Pigeons are the only visitors to Arbil’s citadel, normally buzzing with tourists, and security forces in masks and gloves have emptied cobblestone streets below as the Iraqi city goes into lockdown. Overnight Friday to Saturday, Arbil and the city of Sulaimaniyah, both in Iraq’s autonomous northern Kurdish region, began a ...
A fresh spate of rockets targeted an Iraqi base north of Baghdad on Saturday where US-led coalition forces are deployed. Several rockets were fired at the Taji air base on Saturday, Iraqi and US military officials said. “The initial toll is two wounded Iraqi Air Defence personnel who are in ...
