Following the U.S. designation of Harakat al-Nujaba as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, a significant standoff occurred on Friday, September 19. A combat unit from the 12th Brigade of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), composed of Nujaba fighters, blocked an American military convoy from entering Tarmiyah, a district north of Baghdad.
Iraqi government sources have announced the withdrawal of U.S.-led coalition forces from Baghdad and Ain al-Asad base in Anbar province, starting in September. U.S. forces at Baghdad Airport and the Joint Operations Command will relocate to Erbil during this first phase.
The U.S. will stop directly paying the salaries of the Peshmerga forces in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region by the end of 2025. Starting in 2026, the central government in Baghdad will take over salary responsibilities for these forces. This change is part of a broader effort to redefine the U.S. role in Iraq and reduce the coalition mission.
Recent drone attacks on oilfields in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq have disrupted oil production and infrastructure, intensifying political and economic tensions between the central government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region.
On July 15, the Sarsang oil field, located in the Jamanki district of Al-Amadiyah in Duhok province, part of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, was targeted in a drone attack.
Last night, between 20:20 and 20:25, two suicide drones were launched at the Khurmala oil field in Erbil province.
The Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service announced that a suicide drone was intercepted and destroyed near Erbil International Airport in northern Iraq this morning.
Recent reports from Iraqi and Turkish media indicate that the leadership of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has made a significant decision to dissolve the party, end the armed conflict, and lay down its weapons.
Hamid Al-Shatri, Head of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service, met with Abu Muhammad Al-Julani (Ahmad Al-Sharaa), President of Syria, in Damascus on April 25.
Hamid al-Shatri, head of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service, met with Abu Muhammad al-Julani (also known as Ahmed al-Sharaa), the head of the Syrian transitional government, in Damascus.
The Iraqi Foreign Ministry called for the international community’s support against Israel in order to prevent the regime’s possible attacks against Iraq.
The Israeli regime’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar wrote a letter to the United Nations Security Council, calling on the international body to put pressure on the Iraqi government to stop the attacks by the resistance groups stationed in the Arab country against the occupied territories of Palestine.
