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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

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

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

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

Dead bodies of Islamic State militants (representational photo) Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) War on ISIS Update: One Islamic State leader and three of his companions were killed Monday when warplanes bombarded their locations north of Salahuddin province, a paramilitary commander reported. Jabbar al-Maamouri, a senior leader at the Popular Mobilization Forces, said an airstrike targeted an Islam, ...ادامه مطلب

Representational photo. Qaim (IraqiNews.com) War on ISIS Update: A senior Islamic State security commander was killed on Monday when warplanes pounded group locations in weste Anbar, a security source was quoted saying. Fighter jets from the United States-led coalition killed Hussein Ahmed al-Abdullah, aka Abu Hamza al-Ansari, a Syrian, an an air raid on the town of Qaim, west of Anbar and n, ...ادامه مطلب

Iraqi security forces detain a boy after removing a suicide vest from him in Kirkuk in Iraq. Archival photo. Reuters. Diyala (IraqiNews.com) ISIS News Today: A local official in Diyala has announced financial rewards for citizens who kill or arrest suicide bombers targeting their regions. Mohamed Baqer al-Tamimi, mayor of Abi Saida region, told Alghad Press that a security member or citizen wh, ...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

Representational photo. Raqqa (Syria News) The Syrian Democratic Forces militias announced capturing the Children Hospital in the old neighborhoods of Raqqa, after violent clashes with the Islamic State militants. The SDF Spokesman Mostafa Bali said that the Syrian Democratic Forces militias captured the Children Hospital in the old neighborhoods of Raqqa from the grip of the Islamic State mil, ...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