Iraqi army and elite forces advanced against militants of the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group in eastern Mosul in their first night-time raid in the city, a spokesman said on Friday. Counter-terrorism service (CTS) forces pushed across a tributary of the Tigris river shortly ...
Ten people have been killed and 21 wounded in a blast in the center of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, Al Mayadeen broadcaster reported Thursday. According to Al Sumaria broadcaster, citing police, a car rigged with explosives went off in the Bab Al Moatham neighborhood of the city.