Tag: Iraq

Baghdad: The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a Baghdad market the previous day that killed 8 people. The extremist group released a statement early on Friday saying the bomber detonated his explosives vest at the Jamila marketplace in Baghdad’s sprawling Shiite neighbourhood of Sadr City on Thursday evening. Fifteen […]

Washington: The US-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group said on Friday that it has unintentionally killed more than 1,300 civilians in Iraq and Syria since 2014. In a statement, the coalition said it had carried out 34,502 strikes since its air campaign against the IS began there nearly five years ago after the […]

Baghdad: The US Air Force denied on Saturday that it was evacuating contractors or personnel — Lockheed Martin and Sallyport Global personnel as per the reports — from a base in Iraq amid tensions between Washington and Tehran. In a statement, the US Central Command categorically termed it “false”. “The Balad Air Base operations continue […]

Baghdad: A total of 10 Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed in an airstrike by the US-led coalition aircraft in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, the Iraqi military said. Acting on intelligence reports, the coalition aircraft on Friday attacked an IS hideout at a desert in al-Baaj area near the border with Syria, the […]

Washington: The US military has conducted an operation against Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the elusive leader of the Islamic State (IS) terror group, the BBC said on Sunday citing American media reports as saying. Earlier in the day, CNN, citing a senior US defence official and an informed source, reported that al-Baghdadi was killed in a […]

Baghdad: As many as 13 people were killed and 70 others injured in firing in Iraq amid a fresh wave of protests in the southern city of Nasiriya on Thursday. Security forces opened fire and used tear gas to clear two bridges blocked by protesters. The agitating Iraqis have been demanding more jobs, end to […]

Washington: As the killing of Qasem Soleimani — head of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force — by the US armed forces trended on Twitter, thousands of social media platform users even posted funny comments and memes on the development. After Pentagon confirmed that following an airstrike on the directions from President Donald Trump, Iranian General […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose harsh sanctions on Iraq after the war-torn country’s Parliament passed a resolution urging the government to expel American and other foreign troops. “If they do ask us to leave, if we don’t do it in a very friendly basis, we will charge them sanctions like they’ve never […]

Washington: The Pentagon has said that that there was no policy change regarding the presence of US troops in Iraq after media reports said that American personnel were preparing to withdraw from the war-torn country. “There has been no change in US policy with regard to our force presence in Iraq. We continue to consult […]

Washington: Iran has launched over a dozen ballistic missiles targeting at least two bases where US military and coalition forces’ are stationed in Iraq, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. According to Iranian state TV, the attacks were in revenge for the killing of the commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards, General Qasem Soleimani, in a […]

Washington: The US aviation authority has prohibited its civil flight operators from using the airspace over Iraq, Iran and the Gulf, hours after Iran fired over a dozen ballistic missiles targeting at least two American bases in response to the killing of its General Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike. Iran has launched over a […]

New Delhi: The DGCA on Wednesday asked Indian airline companies to remain vigilant and take all precautions in the airspace over Iran, Iraq, Gulf of Oman and waters of Persian Gulf, hours after Ukrainian International airlines carrying 170 passengers crashed near Tehran in Iran. “We had held meetings with the concerned Airlines and have sensitised […]

New Delhi: India on Wednesday issued an advisory for Indian nationals asking them to avoid travelling to Iraq for now. The advisory came soon after Iran claimed to have attacked two US military bases in Iraq, in retaliation to the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Qasem Soleimani in an American drone attack on […]

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayhu on Wednesday warned arch-enemy Iran that his country would inflict a “crushing blow” on Tehran if it is attacked following the US killing a top Iranian general. Netanyahu’s statement came as Iran launched over a dozen ballistic missiles targeting at least two bases in Iraq where the US military […]

Kiev: Following Iran’s admission that it brought down the Kiev-bound airliner earlier this week unintentionally, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday laid down several demands from Tehran, including compensation for the victim’s families and official apologies for its mistake. In a Facebook post, Zelensky said: “This morning was not good, but it brought the truth. […]