December 2017

HAMRIN MOUNTAINS, Iraq – Two weeks after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory over the Islamic State (IS), joint Iraqi forces have launched an operation to clear the remains of hideouts in the mountainous terrain of the northern…

Kurdish peshmerga forces. File photo. Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi appreciated the contribution of forces from the Iraqi Kurdistan region (peshmerga) in the country's fight against Islamic State militants,…

The commander of a powerful Iraqi armed militia appeared on the border of IsraelHe vowed to "stand by the Palestinian cause" against IsraelThis move follows US President Trump's ruling on an embassy in JerusalemSeveral other Iraqi…