latest Iraq news by Iraqi News

Two Iraqi children appear in a bad condition as the anti-terror war left one in four Iraqi children in poverty, according to a UNAMI statement Baghdad (Iraqinews.com) – A UN agency has revealed that violent acts in Iraq have left one in four children in poverty and pushed families to extreme measures to survive. In a statement, a copy of which was obtained by Alghad Press on Sunday, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) echoed a call by the UNICEF and UN-Habitat for urgent investment to restore basic infrastructure and services for children and families in Iraq. “Violence may have subsided in Iraq, but it has upended the lives of millions across the country, leaving one in four children in poverty and pushing families to extreme measures to survive,” the statement read. According to a UNICEF and UN-Habitat assessment, promoting investment in Iraq is necessary to restore basic infrastructure and services for children; otherwise the hard-won gains to end conflict in Iraq are in jeopardy. The statement added that turmoil tued Iraq’s major cities into war zones with significant damage to civilian infrastructure, including homes, schools, hospitals and recreation , ...ادامه مطلب

Members of al-Hashd al-Shaabi. Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The pro-govement paramilitary troops have repulsed an Islamic State attack launched against the border between Iraq and Syria, the media service announced. In a statement on Friday, the service of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) said, “troops of the 29th brigade foiled, in the evening, an attack by IS members against Tal Sufuk region, on borders between Iraq and Syria.” The attack, according to the statement, “is still ongoing.” On Tuesday, the troops thwarted a similar attack inflicting huge losses in lives and equipment against the militants. Last month, the Iraqi Media News Agency quoted Farhan Mohamed al-Duleimi, member of the Anbar provincial council as saying that intelligence information from Syria confirmed presence of IS members near al-BuKamal region in Syria to launch attacks against Qaim, located near Iraqi-Syrian borders, and that they prepared for suicide attacks to target military units deployed on borders between Iraq and Syria. Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi announced, in December, full liberation of Iraqi lands, declaring end of war against IS members. Thousands of IS militants a, ...ادامه مطلب

Members of the Islamic State. File Photo. (Iraqinews.com) The self-proclaimed Islamic State group launched an offensive against the Syrian regime forces near Albukamal City, southeast of Deir Ezzor, Syria News reported on Thursday. The news agency reported, today, that the ISIS has started a wide-scale assault against the Syrian regime forces in the northe and weste axes of the regime controlled-city of Albukamal. Read more about the ISIS assault against Syrian Regime forces in Albukamal , ...ادامه مطلب

Anbar (IraqiNews.com) An Iraqi municipal official said Friday that Islamic State militants still pose a threat to Iraq by maintaining presence at Syrian regions on the border with Iraq. Mohamed al-Dulaimi, a member of Anbar Province Council, was quoted saying in press statements that Hezein, Sousa and Barghoul border regions in Syria still “pose a security threat to weste Anbar”. He added that “Daesh (Islamic State ) criminals still control those regions and use them as launching points for suicide attackers sneaking towards the weste regions (of Anbar)”. “Military reinforcements have arrived to the borderline coinciding with air forces’ targeting of the group’s locations. Iraq declared victory over Islamic State militants early December, announcing full control of its forces over the borders with Syria. Iraqi troops took over Islamic State’s last bastion in Iraq, weste Anbar’s town of Rawa, mid November. The govement says its troops still chase remnant militants at desert areas between Anbar and Nineveh. Many observers believe the group still poses a threat even after its losing its territorial control. The group did carry out occasional attacks on civilians and secu, ...ادامه مطلب

A security checkpoint in Babil province. Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) An Iraqi soldier was killed and an officer was wounded while trying to deactivate a booby-trapped vehicle in Babil province, south of Baghdad. The Joint Operations Command’s War Media Cell said the pair were deactivating the vehicle which was abandoned at Jurf al-Nasr region before it exploded. Babil has been relatively stable on the security level, but witnessed some attacks against civilians and security troops. Iraq declared military victory over Islamic State militants in December, ending three years of operations to retake areas occupied by the group in 2014. Troops are still chasing remnant militants and struggling to remove explosives and war leftovers which have caused a number of deaths after the liberation of IS havens.   , ...ادامه مطلب

Islamic State militants. File photo. Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Turkish authorities have arrested Islamic State’s health minister, along with thirteen others during an operation in south of Turkey, Anadolu agency reported. Security sources were quoted as saying that the operation was carried out by the counter-terrorism and intelligence teams at Urfa province security department. Authorities, according to the sources, were notified that group of IS members, including senior leaders, were passing from Syria to Turkey via smugglers. The members infiltrated into Turkey with help of three Kurdish organizations including the Democratic Union Party (PYD) ‘s military arm, Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which are labelled in Turkey as terrorists, and the Kurdistan Communities Union. The arrested ones included seven Algerians, two Syrians, two Iraqis, one of whom was the IS former health minister, a Dutch member, a British from Moroccan origins and an Egyptian, the source added. According to AlSumaria News, the militant group’s former health minister is called Bashir Hussein, an Iraqi doctor, who admitted during investigations to being an emir of the so-called health department. He als, ...ادامه مطلب

