News Iraq Saladin: IS Stepping Up Attacks in Iraq’s North
Islamic State (IS) militants killed four security officials late Wednesday near the northern city of Kirkuk, local officials said. The attack, which was carried out on a checkpoint manned by local Kurdish security forces, also left at least eight people wounded, local sources said. “At least 15 IS militants, including a couple snipers, were involved in the overnight raid,” a senior Iraqi security official told VOA. The Iraqi official, who refused to be identified because he was not authorized to speak to reporters, added that the militants used mortars in the Wednesday attack. In the nearby
News Iraq Saladin: Kurdish officials vow region will not turn into terror hub following Erbil shooting
The Kurdistan Region of Iraq will not become a hub for terrorism ... security and stability in northern areas of Baghdad and the surrounding areas of Diyala, Saladin and Anbar provinces," a statement ...
News Iraq Saladin: Unidentified aircraft targets IRGC and Hezbollah military camp in Iraq
DUBAI: An unmanned aircraft dropped explosives on a base belonging to Iran-linked Shiite paramilitary groups in northern Iraq on Friday, killing at least one person, the army and paramilitary sources said. The Iraqi military said in a statement a drone had dropped a grenade onto the base in northern Salahuddin province, wounding at least two people, but gave no further
News Iraq Saladin: Iraq: Explosives dropped on base belonging to Iran-backed forces
An unmanned drone dropped explosives on a base belonging to Iran-backed paramilitary forces in northern Iraq early Friday ... actions against a Popular Mobilization Force unit in Salah ad Din. U.S. ...
News Iraq Saladin: Iraq approves $2.2bln for developmental projects in 2019
OPEC member Iraq has allocated nearly 2.619 trillion Iraqi dinars ($ ... It was followed by Nineveh, Basra, Dhi Qar, Saladin, Al-Anbar, Diyala, Kirkuk, Wasit and Al-Diwaniyah. ...
News Iraq Saladin: Islamic State supporter Farhad Salah plotted to use driverless car in terror attack
also from Iraq, that he should not face a second retrial and a not guilty verdict was recorded, although he will remain in detention on immigration matters. But Salah will be sentenced on 24 July ...
News Iraq Saladin: The story behind Saladin: Charting the life of the rallying historic figure of the Arab world
In the mid-1990s, bath mats and rugs were on sale in Iraq with the picture of Saddam Hussein emblazoned on them next to that of the great 12th-century leader Saladin. A computer game-like cartoon, ...
News Iraq Saladin: Iraq denounces ‘attack’ on Baghdad’s Bahrain embassy by peace confab protesters
Salah Ali al-Maliki. It added that Iraqi authorities have a responsibility to protect the embassy in Baghdad. The attack on the embassy could affect relations between Iraq and nearby gulf nations at a ...
News Iraq Saladin: Norway Increases Contribution to Stabilizing Iraq
(MENAFN - Iraq Business News) By John Lee ... implemented more than 2,500 projects in key critical areas of Anbar, Salah al-Din, Diyala, Kirkuk and Ninewa, with another 600 in the pipeline ...
News Iraq Saladin: Bahrain Summons its Envoy to Iraq over Storming of Baghdad Embassy
Accordingly, the ministry summoned Bahrain’s Ambassador Salah Ali Al-Maliki to Iraq for consultation. Meanwhile, it holds the Iraqi government “fully responsible for the protection of the Bahraini ...
News Iraq Saladin: UNICEF Iraq Monthly Humanitarian Situation Report, March 2019
Although no fatalities were recorded, negative consequences were seen in at least eleven out of Iraq’s 18 governorates, with Kirkuk, Salah al Din and Sulaymaniyah noted as the most acutely ...
News Iraq Saladin: How much influence Iran has in Iraq?
In the banner headline of a landmark report released by the International Crisis Group in March 2005, the world-famous think tank asked, how much influence does Iran have in Iraq? Two years after ...