Tag: Iraq
Islamic State attack kills ten policemen near Iraq’s Kirkuk
Islamic State militants killed ten Iraqi policemen and wounded four during an overnight attack on a guard post near the city of Kirkuk, police...
Iraq seeks to ease Saudi-Iran hostility at Baghdad summit
Iraq has invited Iran and Tehran's Gulf Arab foes to a summit in Baghdad with the objective of calming tensions which have brought them...
Turkish soldier killed in mortar attack in northern Iraq – ministry
Kurdish militants launched a mortar attack on a Turkish military base in northern Iraq on Thursday, wounding a Turkish soldier who later died in...
Iran asks Iraq to expel Iranian rebels from Kurdistan region
A senior Iranian security official urged Iraq on Tuesday to expel Iranian rebels from Iraqi Kurdistan, or expect Tehran to take "preventative measures" against...
Series of attacks target US personnel in Iraq and Syria
US diplomats and troops in Iraq and Syria were targeted in three rocket and drone attacks in the past 24 hours, US and Iraq...
Militants attack oil wells in Iraq’s north, production unaffected – sources
Militants using bombs attacked two oil wells at an oilfield close to the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, killing at least one...
Explosives-laden drone targets US forces at Iraq’s Erbil airport
A drone dropped explosives near US forces stationed at Erbil airport in northern Iraq late on Wednesday, Kurdish officials said, with no immediate reports...
Senior Islamic State figure killed in Iraq, PM says
Iraqi security forces have killed Abu Yaser al-Issawi, an Islamic State commander who had claimed to be the leader of the group in Iraq...
Air strike kills IRGC commander at Iraq-Syria border – Iraqi officials
An air strike killed a commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards at the Iraq-Syria border sometime between Saturday and Sunday, Iraqi security and local militia...
Three killed in clashes in Iraq after cleric’s followers storm protest...
Supporters of Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed an anti-government protest camp in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya on Friday, and at least three...
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