IRAQ WARS - BIO FUEL DAILY

Fears of bombs, IS cells haunt Mosul months after 'liberation'

Nov 17, 2017 (AFP)

But, more than four months after government forces declared victory in their operation to push the Islamic State group out of its largest stronghold, moving bac...

Tribal justice awaits returning Iraqis who joined IS

Nov 13, 2017 (AFP)

No pardons are possible among tribes which have agreed among themselves to treat with the utmost severity those members who became jihadists. As for the familie...

Iraq forces launch assault on last IS-held pocket

Nov 11, 2017 (AFP)

The Euphrates valley town of Rawa and nearby villages were bypassed by government troops and allied militia when they retook the Syrian border town of Al-Qaim l...

IS recaptures last Syrian urban bastion in fierce fightback

Nov 11, 2017 (AFP)

The jihadist rebound came as the United States and Russia issued a surprise joint presidential statement saying there was "no military solution" to Syria's grin...

Millions mark key Shiite commemoration in Iraq holy city

Nov 10, 2017 (AFP)

Arbaeen is one of the biggest religious festivals on earth and marks the end of the 40-day mourning period for the 7th-century killing of Imam Hussein by the fo...

More than two million Iranian pilgrims descend on Iraq

Nov 08, 2017 (AFP)

"Some 2.32 million visas have been issued so far, and 2.2 million pilgrims are already in Iraq," Shahriar Heydari, spokesman for the Iranian committee organisin...

Iraq needs 'Marshall Plan', says Kirkuk archbishop

Nov 08, 2017 (AFP)

"It's much deeper than simply giving money," Yousef Thomas Mirkis told AFP after addressing a meeting of French bishops in the southwestern French pilgrimage to...

Traditional carpet weaving in central Iraq unravels

Nov 05, 2017 (AFP)

The only visitor to Hamad al-Soltani's small shop in the city of Al-Hamza in central Iraq, some 175 kilometres (110 miles) south of Baghdad, is a local tribal c...

Twin Iraq and Syria assaults as IS loses last city

Nov 03, 2017 (AFP)

The simultaneous assaults on Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria and Al-Qaim in western Iraq dealt fresh blows to IS in its former heartland, leaving Albu Kamal, on the...

IS executed 741 civilians during Mosul battle: UN

Nov 02, 2017 (AFP)

A total of 2,521 civilians were killed, mostly by IS attacks, during the fight between IS and the internationally-backed Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) that ended ...

Iraq to hold parliamentary election in May: PM

Nov 01, 2017 (AFP)

The decision needs to be approved by parliament and the president at least 90 days in advance of that date before it can be confirmed, according to the electora...

Iraqi forces advance to edge of final IS bastion Al-Qaim

Oct 31, 2017 (AFP)

Iraq's Joint Operations Command said government troops -- backed by US air strikes and Sunni tribal fighters -- captured the village of Al-Obeidi, some 20 kilom...

Saudi Airlines to operate first Baghdad flight in 27 years

Oct 29, 2017 (AFP)

The airline, also known as Saudia, will depart from the Red Sea city of Jeddah barely two weeks after Saudi budget carrier flynas made the first commercial flig...

Canada pauses military assistance to Iraqi troops

Oct 28, 2017 (AFP)

Cooperation will resume "once more clarity exists regarding the inter-relationships of Iraqi security forces, and the key priorities and tasks going forward," s...

Suicide bomber kills 3 at Iraq funeral: army

Oct 28, 2017 (AFP)

The bomber struck as condolences were being given at the funeral of the fighter from tribal paramilitaries battling the Islamic State group. He detonated an exp...

Iraq forces advance in 'last den' of IS jihadists

Oct 26, 2017 (AFP)

The start of the keenly awaited offensive that the US-led coalition fighting IS has dubbed "the last big fight" of the campaign came even as Iraqi troops launch...

Terrain, geopolitics make for tricky last battle on IS

Oct 26, 2017 (AFP)

After losing their main hubs of Mosul and Raqa this year, the noose continued to tighten around holdout IS fighters regrouping in the badlands where the organis...

Iraq PM wins Iran support as forces battle IS, Kurds

Oct 26, 2017 (AFP)

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "gave his support for measures taken by the Iraqi government to defend the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of...

Hashed al-Shaabi: controversial force on Iraq's frontlines

Oct 25, 2017 (AFP)

Fighters from Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi are a controversial irregular element battling on the country's frontlines. The organisation formed in 2014 after the coun...

Fierce clashes with IS near Mosul; Return of 5,600 jihadists poses major threat: Soufan

Oct 24, 2017 (AFP)

At least 5,600 citizens or residents of 33 countries had returned home as IS faced devastating assaults on territories it held in Iraq and Syria, said the Soufa...