Iraqi forces Wednesday launched the final assault to capture the town of Hawija, one of two pockets of territory still under control of ISIL Takfiri group in Iraq, the country’s military said in a statement. Iraqi forces began moving on Hawijah two days after capturing the Rashad air base, located ...
The Saudi newspaper Al-Sharq Al-Awsat mentioned on Monday that a number of Sunni political leaders in Iraq want to meet with the Prime Minister Haidar Abadi to tackle the choice of establishing an independent Sunnite region, adding that such step was aimed to be kept confidential. The paper added that ...
