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No one immediately took responsibility for the attack, which is the first of its kind in the area in three years.

SHARE Iraq is taking steps to halt the movement of ISIS militants and drug smuggling along its border with Syria by imposing new security measures. The 600-kilometre border between the two countries is controlled by a variety of forces, including the Iraqi military, Syrian army, US-backed Kurdish forces, Iran-backed militias and rebels who are anti-government. “One of the biggest challenges is there’s no one single or unified security partner on the Syrian side,” Lt Gen Abdul Amir Al Shammari told Reuters. The main issue, Gen Al Shammari said, is coming from Syria. The Iraqi side is mor...

   2021/01/19 04:58 The US and Iraqi military denied that any airstrikes were carried out south of Baghdad overnight on Jan. 18, 2021. (Photo: Archive) ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The US Central Command (CENTCOM), the US Embassy in Baghdad, and the Iraqi military denied reports on Tuesday that any airstrikes were carried out south of Baghdad in Jurf al-Sakhar the previous night. “Explosions reported earlier today about 40 miles outside of Baghdad, Iraq, in the town of Jurf al-Sakhar were not the result of US military action,” Capt. Bill Urban, CENTCOM spokesman, said in a twee...

autoplay The victory risks triggering new violence between Arabs and Kurds over disputed territories or between Sunnis and Shi’ites over claims to power, egged on by outside powers that have shaped Iraq’s future since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein’s Sunni minority-rule and brought the Iran-backed Shi’ite majority to power. For Iraq, stunned by the blitz on Mosul by ISIS in 2014 and the collapse of its army, victory could thus turn out to be as big a problem as defeat. The federal model devised under the Anglo-American occupation and built on a power-sharing a...