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The director of Bamerni district, Hamid Zubair district, north of Duhok governorate, said that the bombing targeted a car carrying PKK members in the Araden, east of the district, killing two and wounding another seriously. This attack comes after 4 PKK fighters were killed on Thursday by Turkish airstrikes targeting …

The Arab Parliament on Wednesday condemned in the strongest terms the heinous aggression by Turkey on the sovereignty lands of Iraq. In a statement, the Arab Parliament slammed “the Turkish drone strike that killed two officers of Iraqi border guard near the Turkish and Iranian borders.” “Such repeated military violations …

A Turkish drone strike on Tuesday killed two members of Iraq’s border guard and the driver of the vehicle they were in, the Iraqi military said. The attack took place in the Sidakan area in northeastern Iraq, near the Turkish and Iranian borders, the military said in a statement, calling …

The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) on Thursday stated that over 180 civilians were killed and wounded in the Kurdistan Region due to the Turkish bombing over the past five years. The committee said in a report that from August 2015 until now, 85 civilians were killed …

A fire broke out earlier today, Friday, in a camp of displaced people in Duhok Governorate, Kurdistan Region. A fire official in the Governorate of Duhok Fire Department, Lt. Col. Bewar Abdul Aziz, told Alghadeer, that a fire broke out at 5:00 am in Qadya camp, west of Duhok Governorate, …

An official military source said, on Thursday, that an Iraqi border guard was wounded in an explosion northern Duhok governorate, near the border with Turkey. The source said that a landmine exploded this morning on one of the new points where the Iraqi border guard forces are stationed in Batifa …

Twenty Assyrian villages in Iraq have been evacuated due to Turkish military operation, and the European Syriac Union (ESU) has issued a statement on this, informed the Assembly of Armenians of Europe. The statement reads as follows: “Expressing its support for the Assyrian people, the Assembly of Armenians of Europe …

A local official said, On Saturday, that Turkish artillery and aircrafts renewed the shelling in two border areas in Duhok Governorate. “Turkish aircraft and artillery have been heavily bombing border areas in Kurdistan saying that the bombardment targets PKK fighters in Khametir and Shaquli mountains north”, Zervan Moussa, Director of …

Turkish military aircraft launched strikes targeting different areas in Duhok Governorate, Iraqi’s Kurdistan. Zervan Moussa, Director of Darkar, a border district with Turkey, said that “Ankara targeted the Bajawani Valley and Stevlani village. On the other hand, eyewitnesses said that Korzar Mountain, which overlooks the Shiladze area, as well as …

Iraq reported 2415 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa 341 Baghdad / Al-Karkh 235 Baghdad / Medical City 42 Najaf 165 Sulaymaniyah 181 Erbil 58 Dohuk 1 Kerbala 115 Kirkuk …

Iraqi Presidency took a position on Turkish military operations in the country; this declared in a statement issued, on Friday, June 25, highlighted the following: “Iraqi Presidency calls for the cessation of hostilities to the repeated Turkish military violations on Iraqi territory in which unarmed civilians have been killed. “While …

Turkish bombardment killed a Kurdish shepherd in northern Iraq, a local official said Friday, the first known civilian victim of Ankara’s air and ground assault on the region. “He was a shepherd in Bradost district and was killed at dawn Thursday in Turkish airstrikes,” the official from Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish …

The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced, on Wednesday, the start of the second military operation in northern Iraq within two days, which it called “Tiger-Claw”, despite the Iraqi protest. “The operation (Tiger-Claw) has started, as commando units are currently in the Heftanin area,” the ministry said in a Twitter Tweet. …

Al-Fateh Parliamentary bloc condemned the attack on the city of Sinjar and called on the government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to register an official complaint with the United Nations, the Security Council, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation regarding repeated Turkish abuses. The Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment revealed on Saturday that it is likely to extend the total lockdown throughout the country until next July if the number of Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases continues to uptick while noting that the partial curfew will start from tomorrow. “The high coronavirus cases may …

The security authorities in the Kurdistan Region decided on Sunday to extend the travel ban between the provinces until mid-June. “The region’s Ministry of Interior decided to extend the travel ban between the provinces of Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, Dohuk and Halabja, and the two independent administrations “Raprin and Karmian” from …

The representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Iraq, Adham Ismail said on Sunday, that some Iraqis still deny the existence of Coronavirus (Covid-19), which causes a spike in the number of confirmed cases. “The first reason for the high number of infections is the citizens not adhering to …

Iraq reported 111 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Thursday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 57 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 7 cases, Medical City: 6 cases, Basra: 33 cases, Wasit: 1 case, Maysan: 5 cases, Nineveh: …

A number of terrorists have been killed as forces with Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) carried out a security operation in the western province of Kordestan, which borders Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. A statement by the IRGC’s Hamzeh Seyed al-Shohada Base said several “counter-revolutionary’ terrorists were killed during clashes …

Turkey has launched a deadly drone strike on a refugee camp in Iraq’s northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, drawing angry reactions from Iraqi politicians of different factions, who censured the attack as a violation of the country’s sovereignty. The media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) said in a …