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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 Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG). Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The withdrawal of Kurdish Syrian groups from the borders with Iraq benefits Islamic State militants, an Iraqi govement adviser was quoted saying on Wednesday. The withdrawal of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and People’s Protection Units (YPG) under an ongoing offensive from Turkish troops represents a “threat of Islamic State’s retu to the abandoned areas”, Hisham al-Hashimi, an adviser to the Iraqi govement on terrorist groups, wrote on Facebook. “(Turkish) operations in Afrin (a district northwest of Syria), have forced SDF and YPG to withdraw all of its outposts in northe Euphrates to provide a backup to their members, which has led to emptying the Syrian-Iraqi borders for a distance of more than 275 km,” Hashimi wrote. “That represents a threat to the Popular Mobilization Forces stationed at southe Sinjar until Tel Sufouk (areas in the west of Iraq’s Nineveh),” he added. According to Hashimi, there are at least “1000 Islamic State terrorists, fully-armed” at the deserts and islands of Euphrates. He said those represent “ a not-so-far danger to northe Anbar, Nineveh and Salahu, ...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

Iraqi border guards stand along the Iraq-Syria border. (file photo) Erbil (IraqiNews.com) The general administration of Khabur exit has denied news that Iraqi troops took control on it, saying that the visit paid by Iraqi army chief of staff was, ...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

Iraqi army forces in Tal Afar, wsst of Nineveh. Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Kurdish Peshmerga forces have dismissed waings by Kurdistan’s security council that Iraq was preparing for a major attack on Kirkuk province as untrue. “We’re receiving dangerous msgs Iraqi forces, incl PMU & Fed Pol, are preparing major attack in South/West Kirkuk & North Mosul on Kurdistan,” a tweet by the autonomous r, ...ادامه مطلب

Haider al-Abadi and Massoud Barzani file photo. Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Iraqi Kurdistan Region President Masud Barzani remained defiant in press speeches made Sunday on the eve of a Kurdish referendum on independence from Iraq. In a televised speech aired by state TV, Abadi said the poll remains “unconstitutional”, reiterating that Baghdad “will not rec, ...ادامه مطلب

The artillery of Peshmerga forces. File photo. Erbil (IraqiNews.com) The Kurdish Peshmerga troops said it will not take part in liberation of Hawija, the Islamic State’s holdout in southweste Kirkuk. “Iraqi troops will not advance from the common borders with Peshmerga to liberate Hawija,” Lt.Gen.Jabbar Yawar, secretary general of the Kurdistan Regional Govement’s Peshmerga Ministry, sa, ...ادامه مطلب

Peshmerga soldiers. Erbil (IraqiNews.com) A prominent Kurdish official has said Baghdad cannot start the offensives to liberate Hawija, southwest of Kirkuk, without coordination with Peshmerga. “The central govement in Baghdad will not be able to start the Hawija offensive without coordination with Peshmerga,” Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Peshmerga Ministry, Maj.Gen. Qaraman Shei, ...ادامه مطلب

Iraqi parliament. Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi parliament voted Tuesday against a planned referendum by Kurdistan Region Govement on independence from Iraq, obliging the Iraqi govement to take measures to “preserve the unity of Iraq”. The session was attended by 204 of parliament’s 328 members. “The Iraqi Constitution had enumerated issues for which a referendum is required, and those, ...ادامه مطلب

Diyala province council’s building. Diyala (IraqiNews.com) Diyala province council voted Tuesday against partaking in the Kurdistan Region’s referendum on independence from Iraq, further adding to the conflict between Baghdad and Erbil over the legitimacy of the vote and the territories included. Council member Samira al-Zebeidi told Almaalomah website that 18 members voted against participati, ...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

Flag of Kurdistan Region. Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Kirkuk’s goveor Najmuddin Karim has defied a court ruling and insisted to keep Kurdistan Region’s flag flattering alongside the Iraqi one in the province. An administrative court in the province ruled on Thursday to lower the Kurdish flag, reversing a controversial decision by Karim late March to raise it alongside the Iraqi one above govement buildings, which he adopted following a vote inside the province’s council. “There is no constitutional article banning the raising of the Kurdish flag as long as the Iraqi one is raised,” the gove, ...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