Reuters - Iraqi forces launched a security operation along a planned oil transit route to Iran on Wednesday, saying it was clearing and destroying sleeper cells in the mountainous border area where two armed groups operate. Iraqi oil officials announced in December plans to transport Kirkuk crude by truck to Irans Kermanshah refinery. The trucking ...

Iraqi commanders says their forces have entered Fallujah in a major victory against Daesh militants. One commander, quoted by AFP, said troops entered the cityfrom three directions on Monday in a new phase of the operation to recapture it. "We started early this morning our operations to break into Fallujah," Sabah al-Norman, a spokesman ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iraqi forces have surrounded Fallujah and completed the first phase of their assault to retake the city from the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group, officials announced. A defense ministry spokesman told Al Jazeera on Saturday that Iraqi forces were closing in on Fallujah, which has been under Daesh control since January 2014. ''Phase ...

Iraqi government forces, backed by fighters from allied Popular Mobilization units, have fully liberated a district in the conflict-ridden western province of Anbar from the Takfiri Daesh terrorists. The Iraqi Joint Forces Command announced in a statement on Friday that the forces had managed to establish complete control over the al-Sijariyah district,...

Iraqi government forces, backed by military aircraft, have carried out successful clean-up operations against the Daesh terrorist group in some parts of the Arab country, inflicting heavy losses on the Takfiri militants. On Saturday, at least 27 Daesh terrorists were killed when Iraqi army troopers and fighters from allied Popular Mobilization Units ...