Jordan declares Syria and Iraq borders closed military zones
Jordan has declared its border regions with Syria and Iraq to be closed military zones after a suicide bombing on Tuesday that killed six soldiers. It is not clear who…
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Turkish fighter jets strike PKK targets in northern Iraq, southeast Turkey
Turkish fighter jets hit terrorist-declared PKK targets in southeastern Turkey and in northern Iraq on late Monday, Daily Sabah reported. The Turkish Air Forces carried out airstrikes in the Qandil,…
Series of explosions in Iraq killed at least 17 people
The Iraqi army says it has begun an operation to storm Falluja, a bastion of so-called Islamic State (IS). It comes a week after the government launched a concerted effort…
Iraq forces launch assault on ISIS bastion Fallujah
NEAR FALLUJAH (Iraq): Iraqi forces battled the Islamic State (ISIS) group on Monday in the opening stages of an operation to retake Fallujah , one of the toughest targets yet…
Iraq announces start of Falluja operation, some residents flee
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the launching of an offensive to retake the Islamic State stronghold of Falluja after the military told residents on Sunday to get ready to…
IS lost nearly half of its territories in Iraq: Pentagon
WASHINGTON: The Islamic State group has continued losing control over territory across Iraq and Syria, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday, including almost half of what it had once held…
ISIS claims attack on Iraq gas plant
The Islamic State group launched a coordinated assault on a natural gas plant north of Baghdad that killed at least 14 people, while a string of other bomb attacks in…