The security committee of al-Anbar Council announced on Saturday that the Iraqi army and the Popular Mobilization Forces have liberated the town of Kubaysa from Takfiri ISIL terrorists. Member of the committee, Rajeh Barakat said that the allied forces took full control of Kubaysa, adding that ISIL insurgents fled the area, Iraqi media reported. Meanwhile, […]

Yuksekova  district of Hakkari intensive military activity took place today in the evening. A large number of tanks in the district passed the Divisional Commander. Yüksekova, is a Kurdish populated city and formerly known as Gever, is a district of Hakkari Province of Turkey, situated on the border with Iran. Its location on the trade […]

Iraqi Mi-35M provided air support to  fighting IS forces in W-Salahuddin. The multirole Mi-35M attack helicopter is a comprehensive modernisation of the Mi-24V. The Mi-35M was developed by the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant, and has been series produced at Rostvertol since 2005. The Mi-35M offers round the clock: Combat use of guided and unguided weapons in regular and challenging […]

Iraq Army have received TOS-1A Russia-n-made heavy self-propelled flamethrower mounted on T-90 chassis, reported Tom Antonov. TOS-1 is a Soviet 220mm 30-barrel (original system, Ob.634 or TOS-1M) or 24-barrel (Ob.634B or TOS-1A) multiple rocket launcher and thermobaric weapon mounted on a T-72 tank chassis (or T-90). TOS-1 was designed for defeating enemy personnel in fortifications, in open […]

The MQ-1A Predator drone crashed near the rebels-controlled “Euphrates Province” in western Iraq. The Islamic State  “Euphrates Province” (Wilayat al-Furat) is the group’s newest administrative division, most notably encompassing the localities of al-Qa’im in Anbar province on the border with Syria and Albukamal in Deir az-Zor province on the border with Iraq, together with some neighboring […]

Islamic State group militants reportedly attacked an Iraqi base in Ramadi on Friday, just days after national troops announced they had liberated the city from the extremists’ control. According to posts on the SITE Intelligence Group’s website, the militants — also known as ISIS or ISIL — also claimed they had taken over about 20 army […]

Iraqi Mi-35 helicopter launching airstrikes on the areas surrounding the city of Ramadi. The Iraqi army says it is close to completely recapturing the provincial capital of Ramadi from Islamic State after months of fighting, in what has become a war of attrition for the city that was the biggest prize taken by the terrorist […]

The Iraqi Army – in coordination with their popular committees and the Al-‘Anbari tribesmen – have seized the last site controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) inside Al-Ramadi’s downtown area after a day filled with intense firefights. Accoridng to several battlefield reports coming out of Al-Ramadi, the Iraqi Army and their […]

Iraqi Air force received 5 fighter jets T50IQ from South Korea. Fighter jets T50IQ will arrive in Iraq in 2016. Iraq has ordered 24 light attack fighters based on the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50 supersonic trainer, with deliveries due to be completed by 2017. The order, including training, is valued at $1.1 billion, but KAI says […]

Romanian  APR-40 122mm Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) based on Volvo truck spotted in Iraq. The APR-40 initially this designator was used for the original BM-21 “Grad” in Romanian service, but Aerostar SA has developed an improved model. APR-40 MLRS can fire both single shots and gulp. Full salvo time is 30 seconds. Managing fire occurs […]