Two rockets were fired at a Turkish base northeast of Mosul in northeastern Iraq, with no casualties, according to sources close to the Iraqi security forces who spoke to German news agency on Friday night. According to these sources, the rockets targeted the Zlikan base in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh. The first of […]
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Iraq: At least two killed in Turkish airstrikes against PKK positions
At least two people have been killed and seven wounded in Turkish airstrikes targeting Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) positions in the northern Iraqi province of Sinjar, security sources said today. According to sources, one raid targeted the headquarters of the intelligence services and the other hit a council building, causing damage to neighboring shops. Videos […]
Iraq: Members of the Sadr Movement, the largest parliamentary group, have resigned
The 73 lawmakers of the Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr, Iraq’s largest political figure in parliament, resigned today in a bid to push for the formation of a non-functioning government in the 2021 parliamentary elections. “We have welcomed the resignation of our brothers representing the Sadr bloc,” Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi said on Twitter, following letters […]
Iraq: More than 650 million euros embezzled from public banks
Nearly 651 million euros were embezzled from Iraqi public banks, a large-scale financial fraud involving 41 people, the Integrity Commission, a government body fighting corruption in Iraq, revealed today. The 926 billion dinars (almost 651 million euros) were specifically embezzled through “forgeries, embezzlements, manipulations, money laundering, abuse of office,” the commission said in a statement. […]
Turkey claims to have ‘neutralized’ 18 ‘terrorists’ in Syria and Iraq
The Turkish Armed Forces “neutralized” (killed) 16 “terrorists” of the Kurdish armed group People’s Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria, the Ministry of Defense announced in Ankara on Sunday. The strikes were in retaliation for attacks, the ministry said. Kurdish sources told the German Agency that the Turkish allegations were non-existent. Turkish President Recep Tayyip […]
Two Turkish soldiers killed in Iraq, Turkish casualties reach 8 in 5 days
Two Turkish soldiers were killed at the weekend during a military operation in northern Iraq, where Ankara forces are fighting Turkish Kurdish separatist rebels, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Sunday. The death toll rises to eight Turkish military losses in the region since Tuesday. The first soldier was killed on Saturday when an improvised […]
Turkey-National Security Council: Announces New Military Operations in Syria-Iraq – Talks of … ‘Greek provocation’
LAST UPDATE: 21.30 Turkish military operations already under way and will be conducted in the future along Turkey’s southern border are not aimed at violating the national sovereignty of neighboring countries, but are necessary for Turkish national security, the National Security Council said in a statement on Thursday. of the country, as broadcast by Reuters. […]
Turkey: A soldier killed in northern Iraq
A Turkish soldier was killed today during a military operation in northern Iraq, where Ankara is fighting Turkish Kurdish rebels, the Turkish Defense Ministry said. The death toll rises to six for Turkish soldiers killed in the area the day before yesterday, Tuesday. According to the official Turkish news agency Anadolu, the soldier was killed […]
Iraq: Six killed in IS attack
Six people, three police officers and three teenagers, who went to put out a fire in a grain field, were killed on Monday by Islamic State (IS) jihadists, a local official said. A police car that arrived at the scene of the attack, in Taza Khurmatou, was in turn targeted by fire and a bomb […]
Iraq: Sandstorm closes airports and public services
Airports and public services were closed across Iraq today as another sandstorm – the 9th of mid-April – hit the country, authorities said. Iraq is one of the five countries in the world most vulnerable to the effects of climate change and desertification. As an AFP correspondent describes it, the capital Baghdad was shrouded in […]