ISLAMABAD-In Iraq, the Counter-Terrorism Service forces have killed six militants in Kirkuk Province. In a separate operation, the security forces arrested three Daesh militants in al-Taji and Abu Ghraib areas near Baghdad.

In Iraq, at least eleven Daesh militants have been killed and eight others arrested by Iraqi security forces in Baghdad.  In a statement by the media office of the Joint Operations Command said today that 101 hideouts, seven tunnels and five bomb-making workshops have destroyed. The statement ...

In Iraq, six Daesh militants were killed in an operation by security forces in the northern province of Kirkuk. According to Iraqi military sources, the ground operation, backed by Iraqi and international aircrafts, caused destruction of a warehouse and eight of Daesh's hideouts in the al-Shai ...

In Iraq, security forces began a military operation against Daesh cells in the eastern Diyala province today. According to a local police officer, military operation has been started after Daesh terrorist cells became active in carrying out attacks against security personnel in deserted roads and ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has confirmed that the number of US-led coalition forces in the country is being reduced. Speaking at a cabinet meeting he said talks have been going on for the past one year to gradually reduce the number of coalition forces. Al-Abadi however said the threat ...

BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces launched an operation on Thursday to clear the desert bordering Syria of Islamic State, a final campaign to rid Iraq of the militant group, the military said in a statement.Troops from the Iraqi army and Shi‘ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) were taking part in the ...

Habbaniyah: Iraqi forces on Tuesday battled up to the edge of Al-Qaim, the largest town still held by the Islamic State group in the country, as they pushed a final assault on the jihadists.Iraq's Joint Operations Command said government troops -- backed by US air strikes and Sunni tribal fighters ...

In Iraq, government forces have taken control of Kurdish-held areas in Mosul's Niveveh's province. A military statement said today that areas were evacuated by Kurdish Peshmerga fighters before the arrival of the Iraqi forces yesterday. 

BAGHDAD  - Iraqi forces made rapid progress on Monday in their operation against Kurdish fighters in the disputed Kirkuk province, seizing a key military base, an airport and an oil field, commanders said.Iraq’s Joint Operations Command (JOC), which groups all pro-government forces, did not ...

Baghdad: Iraqi forces said Monday they had taken control of roads and infrastructure from Kurdish fighters near the disputed city of Kirkuk as tensions soar following a controversial independence referendum.Iraq's Joint Operations Command, which groups all pro-government forces, said it was making ...