ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye will take additional steps if one of the government parties in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region fails to change its supportive attitude towards PKK members, the Turkish foreign minister has said. “We will not hesitate to take further measures if the PUK does not change its supportive attitude towards the PKK des...
WASHINGTON (AA) – No US personnel or facilities were targeted in missile attacks by Iran, according to the White House. “We have seen the reports, and we tracked the missiles, which impacted in northern Iraq and northern Syria. No US personnel or facilities were targeted,” National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson told Anado...
ERBIL, Iraq (AA) – Iraq’s Erbil Governor Omed Khosnaw said on Tuesday that missile strikes carried out by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are “inhuman terrorist” attacks. Governor Khosnaw said in a statement: “An inhuman terrorist attack has been carried out against Erbil.” Separately, the Kurdi...
Baghdad, Iraq – AFP Iraq summoned Iran’s envoy in Baghdad and recalled its ambassador from Tehran on Tuesday in a sharp rebuke to its ally over deadly missile strikes on its autonomous Kurdish region. Iraq challenged Iran’s claim that the strikes targeted Israel’s intelligence services in response to recent Israeli assa...
ANKARA (AA) – As many as 77 PKK members have been “neutralized” in airstrikes conducted in northern Iraq and Syria, Türkiye’s national defense minister said on Monday. “A total of 78 targets, including caves, shelters, hideouts, and oil facilities assessed to be used by separatist terrorist organization and believed to contain terrorists...
BAGHDAD (AA) – A leader of the Hashd al-Shaabi military force has been killed in a US strike in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the group confirmed. The Iraqi Nujaba Movement, a faction of the Hashd al-Shaabi force, said in a statement that Abou Taqwa Al-Saidi was killed in the US attack. However, it did not […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Iraqi government has condemned the US targeting of its military sites, labelling it a “clear hostile act.” In a statement, the media office of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani said the US act “runs counter to the pursuit of enduring mutual interest in establishing security and stability,”...
ANKARA (AA) – Six Turkish soldiers were killed and one was wounded in an attack near the northern Iraqi border, the National Defense Ministry said Saturday. The attackers’ affiliation was not specified. Ankara’s cross-border anti-terror operations continue in the region, the ministry stressed. “We wish Allah’s mercy to our ho...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani expressed readiness Wednesday to resume oil exports to Türkiye. A meeting in Baghdad between Sudani and Türkiye’s Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar discussed strengthening energy relations, according to a statement from the Iraqi Prime Minister̵...
Aboard a US military aircraft, Undefined – AFP A US warplane killed multiple Iranian-backed militiamen in Iraq after they fired a short-range ballistic missile at American and allied personnel in the country, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. “We can confirm an attack last night by Iran-backed militias using a close-range ballistic mis...
