Iran closes border to Iraq, flights stop amid violent unrest
Iran closed its land borders to Iraq as flights to the country halted Tuesday amid violence in Baghdad following an influential Shiite cleric’s announcement he...
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How realistic is Erdogan’s vision for security belt from Syria to Iraq?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he is bent on creating an “end-to-end” security belt along Turkey’s southern borders with Syria and Iraq — a...
Iraq on verge of civil war: protestors killed as Sadr quits politics
Iraq was on the verge of civil war on Monday after powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr said he was quitting politics, his supporters stormed government...
Kurdish forces arrest 12 ISIS suspects in al-Hol camp
Internal security forces (Asayish) in northeast Syria (Rojava) announced on Monday the arrest of 12 suspected members of the Islamic State (ISIS) group in the...
Iraqi Ezidis unable to return to their homes due to PKK
Iraqi Ezidis are unable to return to their homes due to the presence in the region of the PKK terrorist organization and the Iran-backed Hashd...
Suicide bomber killed in security operation in Iraq
The Iraqi authorities announced on Sunday that a suicide bomber was killed and another was wounded in a security operation targeting ISIS terrorists in a...
4 IS militants killed in clashes with security forces in Iraq
Four Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Saturday in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC)...