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Iraqi army forces entering Kirkuk to retake the province from Kurdish troops. Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Troops of the Iraqi army’s elite Counter-Terrorism Service made slight advance from south of Kirkuk toward Erbil, a source said. Speaking to Al latest Iraq news by Iraqi News ...

Iraqi F-16 fighter jet. File photo. Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi fighter jets killed 25 Islamic State members in weste Anbar desert on Sunday, military media reported as the province awaits liberation offensives. The Defense Ministry’s War Media latest Iraq news by Iraqi News ...

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) currency auction on October 22 registered $140,690,820 in sales, a 1.58% volume increase from the US $138,505,000 sold by Iraqi Dinar, credit and transfer at the previous auction held on O latest Iraq news by Iraqi News ...

Iraqi F-16 fighter jets. File photo. Qaim (IraqiNews.com) Warplanes from the United States-led coalition killed 40 Islamic State militants west of Anbar as operations approach for the recapture of the group’s last havens in Iraq. Alghad Press quo latest Iraq news by Iraqi News ...

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 latest Iraq news by Iraqi News ...

Mortar shelling. File photo. Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Two civilians were wounded as mortar missiles fell, north of Kirkuk, a security source said on Friday. “Mortar missiles fell on Dour al-Kahrabaa region in Dibs town, north of Kirkuk, which lef latest Iraq news by Iraqi News ...

Pro-Iraqi govement paramilitary forces, al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units) Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Three Islamic State suicide attackers were killed in Anbar, a paramilitary official said on Friday. Speaking to AlSumaria News, Qutri al-Obeidi, leader within the Shia-led al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces), “joint troops of army and tribes managed to kill three IS suicide attackers who attempted infiltration into Baghdadi region, west of Ramadi. “The bombers were killed in the desert of al-Akla village, southwest of Baghdadi,” Obeidi said adding that troops repulsed the attack. Earlier on the day, the War Media Cell said the Iraqi military command urged residents in Qaim to be prepared for imminent operations to retake their region from militants. On Thursday, the Iraqi army’s elite Counter-Terrorism Service distributed flyers in Qaim urging Islamic State militants to surrender better than having the same destiny of other militants in liberated regions. It also urged people to stay away from the militants in order not to be used as human shields, and to remember their hideouts so troops could follow them after the town is liberated. Iraqi army announced the total recapture of Annah, hours after recapturing neighboring Rayhana area, in September. Troops also liberated Akashat region, between Rutba town, on borders with Jordan, and Qaim, on borders with Syria. Anbar’s weste towns of Qaim and Rawa have been held by the extremist group since 2014, latest Iraq news by Iraqi News ...

Representational Photo. Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) Five Islamic State militants were killed, while the sixth was arrested as paramilitary troops repulsed an attack in north of Salahuddin, a security source said. “The 31st brigade of Al-Hashd al-Shaabi [Popular Mobilization Forces] managed on Friday to kill five IS militants and arrest the sixth in al-Siniyah region, north of Salahuddin,” the source told Baghdad Today on Friday. 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 mountainsز 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 2016 its forces recaptured the weste coast of Shirqat, located south of Mosul, on the west bank of the Tigris river, after being surrounded for months by Iraqi troops and the pro-govement Shi’ite militias. Iraqi troops still have only weste Anbar’s towns of Rawa and Qaim remain under the militant’s control. Iraqi troops recaptured the to latest Iraq news by Iraqi News ...

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 latest Iraq news by Iraqi News ...

Peshmerga soldiers. Erbil (IraqiNews.com) Peshmerga has denied news over being granted 48 hours by the federal govement in Baghdad to leave Kirkuk. Speaking to the Russian Sputnik agency on Friday, Jabbar Yawar, secretary general of the Peshmerga Ministry, responded to a question whether the Kurdish troops were given 48 hours to leave Kirkuk, saying “there is nothing official in this regard. “I believe this might have taken place between a commander and local leader, but on the level of the higher command of federal troops, the commander in chief of federal troops or the Joint Operations Command, nothing happened in this regard. Everyone was saying that we are not going to use any military force to threaten Kurdistan regions, especially Kirkuk. We don’t have intentions for this,” Yawar said. Earlier on the day, Sputnik reported that Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi ordered to halt security advancement into Kirkuk for 48 hours after Peshmerga lowered their flags and emptied their barracks in Taza and Bashir villages. Later, The Iraqi Interior Ministry Qassim al-Aaraji denied, in remarks, military operations in Kirkuk, indicating re-deployment of troops in the wake of eradication of Islamic State there. Moreover, Peshmerga denied evacuating positions in Kirkuk and withdrawing in the face of advancing Iraqi troops, saying they were only rearranging their deployment. Abadi denied Thursday waings by Kurdistan officials that his govement was preparing for a military operat latest Iraq news by Iraqi News ...