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...
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday the biggest concern of the Islamic world at the moment is “crimes against Palestinians.” Leading a high-level delegation, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani arrived in Tehran on an unannounced visit in the wee hours of Monday morning. The visit came a day after Sudani ...
Tokyo, Japan — AFP Any escalation of military activities will be “catastrophic” for people in the Gaza Strip, the UN high commissioner for refugees has said. More than 4,200 Palestinians have been killed across the Gaza Strip in relentless Israeli bombardments since October 7 when Palestinian resistance movement Hamas launche...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The downing of a Turkish drone in Syria has in no way affected the ongoing anti-terrorism operation there, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Friday. “Following the terrorist attack that took place on October 1, 2023, our Armed Forces and Intelligence Organization carried out comprehensive operations against PKK/YPG ter...
ERBIL, Iraq (AA) – At least 100 people died and 150 were injured in a fire at a wedding celebration in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province, according to reports early Wednesday. The Iraqi News Agency (INA) said the fire, which broke out at Al Haytham Wedding Hall in Al-Hamdaniya district, was caused by fireworks, candles and […]
