latest Iraq news by Iraqi News

Explosion in Iraq Diyala (Iraqinews.com) – Four people, including a well-placed municipal official, were killed and wounded Monday in two bomb attacks in Iraq’s Diyala province, security sources were quoted as saying. Speaking to Alghad Press news website, a source said, “Three bombs planted by unknown men went off outside a house of a member of al-Abbara city council in northeaste Baqubah, leaving the municipal official and his uncle wounded.” The two were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment and security forces opened a probe into the bomb attack. In another incident, a source said an explosive charge exploded in al-Azim area in northe Diyala, leaving a man killed and his wife injured. In January 2015, Iraqi forces announced liberation of Diyala province from Islamic State extremist militants who proclaimed an “Islamic Caliphate” in Iraq and Syria in 2014. The province has seen months of fighting between Iraqi troops and IS militants especially in the Jalawla and Saadiyah areas in the province’s north and areas near the town of Muqdadiyah. Iraqi cities have seen almost daily bombings and armed attacks against security members, paramilitary troops and civilians since t, ...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

The explosion of a booby-trapped vehicle. File photo. Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Two security personnel were killed, while four civilians were wounded in a bomb blast and armed attacks in Baghdad, security sources said. Speaking to Alghad Press, a , ...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 security forces detain a boy after removing a suicide vest from him in Kirkuk in Iraq. Archival photo. Reuters. Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Defense Ministry’s War Media Cell has said that the suicide bombers, who carried out the attacks in , ...ادامه مطلب

Representational photo. Deir Ezzor (Syria News) Informed sources informed, on Thursday, that the Syrian army forces had taken the village of Hawija Sukkar, in the easte countryside of Deir Ezzor, Qasioun News reported. The sources revealed that, ...ادامه مطلب

Peshmerga forces. File photo. Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Kurdish troops used weapons supplied by Germany to attack Iraqi govement forces in Kirkuk, said an Iraqi military statement on Friday. “While we value the support world countries give to Ira, ...ادامه مطلب

FILE PHOTO: Smoke is seen as members of the Iraqi Army clash with Islamic State fighters at a frontline in north west of Mosul, Iraq, May 5, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui Hawija (IraqiNews.com) Iraq’s military command said Sunday it completed a first phase of operations to recapture Islamic State’s last holdout in Kirkuk. The Joint Operations Command’s field commander, Abdul-Amir Yarallah, sai, ...ادامه مطلب

Islamic State militants. File photo. Hama (Syria News) Militants from the self-proclaimed Islamic State group managed to capture two villages, located east of Hama, from the Syrian regime forces, activists told Qasioun News. The activists informed that the Islamic State militants captured the villages of Mas’ud and Rasm al-Awabed, east of Hama, after battles and clashes with Syrian regime forc, ...ادامه مطلب

Federal police carry their weapons during a battle against Islamic State militants, at the entrance to the city of Dawasa in Mosul, Iraq, March 5, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani – RTS11ISC Shirqat (IraqiNews.com) ISIS News Today/ Iraqi govement and paramilitary forces recaptured several villages on Thursday as the govement launched a wide-scale, final operation to retake all of Islamic Stat, ...ادامه مطلب

Members of Iraqi Federal Police carry their weapon at the frontline during a battle with Islamic State militants in weste Mosul, Iraq June 5, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro Shirqat (IraqiNews.com) ISIS News Today/ Iraqi Federal Police artillery bombarded Islamic State locations in Salahuddin preparing for an imminent invasion of the group’s havens on the province. The service’s chief, Lt. Gen., ...ادامه مطلب

Iraqi Sukhoi fighter jets. File photo. Diyala (IraqiNews.com) ISIS News Today/ Two Islamic State militants died on Wednesday when Iraqi army warplanes pounded the group’s locations northeast of Diyala province, a security commander said. Mezher al-Ezzawi, commander of Dijlah Operations, said the pair were stricken by fighter jets while riding their motorbike in Wadi Thallab, Naft Khana, northe, ...ادامه مطلب

A member of the Iraqi Army’s 9th Armoured Division walks among debris at the yard of a destroyed building at the frontline in weste Mosul, Iraq June 17, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis Annah (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi army forces invaded on Wednesday the first of three Islamic State bastions in weste Anbar and near the borders with Syria, military and paramilitary sources were quoted saying., ...ادامه مطلب

Members of the Islamic State group. File photo. Annah (IraqiNews.com) ISIS News Today: Islamic State militants used bued petroleum to blur vision for assaulting aircraft as operations continue to clear their havens in weste Anbar. Iraqi website SNG quoted a source at the Anbar Operations Command saying that the militias dug canals in the ground, fill them with black oil and set them on fir, ...ادامه مطلب