Tag: Iraq
Iraq launches airstrikes on IS positions inside Syria
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Air Force on Thursday carried out airstrikes on the positions of Islamic State (IS) militants inside Syria near the border, the Iraqi...
Pakistan’s first Super Kabaddi League starts from June 2
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's first Kabaddi Super League (KSL) will be held in Lahore from June 2 to June 10, for which preparations are being finalised.
Players...
Iraq to take ‘all necessary measures’ to prevent Islamic State attacks...
BAGHDAD: Iraq will take “all the necessary measures” to prevent cross-border attacks by Islamic State militants in Syria, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said...
Turkey says 108 Kurdish militants ‘neutralised’ in past week
ANKARA: Some 108 Kurdish militants have been “neutralised” in operations targeting southeast Turkey and northern Iraq over the past week, Turkey’s armed forces said...
UNSC to visit Iraq, Myanmar, Bangladesh in April
The 15-panel UN Security Council will visit Iraq, Myanmar and Bangladesh in two separate trips later this month, the rotating president of the council...
Will Iraq be next to abolish controversial ‘marry your rapist’ law?
BEIRUT: Iraqi women are ramping up pressure to abolish a law that lets rapists off the hook if they marry their victims, after Tunisia,...
Military operations to begin in northern Iraq, says Erdogan
ISTANBUL: President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey had begun operations in Iraq’s Sinjar region, an area where it has threatened a military...
Turkish airstrikes in Iraq ‘neutralise’ 12 Kurdish militants, says military
ISTANBUL: An air strike by Turkish warplanes “neutralised” at least 12 militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the military...
FM Swaraj confirms 39 Indians missing in Iraq since 2014 are...
NEW DELHI: India said on Tuesday that 39 Indians, who were believed to have been kidnapped by Islamic State militants in Iraq in 2014,...
US accuses Iran of trying to influence Iraq’s election
WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis accused Iran on Thursday of “mucking around” in Iraq’s May parliamentary election, in which Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi...
Turkish air force targets Kurdish militants in Iraq
ISTANBUL: Turkish warplanes destroyed at least 18 targets belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq over the weekend, the state-run...
Canadian man pleads guilty to aiding 2009 Iraq attackers
NEW YORK: A Canadian man accused of helping suicide bombers for an attack in Iraq has pleaded guilty.
Faruq Khalil Muhammad 'Isa, admitted before the court for...
UN chief urges world support for Iraq after war with IS
UN chief Antonio Guterres urged the international community on Thursday to support Iraq's reconstruction after its devastating war with the Islamic State group.
“The whole...
War-ravaged Iraq has a long way to go to achieve former...
Iraq needs nearly $90 billion to rebuild after three years of war with the militant Islamic State (IS) group, officials said on Monday, with...
US-led coalition against IS ‘shifts its focus’ in Iraq
WASHINGTON: The US-led coalition against the extremist group Islamic State (IS) says it will "shift its focus" in Iraq away from combat operations against...
Turkish army airstrikes kill 49 Kurdish militants in Iraq
ISTANBUL: Turkish warplanes struck 19 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq on Monday, killing 49 militants, Turkey’s armed forces said on Thursday.
Two...
Iraq receives former minister charged with graft charges from Lebanon
BAGHDAD: Iraqi authorities on Thursday took into custody a former trade minister convicted in absentia for corruption cases, following his extradition from Lebanon, Iraq’s...
