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Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (right) and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi (left) during their meeting Wednesday in Kuwait., ...ادامه مطلب

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

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

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

Representational photo. Damascus (Syria News) The regime forces carried out heavy missiles shelling on the area of Jobar – Ayn Tarma, in the outskirts of al-Rahman Legion-held Easte Ghouta, in the capital of Syria, Damascus, the Syrian Observato, ...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. Idlib (Syria News) Local sources informed, on Friday, that eight persons were either killed or wounded in the explosion of missiles that were dropped earlier during a Russian air strike on the countryside of Idlib Syria, Q, ...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

Russian Aircraft. Deir Ezzor (Syria News) Russian has announced that it will support the Syrian army forces against the Islamic State in Deir Ezzor, Qasioun News reported on Sunday. Russia announced that it will provided the needed aerial support, through its Hameimim Air Base in Syria, for the regime forces to fight the Islamic State militants, east of Deir Ezzor, while official sources revea, ...ادامه مطلب

Representational photo. Hama (Syria News) Local media sources informed that thousands of civilians, from easte Hama, have fled their area due to the latest Russian air strikes, Qasioun News reported on Wednesday. The sources revealed that thousands of civilians from the villages located in easte Hama have fled toward Sinjar area, in the easte countryside of Idlib, after the latest Russia, ...ادامه مطلب

Representational photo. Idlib (Syrian News) Local sources informed that Russian aircraft carried out air strikes, on Wednesday, on the Christian-majority Qaina and Yaqobia Villages, in the weste countryside of Idlib, Qasioun News reported. The sources revealed that the two villages are Christian-majority, while pointed out that the air strikes were conducted on a church in one of the village, ...ادامه مطلب