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 ...
Top Shiite cleric in Iraq, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Sistani, urged the country’s leader to fight terror rather than challenging results of parliamentary elections held in May. In a Friday prayers sermon delivered by a representative, Ayatollah Sistani said Iraq’s leaders should focus on defeating ISIL Takfiri terrorist group and not ...