Baghdad’s central criminal court sentenced a Russian national to death by hanging for his membership in the Isis group, the court said in a statement.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voices support for the formation of a Kurdish state in the lead-up to a planned independence referendum in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, which has sparked strong criticisms from the central government as well as Iraq’s neighbors.
Iraq’s parliament voted on Tuesday to reject a Kurdish region independence referendum planned for Sept. 25, authorizing the prime minister to take all measures to preserve Iraq’s unity, a lawmaker said.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has held a telephone conversation with his Qatari counterpart, discussing an ongoing dispute between Qatar and a number of other Arab countries, Qatari media say.
Iraqi officials say they are holding more than 1,300 foreign women and children, the families of Isis fighters, at a camp for displaced people in northern Iraq.
Most Iraqi Kurds aspire to their own state, but 'No For Now' campaigners see vote as political gamble to benefit presidency.
The leader of ISIS is planning a fresh wave of terror attacks against Britain and other European countries in revenge for the crushing defeats that terror group has suffered in Iraq and Syria, a leading Iraqi intelligence official has warned.
Military operations are being set in place to free more than 100,000 civilians besieged by the Isis terror group in Hawija, Iraq, officials said Tuesday.
A senior Iranian official has called on Iraqi Kurdish leaders to forgo a planned referendum for secession, warning that a possible breakup of the Arab country could have grave consequences for the security of the region.
More than 3,000 Isis terrorists were killed during the battle to regain control of Tal Afar, Iraqi Lieutenant General Abdul Amir Yarallah said.