The Iraqi forces are continuing security operations in different areas in central Iraq to track the extremist IS militants and destroy their locations.
October 10, 2019An Iraqi aircraft carried out an airstrike on an IS hideout near Mteibijah area near Diyala's provincial border with Salahudin province
August 17, 2019"The airstrike that killed a total of 10 extremist ISIS militants and the destruction of their hideout and their vehicle", the statement added.
July 20, 2019The bodies of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians who were murdered in 2015 by Islamic State (IS) militants, were discovered in Libya’s coastal city of Sirte, officials said. The bodies were found on the outskirts of the coastal city with their hands cuffed behind their backs, dressed in the same orange jumpsuits they were wearing in …
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October 7, 2017A Russian lieutenant general was killed in a shelling launched by Islamic State (IS) militants in northeastern Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday. “As a result of the sudden IS mortar shelling, Lt. Gen. Valery Asapov sustained a fatal injury,” Xinhua cited a ministry statement as saying. According to the document, Asapov was …
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September 25, 2017Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday regretted the recent crisis between Saudi Arabia and its allies against Qatar, and vowed to cooperate with any state to defeat the Islamic State militants. "We regret the differences that swept the region recently," Abadi, was quoted by Xinhua news agency after his weekly cabinet meeting. Abadi referred …
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June 6, 2017Iraqi forces advanced on Tuesday into the southern outskirts of Mosul on the second day of a push to drive Islamic State militants from the city's western half, as the visiting US defence secretary met with officials to discuss the fight against the extremists. With aerial support from the US-led coalition, Iraqi police and army troops …
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February 21, 2017The US has described as "ludicrous" a claim by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that it supported Islamic State militant group in Syria. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said there was no basis for such an accusation, BBC reported. The Turkish leader earlier said he had evidence that the US supported the Kurdish YPG and …
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