Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has visited the southern oil city of Basra after deadly protests there against dire economic conditions. Abadi visited the city on Friday and met with military and security officials, the country’s al-Sumaria television network reported. Protests have been bubbling away in the city since Sunday, ...
Iraqi forces launched a major operation against remnants of the ISIL terrorist group on Wednesday following public anger over the terrorists’ murder of a group of abducted civilians. Dubbed “Vengeance for the Martyrs”, the operation will see army, special forces, police and Kurdish peshmerga fighters hunting down ISIL cells in ...