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Iraqi security forces have freed a German woman who was abducted in Baghdad this week, a spokesman said. Hella Mewis, a long-term resident of the Iraqi capital, went missing on Monday night after she left her office in central Baghdad. Her rescue was announced in a brief statement on Twitter …

The terrorists of the Islamic State (IS) carried out an attack on an Iraqi Army unit in the province of Salahaddin overnight on Thursday, with casualties reported. Iraq’s Security Media Cell said in a statement that the terrorists targeted the military base in the town of Tarmiyah, in Salahuddin province. …

The Iraqi parliament has failed to hold its scheduled session on Saturday to discuss the repercussions of the large protests that swept the country. A parliamentary source said that the parliament failed to hold its scheduled meeting today, due to lack of quorum. The number of injured among the demonstrators …

Iraqi security forces fired tear gas on Saturday to push back protesters who tried to remove blast walls erected on a bridge in central Baghdad to prevent anti-government rallies from reaching a heavily fortified government area, a day after violence claimed the death of 42, and more than 2000 wounded. …

The Interior Ministry spokesman Brigadier Khalid al-Muhanna said on Thursday that the ministry’s agencies will enter a state of high alert in preparation for the protection of next Friday’s demonstrations, to secure the means of movement and security of citizens and the protection of public and private institutions and property. …

Iraqi military intelligence forces announced on Tuesday that five Islamic State terrorists were arrested in the eastern province of Diyala. “Acting on intelligence information, troops of the Iraqi Military Intelligence Directorate caught five Islamic State terrorists in Mandali district in Diyala,” Alsumaria News quoted the directorate as saying in a …

Iraqi security forces have dismantled a terrorist group as it was planning attacks on Shia Muslims during mourning rituals on Arba’een, which marks 40 days after the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Iraq’s Security Media Cell announced in a statement released …