Fresh security operation launched in Diala
DIALA, Sept. 21 (VOI) – Iraqi security forces on Sunday launched a new military operation in Diala province with the aim of enhancing security in former al-Qaeda strongholds, the director…
Interior Ministry official escapes attempt on life
BAGHDAD, Sept. 21 (VOI) – An Iraqi Interior Ministry official survived an assassination attempt in western Baghdad, the National Command chief said on Sunday. “Unknown gunmen opened fire on a…
Diala explosion kills, injures 9
DIALA, Sept. 21 (VOI) – Nine civilians on Sunday were killed or wounded in an explosive charge attack that occurred near a civilian vehicle in the northeast of Baaquba city,…
Press syndicate chief in deteriorating condition
BAGHDAD, Sept. 21 (VOI) – The press syndicate chief is in a deteriorating condition in hospital after being injured in a blast that hit the syndicate’s building in the capital…
Baghdad blast wounds 4 civilians
BAGHDAD, Sept. 21 (VOI) – Four civilians on Sunday were wounded in an explosive charge attack that occurred in western Baghdad, an Iraqi police source said. “Today, an improvised explosive…
Security plot in Karbala for Shiite occasion
KARBALA, Sept. 20 (VOI) – Media spokesperson for Karbala’s Operations Command on Saturday said that around 7,000 security elements were deployed in the holy city of Karbalaa, to conduct a…
Kurdish parties to flee offices in Diala
DIALA, Sept. 20 (VOI) – Kurdish partisan figure in Jalawlaa on Saturday said that Kurdish parties agreed to flee governmental buildings that they use as offices, without specifying an exact…
70 kg of TNT seized near Makhmour
ARBIL, Sept. 20 (VOI) – A force from the Iraqi army’s 7th Brigade seized a large amount of highly explosive TNT and defused an improvised explosive device (IED) on the…
Basra combined security centers in last stage of construction
BASRA, Sept. 20 (VOI) – Multi National Forces (MNF) in southern Iraq said that work on Saturday commenced in the last stage of constructing Iraqi army-police combined security centers, to…
14 wanted men captured in western Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Sept. 20 (VOI) – Joint forces arrested 14 wanted men during a search raid conducted in the suburb of Sabaa al-Bur, western Baghdad city, an Iraqi police source said…
U.S. forces detonate car bomb in Mosul without incident
NINEWA, Sept. 20 (VOI) – U.S. army soldiers on Saturday detonated a roadside vehicle rigged with explosives in eastern Mosul city on Saturday, according to a security source in Ninewa…
9 killed, 9 wounded in Iraq violence
BAGHDAD, Sept. 20 (VOI) – Nine people were killed and nine others wounded in acts of violence in different areas of Iraq during the past 24 hours, according to security…