Tag: Tikrit
May 2 world news summary at 0030 GMT
RABAT -- Citing Tehran's support to separatists in Western Sahara, Morocco announced on Tuesday to sever ties with Iran, only a few years after...
Feb. 8 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
ANKARA -- Two Turkish soldiers were killed, 15 others wounded during clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants in town Al-Bab of northern Syria, Turkish...
Security forces repel IS attack in Iraq’s Salahudin
Iraqi government forces repelled an attack by extremist Islamic State (IS) group militants on Wednesday against military posts in Iraq's Salahudin province, a provincial...
Iraqi governor warns of security setback in Salahudin
The governor of Iraq's northern central province of Salahudin warned on Monday of a possible security setback with increasing attacks from Islamic State (IS)...
Iraq recovers 89 bodies of IS-executed soldiers at mass grave
Iraqi authorities found Saturday the remains of some 89 bodies believed to be for soldiers of Speicher Camp who were executed by the Islamic...
4 Killed in Iraqi Bomb Explosion
The blast took place in the morning when a roadside bomb planted by the Islamic State (IS) militants apparently targeted civilians fleeing the militant-seized...
Sept. 7 world news summary at 0030 GMT
SKOPJE -- A small German plane crashed Tuesday afternoon near Macedonian capital Skopje, killing six people onboard, local media reported.
The plane...
Aug. 19 world news summary at 0030 GMT
MOGADISHU -- At least one person was killed and four others injured in a car explosion in Mogadishu Thursday night, police have confirmed.
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Aug. 18 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
ISTANBUL -- Turkish police on Thursday launched simultaneous operations against 204 companies in 18 cities across the country, as the purge continues in the...
Aug. 7 Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT
TEHRAN -- Iran's Judiciary on Sunday confirmed the execution of Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri on espionage charges, state IRIB TV reported.
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Aug. 7 world news summary at 1530 GMT
BANGKOK -- Updated tallying results have shown that the majority of voters across Thailand approved a new draft constitution and an additional question in...
July 8 world news summary at 1530 GMT
MOSCOW -- Russia's Arms Committee at the Russian Federation Council, or the upper parliament house, on Friday warned that missile units could be deployed...
July 8 world news summary at 0030 GMT
LONDON -- British Justice Secretary Michael Gove has been eliminated from the Conservative Party leadership ballot, leaving Home Secretary Theresa May opposing the Energy...
May 31 world news summary at 1530 GMT
ARISH, Egypt -- At least six Egyptian soldiers were killed and six others wounded Tuesday as two improvised explosive devices targeted their two armored...
May 31 Middle East news summary at 2400 GMT
TEHRAN -- The Iranian legislators picked Ali Larijani as the speaker of new Majlis (parliament) on Tuesday.
Out of 276 votes,...
IS militants in Salahuddin province of Iraq raided by US forces
The pre-dawn operation involved a number of U.S. helicopters dropping troops by a building in a village in Tikrit, where forces then captured several...
IS miltants take control of key spots in Iraq’s Salahudin
The attacks occurred in the afternoon when groups of IS militants attacked the areas in west of Baiji, some 200 km north of the...
IS planned attack on Tikrit thwarted by security forces of Iraq
Iraqi security forces foiled an attack Sunday by Islamic State (IS) militants against the city of Tikrit, killing five IS militants, a provincial security...
Iraqi forces bring Tikrit looting and arson to a stop
Iraqi security forces on Saturday stopped a wave of looting and burning of public facilities, houses and shops by groups of Shiite militias in...
Tikrit fighting destroyed Saddam?s tomb
The mausoleum in al-Awja has been reduced to a pile of rubble
Footage filmed by the Associated Press shows all that remains of the once-lavish...
Iraqi security forces continued offensive on Tikrit
Iraqi security forces continued their offensive on Tuesday to free the city of Tikrit, but were slowed by fierce clashes with the Islamic State...
Iraqi forces launch offensive to free Tikrit from Islamic State
Iraqi security forces launched Tuesday a major offensive to free the city of Tikrit, the capital of Salahudin province, from the Islamic State (IS)...