Search For "iraq"
US confirms plans to further reduce number of troops in Iraq
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [USA], June 12 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States has confirmed its plans to further decrease the number of servicemen deployed to Iraq, the joint statement of the governments of the United States and Iraq said.
Read More
2 rockets hit Green Zone in Iraq's capital
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], June 11 (Xinhua/ANI): Two Katyusha rockets fired on Wednesday at the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, said a source from the Iraqi Interior Ministry.
Read More
Iraq extends curfew amid rise in COVID-19-related deaths
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], June 7 (Sputnik/ANI): Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi announced on Saturday that the country's authorities decided to prolong curfew in the country to curb the spread of COVID-19 after 33 new deaths were registered over the past day, the prime minister's press service
Read More
Iraqi security forces interrogate top IS captive Qardash
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 24 (Sputnik/ANI): The Iraqi security forces have begun interrogating Abdel Nasser Qardash, a member of the Islamic State terror group tapped as its new leader, an armed forces spokesman told Sputnik on Saturday.
Read More
Iraqi intelligence captures potential successor of al-Baghdadi: Reports
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], May 21 (ANI): Iraqi intelligence has arrested Abdulnasser al-Qirdash, the potential successor of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, former leader of the dreaded terrorist organisation ISIS, according to multiple reports.
Read More
Rocket hits near US embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], May 19 (ANI): A rocket hit near the US embassy in Baghdad on early Tuesday morning and caused a large explosion, according to the military's statement cited by CGTN, China's state news agency.
Read More
Pakistani-American woman sentenced to 13 years by US court for funding ISI
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 15 (ANI): A Pakistani-American woman -- Zoobia Shahnaz -- has been sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment by a United States' Federal Court for providing material support to terror fronts of Islamic States in Pakistan, China and Turkey.
Read More
Iraq Parliament chooses former intelligence chief Mustafa Khadimi as new p
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], May 7 (ANI): Iraq's Parliament on Thursday chose an American-backed former intelligence chief Mustafa Khadimi as the new prime minister.
Read More
7 IS militants killed in anti-terror operation in Iraq's Salahudin provinc
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], May 1 (ANI): Seven Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in an operation by the Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi on Thursday in Salahudin province.
Read More
2 injured in suicide blast in Iraq's Kirkuk
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kirkuk [Iraq], April 28 (Sputnik/ANI): Two people suffered injuries when a terrorist blew himself up on Tuesday in front of the Iraqi intelligence service in Kirkuk, the Alsumaria broadcaster reported, citing the information security office.
Read More
Indoctrination turned Maldives from tourism hub to terror recruitment grou
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], April 20 (ANI): The societal change brought about by the dissemination and institutionalisation of fundamental Islam, poor socio-economic factors fomented by political instability, combined with the proselytisation of extremist ideology has fermented the Maldives as
Read More
Proselytisation of extremist ideology fermented Maldives as recruitment gr
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], April 20 (ANI): The societal change brought about by the dissemination and institutionalisation of fundamental Islam, poor socio-economic factors fomented by political instability, combined with the proselytisation of extremist ideology has fermented the Maldives as
Read More