Iraqi army

MP warns of increasing corruption

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Iraqi parliamentarian Ardolan Nour Al Din revealed that a large number of Iraqi officials and security authorities involved in corruption during the latest period, saying that the increasing corruption poses serious threat against the future of the country. He added that the Iraqi authorities should take serious measures to contain the increasing corruption witnessed in the country during the latestRead more

Iraqi forced achieve notable advance in Anbar desert

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Iraqi army fighter jets killed 27 Islamic State members in an air raid carried out on Wednesday, a senior paramilitary commander was quoted saying. Qatari al-Samarmad, a commander at Anbar’s mobilization forces, was quoted by IkhNews saying that army warplanes pounded an Islamic State hideout in Wadi Hawran, west of the province, killing 27 militants, including foreign nationals. He saidRead more

Anbar tribes criticize lack of safe corridors for civilians

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Iraqi army has liberated six villages from Islamic State militants in west of Anbar, a security source said on Monday. Speaking to AlSumaria News, the source said, “the army’s seventh division managed to liberate villages of al-Bayda, al-Bowaiba, al-Jaabariya, al-Samma, Melili and al-Rumiya, west of Rawa town.” The troops, according to the source, who preferred to remain anonymous, “freed theRead more

Iraqi troops storm Qaim district and killed dozens of militants

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Iraqi troops have been on high alerts in west of Mosul, after Erbil was declared to have stepped back from an agreement between with Baghdad. Speaking to Anadolu agency, Lt. Gen. Abdul Illah al-Atroushi, an officer from Iraqi army, said on Thursday, “Rapid Response forces, Federal Police, Counter-Terrorism Service and National Security were deployed in Zummar.” “Federal troops received clearRead more

Iraq troops in armed standoff with Kurd forces

Iraq - Muslimchronicle

Thousands of Iraqi troops were locked in an armed standoff with Kurdish forces in the disputed oil province of Kirkuk on Saturday as Washington scrambled to avert fighting between the key allies in the war against the Islamic State group. Armored cars of the Iraqi Army bearing the national flag were posted on the bank of a river on theRead more

U.S military advisers explore sites of the coming battle in Sharqat

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

U.S. military advisers alongside Iraqi army commanders explored sites of an upcoming counter-terror operation in northern Iraq, an army official said.Captain Jabbar Hassan told Anadolu Agency that security officials explored western Sharqat district in Saladin province ahead of an operation to liberate it from the Daesh terror group. U.S. armored vehicles explored the sites while the advisers monitored the warRead more

Iraqi forces must rescue many abducted Yazidis from Tal Afar

Erbil - Musimchronicle

As Iraqi forces pressed their offensive to retake Tal Afar on Monday, a Yazidi politician urged them to quickly rescue the many Yazidi men, women and children still believed to be held captive in the city by IS militants. Vian Dakhil, a member of the Iraqi parliament, said the fate of children who had been kidnapped, sold or had theirRead more

Forces breach city limits of Tal Afar; U.S. defence secretary visits Iraq

Baghdad - Musimchronicle

Government forces breached the city limits of Tal Afar in northwestern Iraq on Tuesday on the third day of a U.S.-backed offensive to seize it back from IS militants. Tal Afar, a longtime IS stronghold, is the latest objective in the war following the recapture of Mosul after a nine-month campaign that left much of that city in ruins. U.S.Read more

Iraqi army seized a cache of chemical substances related to ISIS

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Iraqi army sources said Thursday that the Iraqi army bombed the positions of the organization "Daash" in villages northeast of the city of Baquba, the center of Diyala province 57 km northeast of Baghdad. Meanwhile, the Iraqi ambassador to Saudi Arabia Rushdie al-Ani expressed his appreciation to Saudi intention to open a new consulate in the province of Basra. InRead more