Iraqi intelligence announced the arrest of one of the senior leaders of Daesh (ISIL) Takfiri group and a rumored successor to ex-leader Abu Bakr Baghdadi, Abdullah Qardash. Prior to his arrest, Qardash was in charge of manufacturing chemical warfare agents to attack Iraqi troops, a press office of Iraq’s Intelligence ...
Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami and Iraqi Minister of Defense Juma Anad Saadoun held a videoconference on the expansion of defense cooperation. Congratulating the appointment of Iraq’s new defense minister, Hatami expressed satisfaction with the formation of the government based on the will and national consensus and within ...