Iraqi allied forces have liberated 70 percent of ISIL terrorist group’s last bastion in the country, local source said on Friday. Sputnik International quoted Naeem al-Kaoud, head of the Anbar council’s security committee, as saying that Iraqi army, backed by volunteer forces have so far liberated 70 percent of Al-Qaim ...
Turkish prime minister said on Tuesday that Iraqi government forces took control of the key border crossing with Turkey in the Iraqi Kurdistan region after weeks of tensions between Baghdad and Arbil. The border crossing “has been handed over to the central government” of Iraq, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told ...