Douze personnes tuées dans deux attaques en Irak

Douze personnes ont été tuées samedi dans deux attaques commises dans la ville de Tikrit, au nord de Bagdad, reprise l'année dernière aux djihadistes du groupe Etat islamique (EI), ont indiqué des policiers irakiens.

Iraqi security forces foil ISIS/ISIL attack on Tikrit

Iraqi security forces foiled an attack Sunday by Islamic State (IS) militants against the city of Tikrit, killing five ISIS/ISIL militants, a provincial security source said.

Excavations start at suspected mass graves near Tikrit

Iraqi forensic teams have begun excavating 12 suspected mass grave sites thought to hold the corpses of as many as 1,700 soldiers massacred last year by by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fighters as they swept across northern Iraq.

Shi'ite fighters leave Tikrit under govt deal after looting, Iraqi officials say

Shi'ite paramilitaries started leaving Tikrit on Saturday following a government deal after locals complained that some fighters had spent several days looting the Sunni city after helping retake it from Islamic State.

"As of this afternoon, the (paramilitaries) started to leave the city towards the surrounding areas outside," said Ahmed al-Kraim, the head of the council of Tikrit and its province Salahuddin.

US-led coalition says IS still holds parts of Iraq's Tikrit

The Islamic State group still controls parts of the Iraqi city of Tikrit, which Baghdad announced had been retaken, the US-led coalition battling the jihadists said Tuesday.

US denies killing Iranians in drone strikes in Iraq

The US defence department has denied claims that it killed two Iranian advisers in drone strikes in Iraq earlier this month, telling Al Jazeera it had no role in the area during the time of their deaths.

Iran accused of sending 30,000 troops to fight in Iraq

Kurdish authorities in Iraq have accused Iran of sending 30,000 soldiers and military experts to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.

Iran, not ISIS, is main threat to Iraq (Petraeus)

Former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus, who commanded U.S. forces during the 2007-2008 surge in the Iraq war, has said that Iran and the Shiite militias it backs pose “the foremost” strategic threat to Iraq, superseding the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria terror group.

U.S. ‘concerned’ if heavy Iranian arms used in Iraq

The United States is concerned about how heavy Iranian weaponry might be used inside Iraq in its latest criticism of the Islamic Republic’s involvement in the neighboring country, a U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday.
Reuters has previously reported on the alleged presence of Iranian rockets inside Iraq.

Iraq army says coalition raids needed in Tikrit battle

Iraqi forces need support from coalition air strikes in Tikrit, where die-hard jihadists are defending their last redoubt with trenches, sandbags and roadside bombs, a top officer said on Sunday.

Two weeks into Baghdad's biggest operation yet against the Islamic State (IS) group, Iraqi forces have a complete stranglehold on Tikrit but have yet to launch a final assault.

Iraqi forces enter parts of Tikrit in major offensive

Iraqi government forces and their allied militia have entered parts of Tikrit, as they continue a major offensive to recapture Saddam Hussein's hometown from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Iraqi forces retake key town of Al-Baghdadi from ISIL/ISIS (Town in Anbar cleared by government troops and allied fighters...)

Iraqi government forces and allied tribal fighters have retaken the town of Al-Baghdadi from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, according to the US military.

A statement from the headquarters of the US-led coalition on Friday said security forces and tribal fighters from the Anbar region had successfully cleared Al-Baghdadi of ISIL fighters, retaking both the police station and three Euphrates River bridges.

US military's Mosul briefing inaccurate, misguided, Carter says

A US military official who briefed news media about Iraq's upcoming offensive to retake Mosul provided inaccurate information but should never have publicly discussed war plans anyway, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Tuesday.

Carter's criticism of the February news briefing by an official from the US military's Central Command was accompanied by an assurance from the top U.S. military officer to Congress that the matter was subject to an internal inquiry.

Iraqi airforce strikes ISIS targets in Tikrit

Iraqi forces launched a long-awaited offensive on Sunday to recapture the major city of Tikrit from militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Al Arabiya’s correspondent in Iraq said....