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Isis claims responsibility for Sunday deadly attack in Kirkuk

September 7, 2021 Jaber Ali

The Islamic state group, ISIS, Sunday claimed responsibility for the overnight attack that claimed the lives of 10 Iraqi policemen in the city of Kirkuk, Reuters reports. The group active in the area took to its Amaq News Agency on Read more

Headlines, World Newscheckpoint, Iraq, ISIS, Kirkuk, Mosul, police, Rashad, soldier

Iraq sends troops to protect border with Syria to antagonize ISIS fighters

September 1, 2021 Jaber Ali

The Iraqi army launched Tuesday a military operation to secure its borders with Syria, an area which recently witnessed attacks by the Islamic state group. Hamid Al-Husseini, commander of the Iraqi Border Guards, reports say, indicated that operation, code-named “Revenge Read more

Headlines, World NewsDiyala, Iraq, ISIS, Kirkuk, Saladin, syria

Two Iraqi security forces injured as forces shot dead subside bomber

April 29, 2021 Peter Mulvany

Two Iraqi security forces have sustained injuries after the explosive belt of a subside bomber busted as security forces shot dead the terrorist, London-based Al Quds newspaper reports. The Iraqi defense ministry in a statement issued Thursday said security forces Read more

Headlines, World NewsDiyala, explosive belt, Iraq, Kirkuk, Salah al-Din, terrorist

ISIS kills police officer in Kirkuk province

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Peter Mulvany

The Islamic State group, ISIS, staged an attack early Monday in Kirkuk province and killed one police officer, Anadolu reports citing an official of internal security in the province. Afrasyav Kamil in statement reportedly indicated the terror group targeted a Read more

Headlines, World NewsAfrasyav Kamil, Anbar, Diyala, Iraq, ISIS, Kirkuk, Mansuriyah al-Jabal, Mosul, Salahuddin

Iraq: ISIS Kills 27 Iraqi Shia Fighters

February 21, 2018 Jaber Ali

ISIS claimed responsibility for a deadly attack that took the lives of 27 pro-government militia fighters near the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk. ISIS members, disguised as soldiers, set an ambush to the Popular Mobilization Units, two months after Read more

Headlines, World NewsIraq, ISIS, Kirkuk, Shia fighters

BP Taps into Kirkuk’s Oil Fields

January 21, 2018 Jaber Ali

British Petroleum (BP) signed a memorandum of understanding to increase the flow of oil from the oil fields of Kirkuk, in the country’s north. BP has been asked by the Iraqi oil ministry to boost production capacity from the field Read more

Energy, Headlines, World NewsBP, Iraq, Kirkuk, Oil

Iraq to Start Trucking Kirkuk Oil to Iran End of January

January 8, 2018 Jaber Ali

Iraq will start exporting oil from the northern fields of Kirkuk to Iran by the end of January, Iraqi oil minister announced. Jabbar Alluaibi said about 30,000 barrels per day will be trucked to Iran’s Kermanshah refinery in the first Read more

Energy, Gulf News, Headlines, World NewsIran, Iraq, Kirkuk, Oil

Turkey: Next military operation would be Kurds in Iraq, Erdogan

April 5, 2017 Peter Mulvany

President Erdogan of turkey has voiced concern over the developments in neighboring Iraq before warning that the future military operations will have “not (only) a Syrian dimension, (but) also an Iraqi dimension” due to the “situations” in Tal Afar and Read more

Headlines, World NewsErdogan, Haider al-Abadi, Iran, Iraq, Kirkuk, pkk, Shingal, Tal Afar, Turkey

Iraq: ISIS Attacks Kirkuk, Loses Ground in Mosul

October 21, 2016 Jaber Ali

Fighters of the Islamic State attacked the oil rich city of Kirkuk on Friday killing workers at an Iranian-run power plant before blowing themselves up. This came days after Iraqi forces and their allies began an offensive operation on Mosul. Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesAl-Nabaa, Electricity and oil, Global Coalition warplanes, Hawija, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Kirkuk

Iraq: Additional 560 US Forces “Are a Target for Us” – Moqtada al-Sadr

July 18, 2016July 18, 2016 Peter Mulvany

Prominent Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has warned that the 560 additional troops that Washington is preparing to deploy to Iraq would be targeted by his supporters without going into details. “They are a target for us,” he said. Sadr’s armed Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesIraq, Kirkuk, Mahdi Army, Muqtada al-Sadr, Shia militias, US, US Forces, Washington

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