Tag: Iraq
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NATO temporarily pulls troops out of Iraq
NATO is temporarily pulling some of its troops out of Iraq and moving others around within the country, Dylan White, Acting Spokesperson for the military alliance, said on Tuesday. According to him, to protect the safety of its troops NATO will take measures including the temporary repositioning of some personnel to different locations both inside…
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It is time to wipe out Iran – Fani-Kayode
Former Aviation Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Femi Fani-Kayode, has congratulated US President, Donald Trump for ordering the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad. Trump had said he ordered the assassination because Soleimani was “plotting imminent and sinister attacks” against Americans in the region. The White House also said Soleiman (the…
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JUST IN: Iraqi parliament passes resolution to expel US troops
The Iraqi parliament voted on Sunday to remove US troops from Iraq. In an extraordinary session, lawmakers voted for a resolution to ask the government to end an agreement with Washington to station 5,200 troops in Iraq. The resolution specifically calls for ending a 2014 agreement that allowed Washington to send troops to Iraq to…
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Soleimani: Britain warns citizens against travel to Iraq, Iran
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has warned British citizens against travel to Iraq or Iran amid heightened tension following the U.S. airstrike that killed Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force. “Given heightened tensions in the region, the (foreign office) now advise people not to travel to Iraq, with the exception of the Kurdistan…
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Iraq holds massive funeral for slain top Iranian general Soleimani
Thousands of Iraqis, including senior politicians, attended the funeral of a top Iranian general and Iraqi militiamen in Baghdad on Saturday, following a U.S. airstrike that sharply escalated tensions across the region. The attack near Baghdad airport killed Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, the deputy head of…
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31 killed, 100 wounded in stampede during Shiite Ashura
The Iraqi health ministry said on Tuesday that 31 people had been killed and 100 others wounded in a stampede during Shiite Ashura celebrations in the city of Karbala. The ministry, said that 10 of the wounded were in serious condition. According to Iraq’s official news agency INA, medical and security sources said that the…
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Three killed in twin bomb explosions
Three persons were killed and three others injured on Tuesday in two coordinated roadside bomb explosions in a town in Iraq’s central province of Salahudin, a provincial police source said. The first roadside bomb went off before the mid-day near a drinking water facility in the town of Shirqat, some 280 km north of the…
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71 people die in ferry sinking
At least 71 people died on Thursday in Northern Iraq when the ferry boat they were on sank, a security official said, as rescue operations were ongoing in the Tigris River’s fast-flowing waters. Forty-five others, including 19 children, were saved, Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan told the official Iraqi News Agency. Initially, Col. Hossam Khalil,…
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Iraq jails French, German Islamic State members for life
An Iraqi court sentenced a French man and a German woman to life in prison on Monday after finding them guilty of belonging to Islamic State. Judge Suhail Abdullah read out the sentences in Iraq’s Central Criminal Court, saying he found French citizen Lahcen Ammar Gueboudj, 55, and the German, Nadia Rainer Hermann, 22, guilty…
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Nigeria under Buhari witnessed more bloodshed than Iraq, Afghanistan combined – Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Saturday formally declared to contest in the 2019 presidential election. The former Vice President stood before a cheering crowd in Adamawa explaining why he is the best candidate for the top job. Decrying the large-scale killings that have touched many parts of the country in recent months before thousands…