Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has warned against Iraq’s disintegration, saying a potential separation of the country’s Kurds would harm them. “That is totally objectionable. We are serious about Iraq’s territorial integrity,” Abadi said in an interview with the Iraqi Kurdistan region’s Rudaw media outlet published on Saturday. “I have asked ...
Ayad al-Jumaili, believed to be a deputy of ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in an air strike on Friday, an Iraqi intelligence spokesman said on Saturday. The U.S.-led anti-ISIL coalition said it was unable at the moment to confirm the information that was reported earlier in the day ...