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Representational photo. Mosul (IraqiNews.com) The pro-govement paramilitary troops have killed a suicide attacker as he was trying to blow up himself in southwest of Mosul, a security source was quoted saying on Saturday. Speaking to Baghdad Today website, the source said, “ troops of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) killed a suicide attacker, wearing a suicide belt, in a village in Hatra region, southwest of Mosul, before he blew up himself.” Moreover, the military intellig...

Baghdad’s central criminal court. Diyala (IraqiNews.com) The Central Criminal Court have sentenced three Islamic State members to life after they admitted transferring food commodities and money to families of the group members in Diyala, a judicial source said on Thursday. Speaking to Alghad Press, the source said the court reviewed the lawsuit of the three IS members. “The suspects used to work with the group. Their mission was to deliver the food commodities and money to families of the ...

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 inform...

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 govem...

Iraq’s oil output is expected to reach five million barrels per day by end-2017 (Reuters) Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraq has announced signing an agreement with the U.S. firm Orion to invest in natural gas extracted from an oilfield, located south of Iraq, and tu into usable fuel.The memorandum of understanding signed between the Iraqi Ministry of Oil and the U.S. firm representatives allows building facilities to capture the gas from Nahr bin Omar oilfield in Basra province, Reuters reported....

Iraqi troops raise the Iraqi flag on a liberated area in Mosul Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has congratulated the armed forces and Iraqi people on liberation of Rawa, the last Islamic State’s stronghold in wes...

Iraqi army armoured fighting vehicles (AFV) cross as military pontoon bridge one the way to the frontline in weste Mosul, Iraq June 7, 2017. Picture taken June 7, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Security troops have liberat...

Representational photo. Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) A drone has been downed above govemental building in central Kirkuk, a security source said on Friday. Speaking to AlSumaria News, the source said, “a drone that was flying above govemental buil...

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...

Members of the pro-opposition Rahman Legion. Rif Dimashq (Syria News) The opposition’s Rahman Legion managed, on Sunday, to foil a Syrian army offensive on the town of Ayn Tarma, in Rif Dimashq, Qasioun News reported. Rahman Legion (Faylaq al-Rahman) has announced in an official statement that its troops managed to kill several soldiers belonging to the army’s 4th brigade, in the outskirts of ...

Russian Aircraft. Deir Ezzor (Syria News) Russian has announced that it will support the Syrian army forces against the Islamic State in Deir Ezzor, Qasioun News reported on Sunday. Russia announced that it will provided the needed aerial support, through its Hameimim Air Base in Syria, for the regime forces to fight the Islamic State militants, east of Deir Ezzor, while official sources revea...

Fire rises from oil wells, set ablaze by Islamic State militants before fleeing the oil-producing region of Qayyara, Iraq, which has been recaptured by Iraqi forces, August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State has set oil wells in southwest of Kirkuk on fire to hinder advance of security troops, hours after the launch of offensives to liberate the group’s hold...

Kurdish President Barzani casts a ballot during the independence referendum. Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Initial results have shown that 93 of Iraqi Kurds support Kurdistan independence from Iraq, the electoral commission supervising the independence referendum said Tuesday. RIA Novosti quoted the independent commission saying that, while vote counting was still running, initial results show that ...

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...

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...

Representational photo. Deir Ezzor (Syria News) Local sources informed that the self-proclaimed Islamic State militants shot down, on Monday, a helicopter belonging to the Syrian regime, in the weste countryside of Deir Ezzor, Qasioun News reported. The sources revealed that the Islamic State shot down a Syrian regime helicopter in the town of Shamitia, near the Euphrates bank, in the easter...

Explosive belt. Diyala (IraqiNews.com) A second suicide bomber blew himself up on Sunday after security forces besieged him in a region in Diyala, hours after a deadly suicide bombing left casualties, a local official said. Adnan al-Tamimi, chairman of Maqdadia municipality, northeast od Diyala, was quoted by Alghad Press saying that a second suicide bomber was forced to blow himself up after ...

computers (representational photo) Annah (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State militants have closed down cyber cafes at their weste Anbar haven, arresting all young clients inside, a source was quoted saying as the province anticipates imminent military action to drive out the extremist group. The security source told Alghad Press that the militants closed the cafes in the towns of Annah and Rawa, ...

Iraqi jets shell bridge in Rawa, Anbar, to cut IS supply from the north Anbar (IraqiNews.com) U.S.-led coalition jets have shelled two bridges in weste Anbar to cut off Islamic State’s supplies, a security source has said. Speaking to Alghad Press on Thursday, the source said, “coalition jets targeted al-Rommana and Hawija bridges in Qaim town, located in weste Anbar, to cut off IS supply ...

An Iraqi air force plane dropping messages at an Islamic State-held area. Tal Afar (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi govement forces are telling Islamic State militants to choose between surrendering or death as forces as troops reach the heart of the group’s last holdout in Nineveh province. Intelligence sources told Alsumaria News that govement forces used loudspeakers in the enclave to tell fighters to surrender ot otherwise face death, to which fighters were thrown into chaos and responded with chan...