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Common Dreams
March 18, 2018
With this week marking the 15th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, thousands of people from more than a dozen countries on Sunday will join foreign policy experts and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in a live video call to discuss ongoing conflicts, soaring military tensions across the globe, and "how weÃâà...
Under the Radar Mag
March 18, 2018
Operation Fudge Documentation and Equivocate Endlessly Before Destabilizing a Key Part of the World Causing Ongoing Chaos a Decade and a Half Down the Line (not the official title) kicked off on 20 March 2003, lasting until the start of May before turning into the general Iraq War. This then dragged onÃâà...
Iraqi News
March 18, 2018
Baghdad (Iraqinews.com) – An Iraqi lawmaker has warned of plots to expand U.S. military bases in Iraq, stressing that his country is no longer in need of ... In recent weeks, suspected Islamic State insurgents have carried out several attacks targeting security forces in the areas north-west of Kirkuk.
Iraqi News
March 18, 2018
Nineveh (Iraqinews.com) – Iraqi troops killed on Sunday seven Islamic State (IS) militants while trying to infiltrate into al-Ba'aj district in Nineveh province, a military ... The Islamic State group appeared on the international scene in 2014 when it seized large swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria, declaring theÃâà...
Iraqi News
March 16, 2018
Iraqi troops reinforced their presence in Kirkuk and launched operations to purge the province from remaining militant cells following an ambush set up by the militants in mid February left 27 mobilization members dead mid February. Iraq declared victory over Islamic State militants and the recapture of all ofÃâà...
Xinhua
March 15, 2018
TIKRIT, Iraq, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi security forces on Wednesday killed at least seven Islamic State (IS) militants in clashes at a village near the city of Shirqat in Iraq's central province of Salahudin, a provincial security source said. The clashes erupted at dawn when about 10 IS militants attacked aÃâà...
The National
March 15, 2018
Reasserting government control over such a large rural area has proved to be beyond the capabilities of Iraqi forces, which remain stretched after three years of concerted fighting against insurgents. "The militants are regrouping and retraining to carry out attacks on security forces in the region," SarhadÃâà...
Iraqi News
March 15, 2018
On Wednesday, five Iraqi security personnel were killed and wounded in an armed attack launched by IS members, south of Balad town in Salahuddin. Four IS members were killed as Iraqi army, backed by PMFs, repelled an infiltration attempt into Shirqat via western borders. Thousands of IS militants asÃâà...
Iraqi News
March 15, 2018
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Two militants were killed as Iraqi troops launched an airstrike, north of Baghdad on Wednesday. A statement by Baghdad Operations Command said, “depending on accurate information gathered by the intelligence, security troops managed to follow three gunmen in al-BaghdadiÃâà...
Xinhua
March 15, 2018
BAGHDAD, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi government-backed paramilitary Hashd Shaabi members on Wednesday killed 10 Islamic State (IS) militants near the town of Hawijah in Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk, the Iraqi military said. Acting on intelligence tips, paramilitary Hashd Shaabi fighters carriedÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 15, 2018
KIRKUK, Iraq (AA) – Eleven Daesh militants were killed in an Iraqi security operation in the northern Kirkuk province on Thursday, according to a local police officer. The militants were intercepted at a point close to the Riyad town of Kirkuk as a result of some intelligence obtained, Police Capt. MuntazarÃâà...
Iraqi News
March 4, 2018
Last moth, Kuwait hosted an international donors conference for the reconstruction of Iraq after the damage sustained during the war against Islamic State militants since 2014. At the end of the conference, Iraq had acquired nearly USD30 billion, much less than a previously projected USD100 billion. IraqiÃâà...
Middle East Monitor
March 3, 2018
Six Daesh militants were killed in an Iraqi security operation in the northern Kirkuk province on Saturday, according to a local police officer. The militants were hiding ... Last December, officials in Baghdad had declared that Daesh's military presence in Iraq had been all but dismantled. However, it appearsÃâà...
Foreign Policy (blog)
March 2, 2018
Now, many of Iraq's tanks are immobilized for want of maintenance, potentially jeopardizing the country's ongoing campaign against Islamic State militants. While the Islamic State has retreated from large swaths of Iraq it once controlled, mobile groups of militants continue to stage attacks on Iraqi troopsÃâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
March 1, 2018
The Turkish General Staff said in a statement on March 1 that four Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants have been “neutralized” in air strikes, launched after the militants opened fire at military posts. The authorities use the word “neutralized” in statements to imply that the militants in question eitherÃâà...
Middle East Eye
February 24, 2018
The Islamic State (IS) group on Saturday killed two policemen guarding a northern Iraqi oil field, in a first attack on energy facilities since militants were driven from the region's towns, a security source said. "A large number of IS terrorists attacked a post of the oil police force near well 43 in the Khabbaz oilÃâà...
The Nation.
February 22, 2018
Why We Need to Remember the Iraq War—As Well as the Global Resistance to It .... We need to remember that hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians, perhaps over 1 million, died in the US war and occupation—and that doesn't even count the hundreds of thousands already dead from the 12 years ofÃâà...
Voice of America
February 7, 2018
The Iraqi army and the Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces on Wednesday started a major offensive against armed militants in the country's northeastern region near the border with Iran. Iraq's Joint Operations Command said in a statement the operation was aimed at cracking down on remaining IslamicÃâà...
Iraqi News
December 31, 1999
Speaking to Alghad Press news website, Ali al-Husseini, a spokesman for al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) northern axis, said “During a military operation to hunt for Islamic State militants in Kirkuk, paramilitary troops of al-Hashd al-Shaabi found a hideout that was used by the militantÃâà...
