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Iraqi Air Force Crushes ISIL Terrorists in Tal Afar

The Iraqi warplanes raided ISIL positions in Tal Afar in western Mosul, killing 20 terrorists. The Iraqi defense ministry added in a statement that air raids also destroyed a number of ISIL weaponry depots and booby-trapped vehicles.

January 6, 2017

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Hashd Shaabi volunteer forces during battles west of Mosul

Iraqi Forces Advance against ISIL during Mosul Night Raid

Iraqi army and elite forces advanced against militants of the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group in eastern Mosul in their first night-time raid in the city, a spokesman said on Friday. Counter-terrorism service (CTS) forces pushed across a tributary of the Tigris river shortly ...

January 6, 2017

Middle East

Explosion in Baghdad Leaves 10 Dead, Over 20 Wounded

Ten people have been killed and 21 wounded in a blast in the center of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, Al Mayadeen broadcaster reported Thursday. According to Al Sumaria broadcaster, citing police, a car rigged with explosives went off in the Bab Al Moatham neighborhood of the city.

January 5, 2017

Middle East

Iraq Cuts Oil Production per OPEC Deal

Iraq has cut crude production by some 200,000 barrels per day as part of an OPEC oil cartel agreement aimed at boosting flagging prices, the oil ministry’s spokesman said Thursday. “Iraq reduced its production to around 4.6 million barrels (per day)” from more than 4.8 million, Assem Jihad told AFP. ...

January 5, 2017

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Iraqi troops preparing to storm ISIL strongholds in Mosul

Iraq Forces Launch Operation against ISIL near Syria Border

Iraqi forces on Thursday launched an offensive aimed at retaking towns still under the control of the ISIL Takfiri group in western areas near the border with Syria, commanders said. “A military operation has begun in the western areas of Anbar to liberate them from Daesh,” said Lieutenant General Qassem ...

January 5, 2017

Middle East

Iraq Helicopter Gunship Crash Kills Four

An Iraqi attack helicopter crashed Wednesday south of the Mosul battlefield, killing all four crew members, security officials said. “During an army aviation mission this morning, an aircraft crashed due to a technical failure,” the Joint Operations Command coordinating the fight against the ISIL Takfiri group said in a statement. ...

January 4, 2017

Middle East

Iraqi Forces Advance in Eastern Mosul

The Iraqi troops liberated on Tuesday Ma’ared area and a shopping mall on the eastern coast of Mosul city from ISIL terrorist group. The advance was reported in a statement which added that the Iraqi forces raised the national flags over the area’s buildings.

January 3, 2017

Middle East

French President Francois Hollande )L), Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi (R) in Baghdad

Hollande Visits Iraq, Vows to Support War on ISIL

French President Francois Hollande vowed on Monday to continue supporting Iraq in its fight against the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group and to help in the reconstruction efforts of damaged cities. “My visit to Iraq is to convey support and solidarity from France to ...

January 3, 2017

Middle East

ISIL Attack on Iraq Police Station Kills Three

An attack carried out by the ISIL Takfiri group on a police station in the Iraqi city of Samarra has left three members of the force dead, officers said Tuesday. According to security officials from Salaheddin province, in which Samarra is located, a group of four gunmen wearing suicide vests ...

January 3, 2017

Middle East

Maliki: Hashd Shaabi Can Help Fighting ISIL in Syria after Cleansing Iraq

Vice President Nouri Maliki said that volunteer forces fighting against ISIL Takfiris in Iraq can help in combating the terrorist group in Syria after defeating it in Iraq. In a press conference in Tehran on Monday, Maliki said Hashd al-Shaabi, the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), may provide their help ...

January 3, 2017