Iraqi Forces

Friday, Apr 19, 2024 | Last Update : 01:21 PM IST

The demonstrators were trying to reach the Green Zone, which houses government offices and foreign embassies. (Photo: ANI)

Iraqi forces kill several protesters in Baghdad, Basra

According to sources, over 35 people were wounded in clashes near the capital city's Shuhada Bridge.

08 Nov 2019 6:49 PM

More than 1,300 women and children surrendered to Kurdish peshmerga in August after government forces expelled the jihadist group from the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar. (Representational Image)

Iraq sentences 16 Turkish women to death by hanging for ties with Islamic State

Iraq is conducting the trials of hundreds of foreign women who have been detained, with hundreds of their children.

26 Feb 2018 3:39 PM

Iraqi special focus advance to their next position in the Islah al-Zarai area in Mosul, Iraq. (Photo: AP) (Representational Image)

After Mosul, Iraqi forces begin operation to retake Hawija from ISIS group

In the western Anbar province, Iraqi forces retook the town of Rihana on Wednesday, according to a statement from the coalition.

21 Sep 2017 2:32 PM

Military forces are reportedly moving from the western and northeastern front of Tal Afar. (Photo: AFP)

Islamic States's stronghold Tal Afar about to fall: Iraqi military

'Tal Afar city is about to fall completely into the hands of our forces, only five percent remains' under IS control, said Iraqi army.

27 Aug 2017 9:45 AM

An Iraqi forces’ officer flashes victory gesture from the turret of an armoured vehicle during the advance through Tal Afar, west of Mosul. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq forces take Tal Afar from ISIS

Militants driven out of one of their last strongholds in war-torn country.

27 Aug 2017 7:10 AM

Convoys of Iraqi forces around Tal Afar began pounding ISIS positions from three sides at dawn. (Photo: AP)

Iraqi forces all out to retake Tal Afar from ISIS control

Once a key ISIS supply hub between Mosul and the Syrian border, Tal Afar is the last major population centre in north Iraq under jihadist control.

21 Aug 2017 3:29 AM

The blast at the 60 Kilo camp west of Anbar capital Ramadi also wounded 13 people. (Photo: File)

Suicide bomber attacks displaced Iraqis camp, 14 killed

Iraqi forces retook the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah from ISIS, but the jihadists still hold areas in western Anbar.

03 Jul 2017 9:10 AM

Smoke from an explosion rises during fighting against Islamic State militants in the old city of Mosul, Iraq. (Photo: AP)

At least 3 killed in suicide bombing attacks in Mosul

A second bomber managed to enter a shopping arcade and blew himself up among civilians, killing at least 2 and wounding 9, police said.

24 Jun 2017 2:01 PM

The 25-year-old mother, who fled west Mosul with her family two weeks earlier, already had no maternal milk to give Maryam five months ago. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

Traumatised mothers fail to breastfeed, babies starve in Mosul

The camp southeast of Mosul, where Iraqi forces are deep into the eighth month of a massive operation against the ISIS terrorist group.

11 Jun 2017 12:19 PM

The United Nations said Thursday that there were some 600,000 people still in west Mosul. (Photo: Representational/AP)

More than 200,000 displaced by Mosul siege: Iraq ministry

Iraqi forces launched the operation to recapture Mosul in October, retaking the east of the city before setting their sights on the west.

25 Mar 2017 6:50 PM

ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Photo: AP)

ISIS leader Baghdadi 'flees Mosul' as Iraqi forces advance

Hundreds of thousands of civilians are believed to still be trapped under IS rule in Mosul.

09 Mar 2017 7:08 PM

Iraq's elite CTS forces are the best-equipped, best-trained and most seasoned forces in the country but the going has been tough since Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the beginning of an operation to retake Mosul on October 17 last year. (Photo: AP)

Iraqi forces retake 60 percent of east Mosul: Commander

Hundreds of thousands of civilians remain inside Mosul, forcing Iraqi and allied forces to take precautions and slowing their advance.

01 Jan 2017 8:23 PM

Internally displaced people flee fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants on a road in eastern Mosul, Iraq. (Photo: AP)

Wounded, hungry: Life in the line of fire in Mosul

So far, 56,000 people have fled their homes in Mosul for camps in the surrounding desert or safer areas during the battle.

15 Nov 2016 9:01 PM

1 of 1

Columns

Mohan Guruswamy

iraqi forces