US Marines landed at the US embassy compound penetrated by militias and their supporters in Baghdad on Tuesday, according to a recent US Department of Defense news release. The Pentagon already sent some 100 Marines to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad to bolster security after Iraqi Shiite protesters enraged by American airstrikes on Iran-backed militia in […]

Pentagon announced on Thursday that it is not considering the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq, according to a recent U.S. Department of Defense news release. The U.S. military presence in Iraq is predicated on permission to be there from the Iraqi government, and U.S. forces will remain so long as the Iraqi government agrees, […]

The MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has reportedly crashed near Bagdad, Iraq. The U.S. military’s spokesman for operations in Iraq and Syria has confirmed that a coalition Unmanned Aerial Vehicle made an unscheduled landing in Baghdad Wednesday due to a mechanical problem. “The aircraft landed safely and was successfully recovered by Iraqi Security […]

The Israeli Air Force has reportedly started employing its cutting-edge F-35i ‘Adir’ stealth fighter jets to attacks Iranian targets in Iraq. The London-based Arabic newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat, citing the anonymous Western diplomats, reported that Israel struck Iranian warehouses storing arms and missiles at Camp Ashraf, north-east of Baghdad, twice in the past month. Also added that […]

The defense arm of Oshkosh Corp. was awarded a $320 million modification to domestic and Foreign Military Sales contract for procurement of Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle variants, the Defense Department announced. The contract for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle, or FMTV, covers produce vehicles for Argentina, Djibouti, Iraq, Lebanon, Romania. Work will be […]

The Florida-headquartered subsidiary of defense contractor General Dynamics has been awarded a $92,4 million modification to a previously awarded contract to build and delivery 120mm tank ammunition for Iraq. The U.S. weapon maker General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems has received $92,4 million for 120mm munition high explosive with tracer tank ammunition cartridges, according to […]

Broadcaster Europe 1 reports that the French Army has begun withdrawing from Iraq after the Islamic State group had been “defeated”. The French artillery group was deployed on the Iraqi-Syrian border against the Islamic State (IS) group, “has completed its mission,” said Thursday the spokesman of the French General Staff. “The Wagram Task Force has […]

Kurds protesters stormed a Turkish military camp in Iraq’s northern province of Duhok. On Saturday, protesters stormed a Turkish military camp in Chladzie, in Dohuk province. According to a local source, protesters burning two tanks and other vehicles. It is reported that at least 10 people were wounded and one died when protesters stormed a Turkish military camp. […]

The Iraqi military publicly displayed recently delivered T-90S main battle tanks during the 98th anniversary of the country’s Armed Forces on 6 January. Several newly acquired Russian-made T-90S tanks, belong to the 35th Brigade of the Iraqi Army’s 9th Armored Division, were displayed for the first time during the military parade. According to the Jane’s […]

The commander of Task Force Rifles Col. Jonathan C. Byrom said that “ISIS remnants” has been degraded so much that are hiding in the desert. Speaking to Pentagon reporters, Jonathan C. Byrom said: “the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria controlled a self-proclaimed caliphate that stretched from Syria to Iraq, but now that force in […]