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The Global Coalition against Daesh has reported that 94 operations have been conducted against ISIS in Iraq in Syria so far this year, resulting in the deaths of 23 militants and the arrests of over 60 others. IRAQ: The Coalition has reported that since the start of the year, Iraqi security forces have carried out 66 counter-ISIS operations, which killed 16...

A senior commander in the Kurdish People's Defense Units (YPG) was reportedly killed by an IED explosion against his vehicle on April 15 in the Kurdish-controlled Hasakah area of northern Syria. Heval Sores was a high-value target amongst other senior leaders of the group which Ankara regards as organically and operationally connected to the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), the latter...

Today, President Biden met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani. The results of their meeting are reportedly numerous. However, they mainly concern increased cooperation between Iraq and the United States. According to the U.S. State Department, discussions during the meeting included topics of financial reform, democratic institutions, and the enhancement of energy independence. The Iraqi side expressed a desire for...

What to Know: In an official release, the Iran-backed Shia militia Kataib Hezbollah announced that its Secretary-General, Abu Hussein Al-Hamidawi, met with Iraqi leaders of the Axis of Resistance in Tehran, Iran. The "Axis of Resistance" is an umbrella term used to described pro-Iranian factions, such as Hezbollah, Kataib Hezbollah, the Houthis, but in this case it is referring to...

In a joint statement with Turkey, Iraq announced that it has designated the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as a banned organization, stating that the group "poses a security threat to Turkey and Iraq, and noted that the presence of the organization in question on Iraqi soil means that it violated the Iraqi Constitution." Likewise, the two countries pledged "to implement...