Tag: Iraq

IRAQ (VOP TODAY NEWS) - According to Mashregh News, in recent days, dormant Daesh cells have conducted surprise attacks on Iraqi forces in the Salaheddine and Kirkuk provinces, killing or injuring dozens of Iraqi soldiers. Several teams of Iraqi People's Mobilization Units (Hachd al-Shaabi) have been...

IRAQ (VOP TODAY NEWS) - In Iraq, Kurdish Peshmerga are making their way to Kirkuk. According to the IraqAkhbar website, a well-informed source announced Monday (February 26th) that Peshmerga units had moved in two directions to Kirkuk. The Peshmerga advanced along the two axes of Chwan...

IRAQ (VOP TODAY NEWS) - Quoted by the IRNA news agency, Karim al-Nouri, commander of the Hachd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units of Iraq), warned against the consequences of the US military presence in Iraq. The presence of the US military in Iraq would allow terrorists to...

RUSSIA (VOP TODAY NEWS) - Iraq says it needs Russia's S-400 anti-aircraft defense system to defend against air attacks. Iraq is seeking to acquire Russian S-400 air defense systems Triumph to defend its territory against air strikes, said Saturday the chairman of the Iraqi parliament's security...

IRAQ (VOP TODAY NEWS) - The Iraqi judiciary has sentenced 15 Turkish women to death for their link with the Daesh terrorist group. The Central Criminal Court of Baghdad on Sunday (February 25th) sentenced 15 Turks to be convicted of collaborating with Daesh terrorists. The 15 convicts...

IRAQ, Sunday, February 25 (VOP) - The Central Criminal Court of Iraq sentenced 16 Turkish women to death for involvement in the activities of the IS terrorist organization, the Iraqi Supreme Council of Iraq said in a statement. "The Central Criminal Court of Iraq, having examined the...

SYRIA, Sunday, February 25 (VOP) - Two explosions were blown up in Baghdad at once, Iraqi News reports. The first IED detonated in the south-western part of the city, which led to the death of one civilian of the Iraqi capital, and five others were injured. The...

SYRIA, Feb. 25 (VOP) - The US-led international coalition has admitted that more than 841 civilians have died in "mistaken" strikes in Syria and Iraq. According to the report, the joint chiefs of staff of the so-called anti-Daesh international coalition have announced that 485 reports of...

UNITED NATIONS - US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Thursday that the proposal for a peace plan between Israel and the Palestinians was almost complete. "I think we are in the process of completing it," Hayley said when asked about the...

IRAQ - Iraqi media report the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the terrorist group Daesh, following an air strike in eastern Syria. Hesham al-Hashemi, terrorism expert, announces the death of Abd al-Rahman al-Qaduli, deputy of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the...

IRAQ - Crude oil exports from southern Iraq ports on the Gulf have reached 3.5 million bpd since the start of February, two oil sources told Reuters on Thursday.  

IRAQ - A source close to the headquarters of the Basra operation reported the launch of the first phase of the security operation in the Iraqi province on Wednesday morning, 21 February, under the decree of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. "Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of Iraqi...

IRAQ - The Iraqi Asaïb movement Ahl al-Haq expressed its opposition on Wednesday to the creation of a NATO base and the strengthening of the US military presence in Iraq in all its forms. In an interview with Knooz Media, Mahmoud al-Rabii, a member of the...

IRAQ - About 20 al-Anbar residents, who had been ambushed by Daesh on the Iraqi-Syrian border, were killed by members of this terrorist group. In addition, a court in Iraq has sentenced 12 widows of elements of the Daesh terrorist group to life or death for...

IRAQ - US oil firm Chevron said on Monday it had resumed drilling operations in Iraq's Kurdistan region. "Chevron can confirm that it has resumed its activities in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and we resumed drilling operations in our Sarta 3 field," spokeswoman Sally Jones...

IRAQ - Islamic state fighters ambushed a convoy of government-backed troops near the northern city of Kirkuk on Sunday, killing at least 27 of them, police and leaders of the Shi'ite Popular Forces said on Monday. The Islamic state claimed responsibility for the attack. A security official...

IRAQ - Iraq's anti-terror service says it has seized information on a secret ISIS plan to seize the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. The terrorist group plans to still dominate Kirkuk, which may pave the way for a new occupation of Mosul, warns the command of...

IRAQ - Iranian diplomacy greeted with its spokesman the movement of the Iraqi Resistance, Harakat al-Nujaba, which was able to neutralize the US policy of support for terrorists. "The United States and its allies, Israel and some of the rich Arab Persian Gulf countries, have united...

IRAQ - "The Hashd al-Shaabi will avenge the blood of their members killed by terrorists," warned a spokesman for Popular Mobilization Units (Hashd al-Shaabi) of Iraq. Head of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units headquarters, Faleh al-Fayaz, announced on Monday (February 19th) that the Hashd will be avenging...

IRAQ - A Jordanian newspaper reported on Daesh's efforts to renew itself after its military collapse in Iraq and this time under the leadership of a man named Abu Yahya Iraqi. One of Daesh terrorist leaders, Abu Yahya Iraqi, is planning to renew this terrorist group...