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The anti-terror war in Iraq has left several areas devastated and in need of humanitarian assistance Nineveh (Iraqinews.com) – A conference kicked off Sunday in the city hall of Nineveh province to lure investors to play a role in reconstructing Mosul, a city which witnessed severe damage by the Islamic State militant group. Speaking to Alghad Press news...

Members of al-Hashd al-Shaabi. Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Confrontations have occurred between the shia-led paramilitary troops and the Iraqi army in...

Iraqi soldiers carry their weapons during a mission against Islamic State in Iraq Nineveh (Iraqinews.com) – Six Islamic State militants were killed in an airstrike by the U.S-led inteational coalition warplanes on Mosul city, a security source was quote as saying Sunday. Speaking to Baghdad Today news website, the source said, “The U.S.-led inteational coalition carried out an airstrike in coordination with the Nineveh Operations Command, targeting Islamic State remnants in Badush village in...

Iraqi troops arrest a man and take him to a lock-up for interrogation Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Security troops have arrested an Islamic State members, along with one of his relatives in Mosul, the local affairs department in Nineveh said on Sunday. “Troops managed to arrest an Islamic State leader, along with one of his relatives who is an army conscript, while he was at the nationality department in Nineveh,” the statement added. “The leader was recognized by the intelligence sources of the ...

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...

Unidentified gunmen attack a checkpoint of Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Three paramilitary personnel were killed as a suicide attacker blew up himself in west of Mosul, a police source said on Saturday. “A suicide bomber, wearing a suicide belt, blew up himself near a checkpoint of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) in Baaj,” Lt. Gen. Esman al-Mallah told BasNews. “The bodies were taken to forensic medicine department, while troops launched a campaign there in t...

Iraqi Federal police celebrate in West Mosul, Iraq July 9, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani Mosul (IraqiNews.com) People in Mosul have celebrated on Wednesday the first anniversary of liberating the easte side of the city, which was occupied by Islamic State militants since 2014. Streets and restaurants in the city were lighted up in celebration of the liberation, AlSumaria News reported. Students in schools also celebrated. Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi declared in July victory over IS...

An armored vehicle rams into an Islamic State militant during a military operation Nineveh (Iraqinews.com) – At least 21 militants were killed in a military operation which was launched earlier on Tuesday to purge the southe part of Mosul from Islamic State remnants, a military official was quoted as saying. Speaking to the London-based Al-Arab daily newspaper on Wednesday, Colonel Ahmed al-Jubouri said, “About 21 Islamic State militants were killed, and six armored vehicles were destroyed d...

Iraqi security forces launch a major operation to stem out IS cells Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Nine Islamic State members were arrested on Wednesday within an ongoing operation in south of Mosul, a security source said. Speaking to BasNews website, Brig. Gen. Wathiq al-Hamdani, Nineveh Police Chief, confirmed nine IS members during the ongoing offensive carried out by the police command in cooperation with army and security services in one of the districts in Mosul. This comes one day after kil...

Peshmerga forces. File photo. Kirkuk xa0(IraqiNews.com) The ceasefire truce agreed between Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga troops remains prone to collapsing, a senior Peshmerga commander was quoted saying on Thursday. Sirwan Barzani, a commander of the Makhmur zone in Peshmerga, told London-based Alhayat that “ceasefire truce between Baghdad and Erbil remains fragile, and Peshmerga remain on alert”. Explaining his statement, Barzani said “there are no guarantees from Baghdad or the Popul...

Representational photo Mosul (Iraqinews.com) – All islands located near Albu Saif village, south of Mosul, have been totally purged from Islamic State militants, a security source was quoted as saying. Speaking to Baghdad Today on Tuesday, the source said, “A joint force from the Iraqi army and police, backed by the U.S.-led inteational coalition, launched an operation earlier to purge islands near Albu Saif village in Mosul from Islamic State remnants.” “The troops found 28 corpses of Islam...

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...

Peshmerga forces. File photo. Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) A senior paramilitary official has ruled out possibilities that Iraqi federal troops attack the kurdish Peshmerga at the disputed regions in Nineveh and Kirkuk. Speaking to reporters in Nineve...

Forces from al-Hashd al-Shaabi. Zummar (IraqiNews.com) Fifteen people of Kurdish and Shia-led troops were killed and injured during confrontations that occurred on Thursday in northwest Mosul, an informed source said. “The confrontations that o...

Iraqi military tanks advance towards the Islamic State-held Old City in weste Mosul, Iraq June 18, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi troops have liberated several regions in weste Anbar as part of the offensive launche...

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...

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...

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 Iraqi Federal Police forces stand inside an underground tunnel dug by Islamic State militants south of weste Mosul’s Old City. Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Sixteen Islamic State militants were killed as they got out of tunnels in Mosul during a security operation, Jordanian’s Petra news agency reported on Sunday. “Security troops launched an operation to blow up IS tunnels in regio...

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 Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) More than 200 Islamic State militants have been killed by Iraqi joint troops within the second phase of offensive launched in southwest of Kirkuk. A statement by Lt. Gen. Shaker Jawdat, Federal Poli...