In Turkey, the parliament has ratified a motion extending to launch cross-border operations in northern Iraq and Syria for two more years. The motion will authorize government from these cross-border operations from coming Oct 30. The motion also allowed the deployment of foreign armed forces ...

ISLAMABAD- Baghdad, French Defence Minister Florence Parly held talks in Baghdad on Thursday, pledging continued support for Iraq's fight against remnants of the Islamic State group. Parly is the second French minister to visit the Iraqi capital this summer after Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian ...

         ISLAMABAD-  Baghdad, Iraq has urged its Arab allies to help persuade Turkey to withdraw its troops from Iraqi territory, where they have been raiding Kurdish militant positions, the foreign ministry said ...

ANTALYA (AA): Turkey on Sunday rejected recent claims by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Ankara’s anti-terror operations in northern Iraq. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said in a statement that it was “shameful” that the USCIRF criticized Turkey’s ...

BAGHDAD - Multiple rockets hit an Iraqi base hosting American troops near the United States embassy early Sunday, the latest in a flurry of attacks against US assets in the country. "The coalition confirms small rockets impacted the Iraqi base hosting (coalition) troops in the International Zone ...

ANKARA - Turkey’s Defense Ministry has announced that two of its soldiers were killed in an attack in northern Iraq by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The soldiers died after an improvised explosive device (IED) "placed by PKK separatist terrorists exploded as a supply convoy was ...

ANKARA – The Turkish Defense Ministry announced on Saturday that it had launched a new operation on Friday dubbed Pence-3 (Claw-3) in northern Iraq targeting members of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), banned in the country. “The operation Pence-3 began on August 23 in the area of ...

Turkey launched a new wave of military operation against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq. Turkish Defense Ministry said, the military operation is supported by commandoes, air strikes, artillery and armed drones.

Turkey has launched a counter-terror Operation Claw-2 in northern Iraq. In a statement, Turkish National Defense Ministry said the new Operation aims to destroy caves and shelters used by the terror organization in the area. Ministry said this is a follow-up on the successfully ongoing Claw-1 ...

In Iraq,  Turkish military has neutralized two militants in airstrikes in Hakurk region of northern Iraq. According to Turkish National Defense Ministry, ammunition depots and shelters used by the militant group have also been destroyed in the airstrikes. Meanwhile, Turkish prosecutors have ...