An Iraqi court sentenced a woman to death and eleven others to life imprisonment for terrorism and membership of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist movement. The woman sentenced to death is a Turkish. Except for one, a woman from Azerbaijan, all convicts are Turkish, reported the news channel al-Jazeera.
An Iraqi court sentenced a German woman to the death penalty. The woman with Moroccan blood had joined Islamic State. That reports a spokesman for the court.
By two explosions in the center of Baghdad, at least 27 people were killed on Monday. According to the Iraqi Interior Minister, it was a suicide attack. In addition, dozens of people have been injured, several of them serious. The death toll is expected to rise.
Panic has developed in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad after an earthquake. That report Iraqi state media.
Iraqi forces have displaced terrorism Islamic State out of the country. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Saturday that the border with Syria is completely in the hands of the army again. With that, 'the liberation of all parts of the country' is a fact.
Iraqi forces started an operation on Thursday to clear the desert prayer along the border with Syria from warriors of the Islamic State terror group. In addition to the Iraqi army, a Shia militia also participates in the operation, the Volksmobilisatiekrachten.
Iraqi troops conquered the town of Rawa on Friday on the terrorist group Islamic State (IS). Rawa was the last place that IS still held. The liberation marks the final end of the caliphate, the Iraqi army said.
In the north of Iraq and west of Iran, a heavy earthquake has been observed on Sunday evening. The earthquake had a force of 7.1 at the Richter scale. There is nothing known about any victims or damage.
Iraqi troops started an offensive on Saturday to recapture the town of Rawa on the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. Rawa is the last place it still has in Iraq.
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The armed forces in Iraq are starting an offensive to conquer the last Iraqi territory still in the hands of Islamic State. The army reports that pamphlets spread out above the border region with the places Rawa and al-Qaim.
The Kurdish regional government offered Wednesday to temporarily freeze the results of the recent referendum on independence. This calls the Kurds to a ceasefire and an immediate end to all military operations in northern Iraq.
The United States Secretary of State Tillerson has made surprise visits to Afghanistan and Iraq. He spoke on the air force base of Bagram north of Kabul and Baghdad on Monday with the leaders of both countries.
The presidential elections in the Kurdish region in Iraq, which were scheduled for November 1, have been postponed for the time being. The parties have not yet been able to submit candidate lists, according to the head of the electoral commission.
The Iraqi government is not going to force Iran-supported militias to stop their activities in Iraq. US Secretary Rex Tillerson called on the militia and their Iranian advisors to 'go home' on Sunday but did not receive support from Baghdad.
The United States has urged the Iraqi government to avoid hostilities in northern Iraq. Among other things, by limiting the advance of troops in the area.
In northern Iraq heavy fights have broken out between Iraqi troops and Kurdish peshmerga. Government-led Shiite militia showed Friday that they had taken the place of Altin Köprü in the county of Kirkuk. That could not be confirmed for the time being.
The Iraqi forces took over more areas previously owned by Kurdish warriors. The government spokesman says, among other things, that he has the important Mosuldam in the province of Nineveh.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi called on Tuesday to consult with Kurdish leaders. He immediately made clear that the Kurdish wish to separate himself from the rest of Iraq is still unacceptable.
The Iraqi army reports to have control of all oil fields in northern Iraq. The Kurdish warriors have withdrawn according to Iraqi and Kurdish officials.
A convoy of Iraqi elite groups unexpectedly occupied a government building in the disputed city of Kirkuk. Witnesses say that the unity could rise unhindered.
Fighting outbreaks in northern Iraq in the early morning are suspected of misunderstanding. That states the international coalition against Islamic State, which emphasizes no party to choose in the conflict between the Kurdish authorities and the central government in Baghdad.
The Iraqi army has not been commissioned to enter the town of Kirkuk. The soldiers were instructed only to secure the surrounding areas, said an affected commander at the press office Reuters.
The Iraqi forces said several positions had been handed around the town of Kirkuk. According to the army, it is an air force base, a power plant and an industrial district.
The Kurds send thousands of extra soldiers to Kirkuk because they are afraid that the Iraqi army is about to open the attack on the city. The French press office AFP called on an anonymous Iraqi general yesterday, claiming that the offensive has already begun.
The moral of Islamic state is completely crushed. The extremists no longer fight until death, with the prospect \u0026 # x27; of 72 virgins in the afterlife, but massively left in Iraq. There they must now fear the stroke or the firepower.
The Iraqi authorities want to get hold of telecommunications companies in the Kurdish area. They must move their headquarters to Baghdad capital.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei abuses the idea of an independent Kurdistan. The highest spiritual leader in Iran said Wednesday, following a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, that Tehran and Ankara should take measures to prevent Kurdish divisions.
The Iraqi army has used the definitive attack on Hawija. The city north of Baghdad is one of the last two bolts of Islamic State in Iraq.
The Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani announced on Tuesday that his countrymen voted in the referendum on independence 'yes'. The public consultation in the north of the country was held Monday against the government's intention in Baghdad.
