Apr 22, 2024. Posted by Periscope - Hellas
The US Defense Department (Pentagon) confirmed
that American forces carried out a drone strike on the Iraqi capital Baghdad on
Wednesday night, killing a senior resistance commander, according to American
media reports.
Damascus, Syria.
Russian
Special Envoy for Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, said on Friday that the
withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq will “undoubtedly” be followed by a similar
step in Syria.
Erbil.
On
Thursday, the President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, welcomed
the resumption of work of the Higher Military Commission (HMC.)
Jan 25, 2024. Posted by Balkan
Periscope - Hellas
Baghdad.
Washington
and Baghdad will begin discussions expected to lead to a timeline to reduce the
presence of troops from the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group,
Iraq said Thursday.
Iraq is
working to establish a bilateral committee to end the presence of the US-led
coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) in the country, its prime minister
said on Friday while condemning a deadly American drone strike on a pro-Iran
militia in Baghdad the previous day.
Iraqi officials on Thursday accused the U.S. of escalating tensions in Iraq
after a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad killed the militia leader of an
Iranian-backed group.
The Iraqi
federal government on Tuesday condemned the retaliatory airstrikes carried out
by United States forces against pro-Iran militia groups in the country earlier
in the day, saying that the attacks targeted Iraqi military bases, killing one
and injuring 18 others.
United
States military forces carried out retaliatory airstrikes targeting multiple
locations of pro-Iran militia groups in Iraq in the early hours of Tuesday,
following an attack on global coalition forces based in Erbil which left three
US soldiers injured.
The
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Friday carried out an attack on Turkish
troops in the Kurdistan Region, killing three and injuring four others,
Turkey’s defense ministry announced.
Dec 21,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
"Our Air Forces struck 14 targets in the Gara, Hakurk and Qandil
regions in northern Iraq used by the separatist terrorist organization,"
the ministry said on X, releasing a statement on the platform about the strikes
which took place at 7 p.m. Turkey time (1600GMT).
During the
meeting, both sides emphasized the importance of strengthening economic ties
and exchanging security and intelligence information to combat terrorism, a
reference to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Dec 8, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
The
Christian Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party on Thursday held its eighth congress in
Duhok, calling for autonomy and demanding increased efforts to prevent the
emigration of Christians.
A US
airstrike on pro-Iran targets in Iraq killed several militiamen in retaliation
to a missile strike on American personnel that injured eight, the US Central
Command (CENTCOM) told on Tuesday.
Baghdad.
The Iraqi government called on Turkey to increase the release of water from
the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
In recent
developments, security sources reported to Reuters that an explosive device
targeted a joint patrol involving American forces and the Iraqi
Counter-Terrorism Service near Musil.
Nov 6,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
A pro-Iran
Iraqi militia group on Monday claimed to have targeted four US military bases
in Iraq and Syria with drones.
In
the last 24 hours, the U.S. military defended against three
drones near U.S. and Coalition forces in Iraq.
Oct 11,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Turkey has been bombing sites in northeast Syria since Thursday, hitting
civilian and military targets and infrastructure and causing casualties, according
to Kurdish authorities.