US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter arrived in Iraqi capital Baghdad on Monday on an unscheduled visit. “Carter arrived at Baghdad International Airport for talks with Iraqi politicians and security officials,” Iraqi officer Hasan al-Nawfal told Anadolu Agency. He said Carter’s talks in Baghdad will focus on an anticipated offensive to ...
Iraqi army and the Hashd Sha’bi forces (Popular Mobilization Forces) managed on Friday to seize full control over the Baghdadi island after liberating it from the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group, a statement by The Joint Operations read. The national military inflicted ISIL terrorists ...