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Inteational coalition aircraft Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Iraq’s military command said an armed group was bombarded by U.S.-led coalition warplanes early Saturday in Anbar, a few hours after news reports said the jets mistakenly hit a local police officer and civilians. The Joint Operations Command’s War Media Cell said that coalition warplanes struck an “armed group” in al-Baghdadi region, west of the province during a hunt for a terrorist element. “The JOC possessed accurate intelligence information about the presence of a terrorist leader, Karim al-Samarmad, at a house in Baghdadi for a meeting preparing for an attack against security forces and citizens”, the command said in a statement. It added that army forces, backed by coalition jets, moved to the area. Finishing the collection of evidence, the forces pulled back, only to detect “a gathering of gunmen”, which “aircraft targeted without coordination with the assigned force”, as the statement put it. The statement did not mention the presence of civilians or security officials among that gathering, but earlier news reports said Baghdadi district’s police and the areas’ mayor were wounded in the strike, while at least seven , ...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

Iraqi govement forces in Hamreen Mountains in Diyala. Diyala (IraqiNews.com) Nine police personnel, including a commander, were killed and injured in a bomb blast in northeast of Diyala, an official was quoted saying on Wednesday. “A bomb went off, today, targeting police troops in al-Terfaya region, at the outskirts of Jalawla, northeaste Diyala,” Walhan al-Karwi, member of Jalawla municipal council, told Alghad Press. “The blast left two policemen killed and seven others, including a commander and another officer, wounded,” Karwi said. “The victims were taken to forensic medicine department, while the wounded were transferred to hospital for treatment.” Earlier on the day, a local source in Jalawla said seven policemen, including a commander, were killed and injured due to the blast. Diyala police launched earlier a wide scale military operation along with army troops to follow Islamic State remnants in Jalawla. In remarks to joualists, Col. Ghaleb al-Attiya, spokesperson of Diyala police, said, “the operation targets eliminating the militants at the villages there and securing them.”Sources from Dijla Operations Command said the operation targets combing the region in , ...ادامه مطلب

Representational photo Mosul (Iraqinews.com) – All islands located near Albu Saif village, south of Mosul, have been totally purged from Islamic State militants, a security source was quoted as saying. Speaking to Baghdad Today on Tuesday, the source said, “A joint force from the Iraqi army and police, backed by the U.S.-led inteational coalition, launched an operation earlier to purge islands near Albu Saif village in Mosul from Islamic State remnants.” “The troops found 28 corpses of Islamic State militants and seized a huge amount of ammunition, explosive charges and booby-trapped vehicles during the operation,” the source added. In July, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced liberation of the second largest Iraqi city of Mosul from IS militants, who had captured it in 2014. More than 25000 militants were killed throughout the campaign, which started in October 2016. Since the city was declared free, security troops continue to comb it for hidden IS cells. Despite the victory over IS, observers say Islamic State is believed to constitute a security threat even after the group’s defeat at its main havens across Iraqi provinces. A govement campaign, backed by para, ...ادامه مطلب

Muqtada al-Sadr. Koufa (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi religious and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr has urged fresh massive protests for political reform and to demand a neutral govement in Iraq. Delivering a Friday prayer sermon in Kufa, Najaf, Sadr ur, ...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

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

Representational photo. Idlib (Syria News) Civilians were either killed or wounded, on Thursday, in air strikes carried out by Russian warplanes on Khan Sheikhon City, in southe Idlib. Qasioun News reported that Russian warplanes conducted air strikes on the city of Khan Sheikhon, in southe Idlib, killing three civilians and wounding others. Furthermore, Syrian regime warplanes carried out, ...ادامه مطلب

The Turkish bulldozers that crossed the Syrian borders. Idlib (Syria News) A Turkish military convoy crossed the Turkish-Syrian borders, on Thursday, and stationed in the buffer zone between the borders of the two countries, Qasioun News reported. The news agency revealed that a Turkish convoy, carrying military bulldozers and vehicles, crossed the Turkish-Syrian border near the Bab al-Hawa cr, ...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

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

Iraqi security forces fire a rocket from a position in northe Diyali province, as they take part in a major offensive to retake the key city of Tikrit. Archival photo. Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Liberation offensives will be launched in Islamic State holdouts in each of Salahuddin and kirkuk provinces, a paramilitary official said. “Operations will be launched over the coming few hours at the w, ...ادامه مطلب

Iraqi army in Anbar Ramadi (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi army: Military entrenchments used defense lines against Islamic State militants in Anbar have resulted into a siege on 40 families west of Ramadi, a municipal official was quoted saying. Adnan Fayhan, head of al-Wafaa precinct, said trenches and security barriers erected by the army forces in the area, 35 kilometers west of Ramadi, have caused m, ...ادامه مطلب