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A week after Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of the US-led coalition, stated that victory against the Islamic State in Mosul could take up to two years and that forces “need to rest… assess how things are going because they Read more
As some parts of the liberated areas from the Islamic State group celebrated Christmas for the first time in a couple of years, the Iraqi army and the extremist group were engaged in intense clashes that left around 97 militants Read more
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced a tripartite agreement dubbed the Moscow Declaration after separate meetings of foreign and defense ministers from Iran, Russia and Turkey in Moscow. The declaration announced the readiness of these three countries to serve as Read more
U.S Defense Secretary Ash Carter has stated that the war against the Islamic State militants in Iraq could end before February despite the weather issues that have limited the sorties of warplanes. He said taking over the de facto ISIS Read more
The Tal Afar was taken from the fighters of the Islamic State on late Wednesday and Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi stated that the “72nd and 92nd brigades will enter the city” while the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), a pro-Baghdad Shia Read more
Moroccan intelligence services have received information from their American counterparts of a movement of some Islamic State group (IS) militants disguised as merchants fleeing Libya in direction to the North African country, reports say. The report stems from the Arabic Read more
“This liberation operation marks the beginning of the end of the so-called ‘Daesh Caliphate’ in Iraq” stated Jan Kubis of the ongoing offensive assault of the Iraqi forces, backed by militia groups and the US-led coalition, to takeover Mosul. The Read more
Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi warned Turkey that “if they enter” Iraqi territory with their convoy of 30 tanks and other heavy artillery recently deployed to the Turkish border town of Silopi, Iraq would be “ready to face them” and defiantly Read more
The agreement between members of the Oil Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC members that was reached in Algiers last month is slowly nearing a deadlock after Iraq became one of the latest countries demanding to be exempted from it. Read more
Tunisia, the world’s largest foreign Jihadists supplier, has registered the return of 13 terrorists tried and jailed in Iraq, the country’s ambassador in Baghdad said. Several thousands of Tunisians according to a UN expert group have joined terrorist groups, mainly Read more