Islamic State attack kills 10, wounds four policemen near Iraq's Kirkuk
Police sources said the attackers clashed for two hours with police stationed at a village in the town of Rashad.
Sep 05, 2021, 15:23 PM IST
Curfew declared in Kirkuk as Kurds celebrate independence vote
Authorities in Kirkuk declared a curfew an hour and a half before polls closed in a Kurdish independence referendum on Monday as jubilant Kurds celebrated a vote that has raised fears of a new outburst of ethnic conflict.
Sep 26, 2017, 06:55 AM IST
Iraq fully retakes town attacked by IS: officials
Iraqi security forces on Tuesday regained full control of a western town that was attacked by Islamic State group militants two days earlier, officials said.
Oct 25, 2016, 17:30 PM IST
131 killed in clashes between Islamic State, Iraqi forces
At least 131 persons, including 74 militants, were killed and 150 others injured in clashes in an Iraq's Kirkuk city, sources reported on Monday.
Oct 24, 2016, 21:13 PM IST
Air raid near Iraq's Kirkuk kills 15 women: Officials
"Fifteen women were killed and another 50 wounded in a raid that targeted a Shiite place of worship at Dakuk," local official Amir Huda Karam told AFP.
Oct 21, 2016, 23:14 PM IST
Six Iraqi police, 12 IS fighters killed in Kirkuk clashes: police
Ongoing clashes between Iraqi security forces and jihadist gunmen apparently attempting to take over parts of the city of Kirkuk on Friday have left at least six policemen dead, security sources sa
Oct 21, 2016, 14:29 PM IST
Suicide attackers kill 16 at Iraq power plant, says officials
"Three suicide bombers attacked the power plant at around 6:00 am (0830 IST), killing 12 Iraqi administrators and engineers and four Iranian technicians," Dibis mayor Abdullah Nureddin al-Salehi told AFP.
Oct 21, 2016, 12:26 PM IST
Suicide Bomber attacks government targets in northern Iraq
Gunmen wearing suicide vests attacked government targets in the Kurdish-controlled city of Kirkuk and killed 16 at an Iranian-run construction site further north on Friday as troops advanced on jihadist bastion Mosul.
Oct 21, 2016, 12:05 PM IST
Iraq forces launch push to retake town south of Mosul
Iraqi forces on Wednesday closed in on the centre of Qayyarah, officials said, on the second day of an operation to recapture the town from jihadists.
Aug 24, 2016, 18:33 PM IST
Militants attack two energy plants in north Iraq, at least four killed
Militants stormed two energy facilities in northern Iraq on Sunday, shooting at least four workers and detonating explosives that sent flames into the sky, security sources said.
Jul 31, 2016, 14:17 PM IST
Militants attack second energy facility in northern Iraq: Security sources
Militants in northern Iraq stormed an oil facility on Sunday and detonated explosives at an oil storage tank, sending flames into the sky, security sources said.
Jul 31, 2016, 13:08 PM IST
WATCH viral video: Man shouts 'Allah hu Akbar', triggers panic in crowded market in Iraq
A sensational video showing how vulnerable people are in terrorism-hit and Islamic State-controlled Iraq has now come to fore.
Jul 11, 2016, 14:53 PM IST
IS attack kills four in Kurdish-held Iraq town
A suicide bomber detonated explosives near the entrance to a police building in the town of Dibis in Kirkuk province.
Nov 04, 2015, 01:57 AM IST
Iraq Kurds take back land from IS jihadists
A ground offensive led by 3,500 Iraqi Kurdish forces on Thursdaya recaptured several villages west of the city of Kirkuk from the Islamic State group, officials said.
Oct 01, 2015, 00:29 AM IST
Bombs kill 7 Iraq Kurds in anti-IS operation
Bombs killed seven members of the Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces during an operation against the Islamic State jihadist group in the northern province of Kirkuk today, officers said.
Sep 11, 2015, 21:41 PM IST
