Top Shiite cleric in Iraq, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Sistani, received head of the United Nations-mandated inquiry for reinforcing accountability regarding ISIL crimes. Ayatollah Sistani’s office issued a statement after the meeting, indicating that his eminence underlined the importance of exerting more efforts to liberate the Turkmen and Yazidi women from ...
The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday the death of two Turkish soldiers and the wounding of three others by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) gunfire in northern Iraq, Anadolu Agency reported. The news agency said Turkish Minister of Defense, Hulusi Akar, was in the state of Konya before returning ...