Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan Nechirvan Barzani met Sunday with UK Defense Minister Michael Fallon who arrived in Erbil on Saturday evening.
Talks during the meeting focused on the military operations to liberate Mosul from the ISIS, and the mutual cooperation between Kurdistan and the United Kingdom.
The British Minister announced during a press conference in Erbil Saturday that theRead more
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces, backed by the US-led coalition warplanes, continued on Tuesday purging and combing operations and removing landmines in the town of Bashiqa near the nothern city of Mosul.
According to Kurdish sources, the operation resulted in killing 31 Daesh terrorists who managed to infiltrate into Bashiqa via tunnels last night, when fierce clashes erupted between the twoRead more
A number of Daesh terrorists were killed Friday after Peshmerga forces shelled a gathering of terrorists in Kirkuk, northern Iraq.
A military source said that the forces shelled the gathering upon a tip-off.
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Peshmerga forces on Friday managed to repel an attack by Daesh militants in southern Tuz Khormato district, Saladin governorate.
While a number of Daesh terrorists were killed during the clashes, two Peshmerga soldiers were killed and two more injured, a Kurdish military source said.
The sources added that one of the explosive devices planted by Daesh terrorists near Ba`ir AhmedRead more