US, Turkey, KRG against Hashd Sha’abi inclusion in Tal Afar battle
A high-ranking commander of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) has described the United States and Turkey as the major parties opposed to the inclusion of the pro-government Iraqi forces in ...
Turkey nabs Russian national suspected of plotting attack on Incirlik air base
Turkish authorities have detained a Russian national over suspicions that he was plotting to attack US fighter jets operating south of the country. The semi-official Dogan news agency said Thursday ...
Soleimani vows revenge for Daesh killing of Iranian advisor
Commander of Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Qassem Soleimani condemned the beheading of an Iranian advisor in Syria by Daesh terrorists and pledged to ...
ISIS beheads Iranian serviceman in Syria
Daesh (ISIS) takfiri terrorists have beheaded an Iranian military adviser in Syria, two days after capturing him near the Iraqi border. Mohsen Hojaji, a member of the Iranian advisory support ...
Iraq’s Popular Forces Vow to Respond to US Deadly Airstrikes
The Iraqi popular forces have condemned the recent US airstrikes, which killed and wounded dozens of Iraqi forces, saying the Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU) will give an appropriate response. The ...
Haider al-Abadi rejects call to dissolve Hashid al-Shaabi
Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi on Saturday rejected a call by Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to dissolve the Hashd al-Shaabi militia. Speaking to supporters on Friday, al-Sadr called for dissolving the ...
US envoy: 2,000 Daesh fighters still in Raqqa
Some 2,000 Daesh terrorist group militants remain in the Syrian city of Raqqa amid an offensive to recapture the group's stronghold, a senior US official said. Brett McGurk, special envoy ...


