Iraqi forces, Kurdish Peshmerga agree on ceasefire, US-led coalition says
BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters reached an agreement on Friday to stop fighting… Read More
7 years ago
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Iraq tensions rise after Kurds warn of attack
BAGHDAD: Tensions escalated between Iraq's Kurds and Baghdad on Thursday as warnings of a "major… Read More
7 years ago
Iraqi forces ready by ‘early October’ for Mosul assault, says top US officer
WASHINGTON: Iraqi security forces will be ready by next month for an assault on the… Read More
8 years ago
Baghdad calls on Ankara to ‘immediately’ withdraw troops
BAGHDAD: Iraq calls on Turkey to "immediately" withdraw forces, including tanks and artillery, it has… Read More
9 years ago
U.S.-led jets strike Islamic State in northeast Syria: monitor
BEIRUT: U.S.-led jets have struck Islamic State positions in northeast Syria in an area where the militants… Read More
10 years ago
Peshmerga, Syrian rebels battle Islamic State in besieged Kobani
MURSITPINAR Turkey: Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters and moderate Syrian rebels bombarded Islamic State positions in… Read More
10 years ago
Peshmerga bolster Kurd defenders of Syrian town
SURUC, TURKEY: Kurdish peshmerga forces streamed across the Syrian border from Turkey late Friday to… Read More
10 years ago
Iraqi Kurdish forces enter Syria to fight Islamic State
SURUC, TURKEY: A first group of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered the besieged Syrian town… Read More
10 years ago
Iraqi peshmerga fighters head for Syria to fight Islamic State
ARBIL, IRAQ/MURSITPINAR, TURKEY: Iraqi peshmerga fighters headed for the Syrian town of Kobani on Tuesday… Read More
10 years ago
Kurds thwart new IS bid to cut off Syria’s Kobane
MURSITPINAR, TURKEY: Kurdish forces have thwarted a new attempt by Islamic State group fighters to… Read More
10 years ago