Masoud Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, mourned today, Monday, the passing of the party’s political bureau member, Rowsch Nuri Shaways. Barzani said in a statement received by Shafaq News agency, “with great sorrow, we received this morning the news of the departure of the valiant Peshmerga, the national …

The Iraqi security forces arrested six terrorists in two separate operations in al-Anbar governorate. Al-Anbar operations commander, Naser al-Ghannam, said in a statement earlier today, Tuesday, that the security forces apprehended two “dangerous” terrorists in cooperation with al-Anbar intelligence. Al-Ghannam added that a second operation carried out by the 10th …

PM called off first official trip to UAE last week at the last minute, blaming Jordan for failing to approve flyover; Jordan confirms closing its airspace over diplomatic spat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that he was deterred from flying to the United Arab Emirates through Saudi airspace last …