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Iraq: Assault of Western Mosul Will be Easy, Lt. Gen Assadi

January 20, 2017January 20, 2017 Jaber Ali

Lieutenant General Abdul Ghani Al Assadi is hopeful that taking over the western side of Mosul will not be as difficult as the eastern part. It took the Iraqi army and its allies three months to take over almost all Read more

Headlines, World NewsAbdul Ghani Al Assadi, Daesh, Iraq, Mosul, Nuri al-Maliki

Iraq: ISIS Still a Major Concern despite Progress

January 12, 2017January 12, 2017 Peter Mulvany

Iraq’s Ambassador to Turkey Hisham Ali Akbar Ibrahim al-Alawi said “the Mosul campaign is to wrap up in three months” and the visit by Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to Baghdad during the weekend was “a success” and “provided the positive Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesBaghdad, Bashiqa, Binali Yildirim, Hisham Ali Akbar Ibrahim al-Alawi, Iraq, ISIS, Lise Grande, Mosul, Turkey

Iraq: Ties with Ankara Frozen until Further Notice, PM Abadi

January 11, 2017January 12, 2017 Jaber Ali

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has stressed that Iraq “will not accept anything other than the complete withdrawal of the Turkish troops from the Bashiqa base” before its relations with Ankara can go back to normality. Turkey claims that its forces Read more

Gulf News, Headlinesankara, Baghdad, Bashiqa, Binali Yildirim, Haider al-Abadi, Iraq, Mosul, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, syria, Turkey

Iraq: ISIS Will be Defeated in March, PM Abadi Tells Pessimistic Americans

December 28, 2016 Jaber Ali

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

Gulf News, HeadlinesHaidar al-Abadi, Iraq, Mosul, Stephen Townsend

Iraq: A bloody Christmas for ISIS

December 26, 2016 Jaber Ali

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

Gulf News, Headlinesal-Intisar, al-Salam, al-Shaima, Iraq, IS, Mosul, Salahuddin, Suwaira airbase, the attack, the Dhi Qar, the Islamic State, US-led airstrike

Iraq: ISIS war could be over by January, internal differences emerging

December 5, 2016 Jaber Ali

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

Gulf News, HeadlinesBaghdad, Erbil, Iraq, ISIS, KRG, Kurdish security, Mosul, Shia, The Kurdistan Regional Government, US

Iraq: Tal Afar airbase liberated, Kurds not invited

November 17, 2016November 17, 2016 Peter Mulvany

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

Gulf News, HeadlinesDaesh, Haidar al-Abadi, Iraq, ISIS, Kallabi, Mosul, PMU, Raqqa, Shia, Sunni, syria, Tal Afar, the Popular Mobilization Units

Iraq: “The beginning of the end” of ISIS, special envoy tells UN Security Council

November 10, 2016 Peter Mulvany

“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

Gulf News, HeadlinesHaider al-Abadi, Iraq, ISIS, Kubis, Mosul, UN Security Council

Syria: Russia Halts Airstrikes on Aleppo

October 18, 2016 Jaber Ali

Russia has suspended its airstrikes on Aleppo from Tuesday morning until further notice but its Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu warned that rebel groups in the eastern part of the city should stop military action and leave, hoping that countries that Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesAleppo, EU, ISIS, Moscow, Mosul, Pro-Assad forces, Russia, Sergei Lavrov, Sergei Shoigu, syria, US

Iraq: Mosul Offensive Begins with Shirqat

September 21, 2016 Peter Mulvany

The Iraqi offensive on Mosul began on Tuesday by attacking the town of Shirqat, 100km south of Mosul, because it is dubbed as a strategic supply line for the army in its bid to take over Mosul. Joint Operations Command Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesAli Dawdah, Hashed al-Shaabi, Iraq, John Dorrian, Mosul, Shia militia groups, Shirqat, Yahya Rasool

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