July 2019

TARMIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi security forces swept through villages and farmlands north of Baghdad on Tuesday as part of an operation to clear remnants of the Islamic State group from the capital.A military helicopter flew overhead as troops…

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi military said on Saturday that its troops, in partnership with security agencies and paramilitary forces, had launched the second phase of an operation to remove ISIS remnants from northern Baghdad and areas neighboring…

An unmanned aircraft dropped explosives on a base belonging to Iran-linked Shia paramilitary groups in northern Iraq on Friday, killing at least one person, military and paramilitary sources said. The Iraqi military said…

BAGHDAD — An unmanned aircraft dropped explosives on a base belonging to Iran-linked Shia paramilitary groups in northern Iraq on Friday, killing at least one person, military and paramilitary sources said. Le, injuring at least two…

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An unmanned plane dropped explosives on Friday at a base belonging to Iranian-linked Shia paramilitary groups in northern Iraq, killing at least one, military and paramilitary sources said.The Iraqi military said in a…

Following a July 1 decree by Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi ordering factions of Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) to be absorbed into state security forces, pro-Iranian PMU factions reacted with anger. Abdul Mahdi's decree says:…