Iraqi forces capture senior Daesh leader near Mosul
Press TV – Iraqi forces have captured a fugitive Daesh ringleader, who used to hold a “prominent” post within the Takfiri terror group.…
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Iran says ISIS resurgence could hamper oil deal with Iraq
Al Monitor | Adnan Abu Zeed: The ISIS appears to be staging a comeback in parts of Iraq, which could endanger the country’s…
Iraq’s PM security detail commander killed in armed clash in Salahuddin province
Press TV – Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi security detail commander has been killed in firefight in the country’s northern Salahuddin province. According…
Iraqi commander hails Iran’s support for Baghdad
IRNA – Baghdad regards Iran as its most important partner in the fight against Daesh (ISIS) terrorists, Deputy Chairman of Iraq’s Popular…
Senior Daesh figures still hiding in Mosul tunnels, Iraqi officials
Press TV – Iraqi security officials have warned that the high-ranking members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist groups are still hiding in…
Hashd al-Sha’abi formally inducted into Iraq security system
Press TV – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has issued a decree, ordering the formal inclusion of pro-government fighters from the Popular…
NATO staying in Iraq at Baghdad request: Alliance chief
Press TV – The NATO chief said the Western military alliance will stay in Iraq at its government’s request “as long as…
Iran plays outstanding role in fighting terrorism: Iraqi MP
IRNA – Hakem al-Zameli, head of the Iraqi parliament’s security committee said Iran’s role in fighting terrorism in Iraq is outstanding compared…
Iraq ‘will never allow US bases on its soil’
Press TV – Iraq says it will under no circumstances permit the United States to build permanent military bases on its soil,…
UK has spent $2.4bn on bombing Iraq, Syria: Official data
Press TV – The British government has spent over $2.44 billion (£1.7bn) to carry out airstrikes in Iraq and Syria since 2014,…
Amir-Abdollahian lauds Iraqi Shia, Sunni nomads’ role in war on ISIL
MNA – Meeting with the chiefs of Sunni nomad tribes of Iraq, Iranian Parliament’s General Director for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian praised…
IRGC medical doctors sent to Syria, Iraq: Commander
Tasnim – Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has been sending medical doctors to Syria and Iraq to help treat the injured…
US pressure on Iraq’s Nujaba ‘not surprising’
MNA – Iran’s Armed forces spokesman said Mon. that it would have been more surprising if the US had not imposed sanctions…
Iraq rejects Riyadh’s request to extradite over 400 Saudi ‘terrorists’
Press TV – Iraq has rejected a request from Riyadh to hand over more than 400 Saudi Arabians, whom it has imprisoned on…
Hashd al-Sha’abi calls for withdrawal of US troops from Iraqi territory
Press TV – A senior commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) has said now that Daesh has been defeated in the…
Iraq; rebuilding what US bombs destroyed
IRNA | Reza Bahar: ‘We are not nation-building again,’ said US President Donald Trump in a nationally broadcast address from Fort Myer in…
Presence of foreign forces not acceptable in Iraq: Official
Press TV – An Iraqi official has expressed his opposition to the presence of foreign forces in Iraq, saying they only aggravate…
Iran, Iraq, Syria will not let US sway in Kurdish areas: Velayati
Press TV – A senior Iranian official has said that constant cooperation among Iran, Iraq and Syria will not allow the US…
Iraqi intelligence official claims Daesh ringleader Baghdadi ‘alive’ in Syria
Press TV – A top Iraqi official says the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group’s leader Ibrahim al-Samarrai, aka Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is “alive”…
Iraqis want US forces out after ISIS defeat
Alwaght– The US announcement of drawdown of its forces in Iraq has grabbed great importance on the Iraqi political stage as the…
US has no plan to contribute to rebuilding post-Daesh Iraq: Officials
Press TV – US and Western officials say Washington has no plan to allocate money to the reconstruction of Iraq, ravaged by…
Ammar Hakim stresses Iran’s role in Iraq reconstruction
MNA – Head of the National Wisdom Movement of Iraq Ammar Hakim says Iran is the most reliable supporter of Iraq in…
Iran to start helping reconstruction of Iraq with Kuwait confab: Envoy
IRNA – Tehran will start its aid for reconstruction of Iraq at Kuwait conference, Iran ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi said. Masjedi…
Iraq publishes new most wanted terrorists list head by Daesh leader
Press TV- Iraqi authorities have published a fresh list of most wanted terrorists headed by the name of the fugitive leader of…
US redeploying troops to Afghanistan from Iraq: Report
Press TV – The US military is pulling its forces from a base in Iraq and shifting them to Afghanistan following the defeat…
Syria, Iraq are Iran’s strategic depth, says IRGC deputy cmdr.
MNA –IRGC deputy commander says that Iran military advisors are in Syria and Iraq because those two countries are Iran’s strategic depth,…
‘Iraq combing Anbar for remaining Daesh terrorists’
Press TV- The Iraqi army is reportedly combing through the expansive western Anbar Province for possible pockets of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist…
Muqtada Sadr slams US killing of Iraqi forces
Press TV – Senior Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has slammed a recent US airstrike that killed eleven people in Anbar Province, saying the…
US helicopter gunship kills 7 Iraqi civilians
Press TV – A US military helicopter has targeted several vehicles in Iraq’s al-Anbar Province, killing seven civilians and wounding 11 others, including…
Erdogan: Syria offensive could expand as far as Iraq border
Press TV – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey may extend its operation against the Afrin region in Syria to other cities as…
US-led coalition civilian killings tripled in Iraq, Syria in 2017: Monitor
Press TV – A British monitoring group says up to 6,000 Syrian and Iraqi civilians were killed in US-led coalition airstrikes in…
Larijani calls for rapid reconstruction in post-ISIL Iraq
MNA – Iran’s Parliament speaker met with his Iraqi counterpart on Tuesday (January 16) where he expressed hope that the upcoming parliamentary…
Suicide attack in Baghdad kills at least 16, wounds 65: ministry says
Reuters – At least 16 people were killed and 65 wounded in a twin suicide bombing in central Baghdad on Monday, the…
Baghdad extends Kurdistan international flight ban over independence referendum
Press TV – Iraqi authorities have extended for two more months an international flight ban on the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region amid…
‘Iraq has crossed brink of security crisis’
MNA – Iranian parliament speaker held talks with Iraqi minister of youth and sports where he asserted that Iraq is now past…
Kurdish stalemate: Baghdad preconditions, Erbil predicament
Alwaght – In past few days, and particularly after Iraqi Vice-President Nouri Al-Maliki’s interview with the Kurdish Rudaw news channel and the…
Barzani behind terrorist in Qandil Mountains: Iraqi MP
MNA – An Iraqi MP issued a statement on Tuesday saying that Barzani is after destabilizing the northern Iraq to pose more…
Iraq’s Hashd al-Sha’abi forces deployed to Syrian border to back army: Commander
Press TV – A top commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, says the paramilitary group has deployed…
Iraqi National Wisdom thanks Iran’s anti-terror assistance
IRNA – Leader of the Iraqi Wisdom National Movement has appreciated Iran for its decisive role in defeating the Daesh terrorist group.…
Rezaei urges Iran’s contribution to Iraq, Syria economy
MNA – Secretary of the Expediency Council called for Iran’s contribution to the economic development and restoration process of Syria and Iraq…