Representational photo. Diyala (IraqiNews.com) Diyala Criminal Court has sentenced an Islamic State militant to death over involvement in killing more than forty civilians in 2006. “The suspect was engaged with Al-Qaeda in 2006 in setting up an ambush to kill 47 civilians in Bazayiz Kanaan region on Nahrawan road,” Abdul Satar Bayraqdar, spokesperson for the High Judicial Council, said in a statement on Monday. “He also took part with al-Qaeda in several terrorist operations.” “The court verdict, which sentenced the suspect to death, was based on the provisions of the Counter-Terrorism Law,” he added. On Sunday, the Central Criminal Court in Baghdad sentenced a German female suspect of Moroccan origins to death over involvement with Islamic State militant group. During investigations, she admitted to traveling from Germany to Syria then to Iraq as she believed in the IS. She accompanied her two daughters, who were then married to IS members. Earlier this month, Diyala Criminal Court issued two death sentences against a terrorist for transferring two suicide attackers, one of whom blew up himself in a funeral, while the other targeted a coffee shop in Muqdadiya. Iraqi Prime Mini, ...ادامه مطلب

Iraqi security forces evacuate an injured soldier during heavy fighting against Islamic State group militants in Fallujah, Iraq. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil) Salahuddin (Iraqinews.com) – Security forces killed on Tuesday five Islamic State militants who were trying to infiltrate into two villages in Salahuddin province, a security source was quoted as saying. Speaking to Baghdad Today, the source said, “Security forces prevented Islamic State militants from infiltrating into Kanous and Alhajj Ali villages east of Shirqat in Salahuddin province,” the source said. “The troops killed five IS militants and seized their weapons,” the source added. Islamic State lost Shirqat to the U.S.-backed Iraqi govement forces and tribal fighters in 2016. Its fall paved the way for the offensive on Mosul, the militants’ de-facto capital in Iraq. Iraq declared the collapse of Islamic State’s territorial influence earlier in November with the recapture of Rawa, a city on Anbar’s weste borders with Syria, which was the group’s last bastion in Iraq. The surge in violence between armed groups and govement forces has resulted in over 3 million inteally displaced persons across Iraq and left more th, ...ادامه مطلب

Islamic State militants carry their weapons during vigorous exercise Anbar (Iraqinews.com) – Over 80 percent of Anbar desert areas have been purged from Islamic State militants, a senior security official in Anbar province was quoted as saying. Speaking to Al-Sabah Al-Jadid newspaper on Sunday, Naeem al-Kaoud, the chairman of the Anbar province’s security committee, said, “Security forces and al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) purged over 80 percent of desert areas in Anbar province from Islamic State during a military operation there.” “The troops also destroyed several Islamic State hotbeds and remotely detonated four armored vehicles that were used by the militant group,” he said, adding that 10 more people were arrested on suspicion of joining Islamic State. “Although the hotbeds were underground, the troops were able to destroy them after receiving intelligence reports on their locations,” Kaoud pointed out that . “The military operation, backed by the U.S.-led inteational coalition and the Iraqi Air Force, comes as part of ongoing efforts to eliminate IS militants on the country’s borders with Saudi Arabia and Jordan,” he added. Iraq declared the collapse , ...ادامه مطلب

Representational photo. Idlib (Syria News) The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported, on Saturday, that more than 15 persons were either killed or wounded in a car bomb blast in Idlib Province. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reveal, ...ادامه مطلب

Iraqi army armoured fighting vehicles (AFV) cross as military pontoon bridge one the way to the frontline in weste Mosul, Iraq June 7, 2017. Picture taken June 7, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Security troops have liberat, ...ادامه مطلب

Kurdish Peshmerga forces. Erbil (IraqiNews.com) Sixty Kurdish fighters were killed in confrontations with Iraqi federal and the pro-govement paramilitary troops, Kurdistan said. In a press conference aired on the Kurdish NRTTV on Sunday, Jabba, ...ادامه مطلب

Peshmerga forces. File photo. Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) A senior paramilitary official has ruled out possibilities that Iraqi federal troops attack the kurdish Peshmerga at the disputed regions in Nineveh and Kirkuk. Speaking to reporters in Nineve, ...ادامه مطلب

Iraqi border guards stand along the Iraq-Syria border. (file photo) Erbil (IraqiNews.com) The general administration of Khabur exit has denied news that Iraqi troops took control on it, saying that the visit paid by Iraqi army chief of staff was, ...ادامه مطلب

People look at a bued vehicle at the site of car bomb attack in a busy square at Baghdad’s sprawling Sadr City district, in Iraq January 2, 2017. (Reuters) Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Over 300 Iraqis were killed and wounded as result of terrorism,, ...ادامه مطلب