broke windows and smashed furniture. Pro-Sadr demonstrators overran barriers set up around the heavily-fortified Green Zone, which houses a number of vital […]

26th Apr 2016

Iraq: Seven dead, 31 injured in bomb attack

BAGHDAD (AA) – A suicide bombing attack in Iraq’s capital Baghdad left seven people dead and 31 injured Monday. According to security sources speaking anonymously since they are not authorized to talk with the media, the suicide bomber detonated himself near a movie theater in Iraq’s Shia-populated Baghdad al Jadidah region. No group has claimed […]

25th Apr 2016

Iraq: 20 killed, 50 injured in Baghdad terror attacks

By Ibrahim Salih and Suleiman al-Qubeisi BAGHDAD (AA) – At least 20 people were killed on Saturday in a spate of attacks across Iraq’s capital. A car-bomb struck a security checkpoint in northern Baghdad, killing 10 people and injuring 29 others, a security source said. Another six people, including a policeman, were killed and […]

23rd Apr 2016

US airstrikes kills 20 civilians in 5 months in Syria, Iraq

By Kasim Ileri WASHINGTON (AA) – U.S. airstrikes have killed at least 20 civilians and injured 11 others in Iraq and Syria between last September and early February, a defense official said Friday. However, human rights group says 380 civilians were killed in 18 months since the beginning of U.S.-led coalition airstrikes on Syria. […]

18th Apr 2016

Iraq: Sadrists besiege Baghdad ministries amid mounting crisis

By Ali Jawwad BAGHDAD (AA): Thousands of supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr surrounded several government ministries in Baghdad on Sunday in a fresh escalation by the firebrand Shia Muslim leader to press for a major cabinet reshuffle. The move comes one day after al-Sadr threatened to stage a fresh round of protests within 72 hours […]

17th Apr 2016

Turkey: Erdogan: Iran, Turkey should work together

ANKARA (AA): Ankara and Tehran should lead the way to ending violence in Iraq, Syria, and the region, Turkey’s president said on Saturday. Speaking at a joint news conference alongside his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan underlined the role of trans-regional and regional dialogue mechanisms led by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation […]

29th Mar 2016

Iraq: Lawmakers give PM 3 days to unveil new gov’t

By Muayed al-Tarifi BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraq’s parliament on Monday voted to give Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi a three-day deadline by which to present his new government or face a vote of no-confidence. “Thursday will be the final deadline for [al-Abadi] to present his new cabinet,” MP Rahim al-Draji told Anadolu Agency. He said […]

26th Mar 2016

22 Turkmen being treated in Ankara after chemical attack in Iraq

ANKARA (AA) – A total of 22 Iraqi Turkmen injured in a Daesh chemical attack earlier this month are being treated at a hospital in Ankara, according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry. The Iraqi Turkmen, injured in the attack on Kirkuk’s Taze Khormato district, continue to be treated at Polatli State Hospital, the ministry said […]

26th Mar 2016

Iraq: Suicide attack at football stadium in Iskandariya kills 30

(The Muslim News): At least 30 people were killed and 90 injured in a suicide attack that targeted a stadium in Iraq’s Babil province Friday. Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack took place in the northern town of al-Iskandariya, a mixed Shia and Sunni Muslim, at a local football game. A man wearing […]

18th Mar 2016

US: Daesh committing genocide

[Photo: US Secretary of State John Kerry said Daesh commiting genocide against minorities. Photo: Erkin Keci/AA] By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA) – Daesh is committing genocide in territories it controls in Iraq and Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday. “In my judgment, Daesh is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under its […]

12th Mar 2016

Iraq: Daesh chemical attack kills two-year-old Iraqi girl

KIRKUK, Iraq (AA) – A two-year-old girl died at an Iraqi hospital on Friday after falling victim to a chlorine gas attack by the terrorist Daesh group in the northern province of Saladin. “Fatma Samir was brought to our hospital two days ago when the chemical attack occurred,” Dr Ahmad Haydar, the chief of Tuz […]

3rd Mar 2016

Iraq: US commandoes capture Daesh leader

By Kasim Ileri and Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): US special forces deployed to Iraq have captured a key Daesh operative, unnamed officials told American media. The Pentagon declined to comment on the capture operation that was first reported by New York Times and CNN. “As the Secretary said on Monday, the ETF [expeditionary targeting […]

29th Feb 2016

Iraq: Twin bombings kill 70 injure 100 in Baghdad

By Ibrahim Salih BAGHDAD (AA) – At least 70 people were killed and another 100 injured by twin bombings that rocked Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday afternoon. The first bomb tore through a marketplace in eastern Baghdad’s predominantly-Shia Sadr City district, police officer Salman al-Jabri told Anadolu Agency. Police sources said the suicide bombers […]

23rd Feb 2016

Iraq: Five, including police chief, killed in Daesh attacks

By Suleiman al-Qubaisi & Mustafa Saadi BAGHDAD (AA): Five people, including a police chief, were killed in a series of attacks by Daesh terrorists in Iraq on Monday. Daesh terrorists launched two offensives in eastern and western Ramadi, but the attacks were repelled by army forces, military officer Walid al-Duleimi told Anadolu Agency. “Three […]

19th Feb 2016

US refuses to confirm YPG behind Ankara attack

By Esra Kaymak Avci WASHINGTON (AA) – The U.S on Thursday would neither confirm nor deny that terrorist group YPG’s responsibility for a deadly terror attack in Ankara a day earlier. “I’m not going to speak to specific evidence that others may be looking at or be talking about while, as far as we […]

9th Feb 2016

Iraq: 10 people killed in Baghdad terror attacks

By Ibrahim Saleh & Suleiman al-Qubaisi BAGHDAD (AA) – Ten people were killed in a spate of attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday. A roadside bomb went off at a police patrol in southern Baghdad, killing a policeman and injuring four others, police officer Salman al-Jabiri said. According to al-Jabiri, six people […]

7th Feb 2016

Iraq: Daesh attacks kill 37 in Ramadi & Fallujah

ANBAR,(AA): Thirty-seven people were killed Saturday in Iraq in a string of terrorist attacks on security forces by Daesh. Ismail al-Mihlavi, Anbar operations commander of the Iraq, army, told Anadolu Agency that Daesh launched an offensive on three army headquarters in Ramadi city with bomb-laden vehicles. Al-Mihlavi said the militant group later started gunfire. Twenty-three […]

23rd Jan 2016

US: Anti-Daesh coalition to commit ground troops

WASHINGTON (AA): The U.S.-led anti-Daesh coalition will commit ground troops to fight the militants in Syria and Iraq, the Pentagon said Friday. “We’re looking for opportunities to do more and there will be boots on the ground and I want to be clear about that,” said Defense Secretary Ash Carter during an interview with the […]

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