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May 2022 - Iraq Special Weapons News
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- Rockets target Ain al-Asad air base housing US forces in western Iraq Press TV 31 May 2022 -- A barrage of rockets has reportedly targeted Ain al-Asad Air Base in Iraq's western province of Anbar, where American military forces and trainers are stationed on alleged training and advisory missions.
- Two Turkish soldiers killed in northern Iraq: Ankara Press TV 30 May 2022 -- Two Turkish forces have been killed in northern Iraq during Ankara's military operations against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group which take place without Baghdad's consent, reports say.
- The Iraqi Parliament's Anti-Israel Normalization Law US Dept. of State 26 May 2022 -- The United States is deeply disturbed by the Iraqi Parliament's passage of legislation that criminalizes normalization of relations with Israel.
- Iraq parliament illegalizes normalization of ties with Israeli regime Press TV 26 May 2022 -- Iraq's parliament passes a law making it illegal for the country to ever normalize its relations with the Israeli regime.
- Iraqi Parliament Bans Normalization of Relations With Israel Sputnik 26 May 2022 -- The Iraqi parliament voted on Thursday in support of a bill prohibiting any normalization of relations with Israel and introducing punishment in the form of life imprisonment or death penalty for violators.
- PMU launches 'intelligence operation' to dismantle Daesh sleeper cell in northern Iraq Press TV 24 May 2022 -- Iraq's anti-terror Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), an umbrella organization composed of the Arab country's resistance groups, have launched an operation to clear the remnants of the Daesh (ISIS) terrorist group in northern Iraq.
- Erdogan Prepares New Anti-Kurdish Operation in Iraq Amid Dispute Over Sweden's Support for Kurds Sputnik 24 May 2022 -- Following a cabinet meeting on Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would soon launch a new military operation into northern Syria against Kurdish militias Ankara considers to be terrorist groups.
- Three Turkish Soldiers Killed, Four Injured in Operation in Northern Iraq Sputnik 24 May 2022 -- Three Turkish soldiers were killed and four others injured during Ankara's "anti-terrorist" operation against militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the Turkish Defence Ministry said on Tuesday.
- Several terrorists killed, injured as PMU hits Daesh positions in northern Iraq Press TV 23 May 2022 -- Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), an umbrella organization composed of the Arab country's resistance groups, has fired artillery shells at a position of the remnants of the Daesh (ISIS) terrorists in northern Iraq.
- Drones target military base housing Turkish forces in northern Iraq, three dead: Report Press TV 22 May 2022 -- Drone attacks on a Turkish military base in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh have left three people dead, a report says.
- Calling for rapid progress on the formation of a stable government in Iraq: UK Statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 17 May 2022 -- Statement by Fergus Eckersley, UK Political Coordinator at the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on the situation concerning Iraq
- Syrian refugees in Iraq, risk losing access to basic food supplies UN News 17 May 2022 -- Syrian families living in refugee camps in Iraq are facing new and alarming levels of food insecurity, according to figures released by the World Food Programme (WFP) and UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Tuesday.
- Syrian refugees in Iraq will lose access to basic foods without urgent funds WFP 17 May 2022 -- Syrian families living in camps in Iraq face alarming levels of food insecurity, according to a new figure from the World Food Programme (WFP) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
- UN envoy urges Iraqi politicians to 'roll up sleeves' and meet peoples' aspirations UN News 17 May 2022 -- The top United Nations official in Iraq made an urgent appeal on Tuesday for the prompt formation of a new Government that meets the aspirations of that country's people.
- Joint Statement on Syria US Dept. of State 12 May 2022 -- Representatives of the United States, the Arab League, Egypt, the European Union, France, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom met in Brussels on May 10, 2022, to discuss the crisis in Syria.
- IRGC shells terrorist base in Iraq's Erbil IRNA 11 May 2022 -- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) ground forces have shelled terrorists' bases in Erbil, Iraq.
- Iran's IRGC launches attack against positions of terrorists in Iraq's Erbil Press TV 11 May 2022 -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has targeted and destroyed positions of terrorist groups operating near the country's western borders in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps Again Attacks Positions In Iraq's Irbil RFE/RL 11 May 2022 -- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) has fired on targets in Iraq's northern Kurdish regional capital of Irbil, the semiofficial Tasnim news agency has reported.
- Italy assumes command of NATO Mission Iraq NATO 10 May 2022 -- On 10 May 2022, Major General Giovanni Iannucci from Italy assumed command of NATO Mission Iraq, following a change of command ceremony held in Baghdad. He succeeds Lieutenant General Michael Lollesgaard from Denmark, who had assumed his command on 6 May 2021.
- Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Stabilization of Iraq The White House 09 May 2022
- Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate, on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Stabilization of Iraq The White House 09 May 2022
- Iraq says it has reached new agreements with Iran on gas supply Press TV 08 May 2022 -- Iraq has reached new agreements with Iran on the supply of natural gas from the country, according to the spokesman of the country's Ministry of Electricity.
- Iraq Inks Contracts With US, France to Receive Advanced Weapons Sputnik 08 May 2022 -- The Iraqi Defense Ministry has signed contracts with the United States and France to receive advanced weaponry and improve the quality of Iraq's artillery systems, Maj. Gen. Abd Ardawi, the commander of the Iraqi artillery forces, said on Sunday.
- Turkish warplanes bomb Iraq's Kurdistan again despite no agreement to allow operations on Iraqi territory Press TV 02 May 2022 -- Despite the Iraqi Foreign Ministry's insistence that there is no agreement between Baghdad and Ankara pertaining to the Turkish military operations inside the borders of Iraq, Turkey's armed forces have launched air raids targeting the purported positions of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
- Iraqi Kurdistan comes under missile attack: Report Press TV 01 May 2022 -- At least six missiles have reportedly been fired towards the Erbil Province in the northern Iraqi Kurdistan region.
- Rockets target Ain al-Asad military base housing US forces in western Iraq Press TV 01 May 2022 -- A barrage of rockets has reportedly landed close to an air base in Iraq's western province of Anbar, where American military forces are stationed.
- US Base in Iraq Reportedly Targeted With Rocket Artillery Sputnik 01 May 2022 -- The Pentagon formally ended its combat mission in Iraq in late 2021, rebranding the remaining 2,500 troops in the country as "trainers and advisors". Shia militias formed in 2014 to fight Daesh (ISIS)* have demanded the total withdrawal of US forces, threatening to shell American bases until the last US troops vacate Iraqi soil.
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