Shia fighters joining forces with the Iraqi army have managed to seize back control of one of the country’s largest dams from the Takfiri terrorist ISIL group.
Tehran, YJC. Former war minister says was it not for developments in the country’s missile power, Western powers would not have considered holding negotiations with Iran.
CAIRO, Nov 10, 2014 (AFP) - Egypt's deadliest militant group, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, pledged its allegiance to the Islamic State organisation in Iraq and Syria, in a recording posted on its Twitter account on Monday.
BAGHDAD, Nov 09, 2014 (AFP) - The fate of the Islamic State group's enigmatic leader remained unclear Sunday after the US-led coalition unleashed airstrikes near the Iraqi city of Mosul targeting top jihadist militants.
Months after the president stepped in to save the Yazidis from genocide, the airstrikes have slowed to a trickle. Supplies have dried up. And ISIS is closing in on Mount Sinjar again.
In August, the Obama administration intervened to stop what it called a pending genocide of Yazidi minorities in Iraq. Now the U.S. is gone, but the genocide continues.
Tehran, YJC. -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei referred to the security of Iraq as Iran’s security, reaffirming Tehran's full support for the new Iraqi government.
MURSITPINAR, Turkey, Oct 20, 2014 (AFP) - Washington made a first arms drop to Kurdish fighters battling jihadists for the Syrian border town of Kobane Monday as neighbouring Turkey said it was helping Iraqi Kurdish forces to join the fight.
Jordanian former Prime Minister Marouf al-Bakhit says hundreds of Jordanians have joined the ranks of ISIL Takfiri terrorists fighting against the Iraqi government.
Iran's Foreign Ministry roundly condemned Tuesday's terrorist attack in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, which left at least 25 people dead, including a parliamentarian, and more than 50 injured.
Iran's Foreign Ministry roundly condemned terrorist attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Saturday which left at least 50 people dead and scores more wounded.