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Representational photo. Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The High Commission for Human Rights in Iraq has revealed the total number of foreign females, who had death sentences issued against them, over involvement with Islamic State. In remarks on Wednesday, Ali al-Bayati, member of the commission, said “the total number of female members who had death sentence, ...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

Tribal fighters. File photo. Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) Tribal fighters have killed three Islamic State militants hiding in northe Salahuddin, a security source said. “Tribal Mobilization Forces managed to kill three Islamic State militants, who were hiding in the easte side of Shirqat. Two of them were at Tal al-Hawa village, while the third was at al-Salman village,” the source told Baghdad Today on Friday. This came within an operation carried out today to look for the remaining militants in the recently-liberated easte Shirqat, according to the source. Earlier on the today, al-Hashd al-Shaabi [Popular Mobilization Forces] killed five IS suicide attackers and arrested the sixth killed, as troops repulsed an attack in al-Siniyah region, north of Salahuddin. On Thursday, PMFs killed an IS suicide attacker and were looking for others in north of Salahuddin, saying that several bombers were besieged in a tunnel at Makhoul mountains. Federal Police announced, late September, liberation of easte Shirqat, the group’s holdout in north of the province. 225 militants had been killed since the launch of operations in Shirqat. Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi and the Joint Operations Command announced on September 21, the launch of first phase of operations to liberate Hawija and weste Shirqat. Federal Police, Rapid Response and the pro-govement Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) took part in the attack, according to the command. The Iraqi army said in September 2, ...ادامه مطلب

Islamic State militants. File photo. Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State’s so-designated “finance minister” has fled the group’s havens in Anbar province, carrying large amounts of money allocated for fighters’ salaries, a paramilitary source was quoted saying. Qatari al-Obaidi, a senior leader at the Tribal Mobilization, told Alsumaria News that Islamic State’s finance official, Sabbar Batous, ...ادامه مطلب

Al-Hashd al-Shaabi militia spokesperson Ahmed al-Asadi. File photo. Tal Afar (IraqiNews.com) The pro-govement Popular Mobilization Forces will field 20.000 fighters for the anticipated offensive to retake the town of Tal Afar, Islamic State’s last bastion i Nineveh province, a spokesperson said. PMF spokesman Ahmed al-Assadi said Friday that 20.000 fighters will take part in the imminent battle, saying that the recapture of the enclave “will not take more than weeks”. Tal Afar is 65 kilometers west of Mosul, and is home to a mixed Turkmen and Arab population. Iraqi forces recaptured Mosu, ...ادامه مطلب

The artillery of Peshmerga forces. File photo. Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) More than ten Kurdish Peshmerga fighters were killed and injured as Islamic State militants attacked the troops in Salahuddin province. “The attack, launched against the 11th brigade, occurred in Zarka region,” peshmerga spokesman Brigadier General Halgurd Hikmat said in Press remarks on Wednesday. “The troops repulsed the attack, while militants ran away leaving three personnel killed and eleven others wounded,” Hikmat said adding that five IS members were killed. Speaking to Xendan news website, a Peshmerga source , ...ادامه مطلب

Islamic State militants. File photo. Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State has named a British national female doctor as head of the group’s health department in southwest of Kirkuk, a security source was quoted saying. “IS selected a British female doctor from Sudanese origin, who arrived to Nin, ...ادامه مطلب

Armed Clashes erupted between two tribes in Maysan. Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Two persons were killed, while three others were wounded as armed clashes occurred among Islamic State militants and tribal fighters in west of Anbar province, a security source was quoted saying. “Al-Hamza brigades [affil, ...ادامه مطلب

Kurdish Peshmerga forces. File photo. Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) An explosive device went off on Sunday south of Kirkuk, killing and wounding four members of the Kurdish Peshmerga troops. A security source was quoted by  Mawazin news website saying that the bomb exploded at Daqouq region, south of t, ...ادامه مطلب

Peshmerga troops. Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) Four Kurdish Peshmerga fighters were killed and wounded on Friday when Islamic State militant ambushed them at an area east of Salahuddin. A security source told Baghdad Today that IS members attacked a Peshmerga patrol in al-Touz region, east of the , ...ادامه مطلب

Tal Afar (IraqiNews.com) Seventeen Islamic State female members were killed and injured as a missile was shot on a building, west of Mosul, a source from Nineveh province said on Saturday. “An unknown missile targeted a two-storey building, which was the headquarters of the IS al-Khansaa briga, ...ادامه مطلب

Members of al-Hashd al-Shaabi. File photo. Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Four al-Hashd al-Shaabi (the Popular Mobilization Forces) fighters were killed in clashes with Islamic State militants near Tal Afar west of Mosul, Turkey’s Anadolu Agency reported on Tuesday. Army Captain Jabbar Anad al-Khafaf t, ...ادامه مطلب

ISIS women fighters. Tal Afar (IraqiNews) Two women who had acted as informants for the Islamic State in Nineveh province were found dead late Monday west of Mosul, a local source was quoted saying. The pair was found dead in an abandoned house in the town of Tal Afar, one of the few remaining I, ...ادامه مطلب

Iraqi security forces. File photo. Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Security forces have arrested female foreign Islamic State (IS) fighters, including five Germans, in the city of Mosul, an officer from the counter-terrorism forces revealed on Tuesday, according to Germany’s Die Welt newspaper. The , ...ادامه مطلب

Tribal fighters. File photo. Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Two Islamic State suicide bombers were killed in Anbar province, tribal mobilization forces commander said. “Joint troops of army, police and tribal mobilization fighters killed two IS suicide attackers in al-BuKhalifa region, in al-Karma town, , ...ادامه مطلب