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An Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service soldier fires the M240B machine gun as part of the CTS’ advanced training near Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 16, 2016. (Staff Sgt. Alex Manne) WASHINGTON — The battle ...
FALLUJAH, Iraq — Iraq's counterterrorism forces, known as the Golden Division, were once so loathed that they were nicknamed the "Dirty Division." They were accused of running secret prisons and ...
Iraq puts US-supported general in charge of elite counter-terrorism force Lt. Gen. Abdul Wahab al-Saadi has been named commander of Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service. By Jeff Schogol ...
This is a partial transcript of "The Big Story With John Gibson," May 3, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. JOHN GIBSON, HOST: Iraq's new prime minister vowing to fight terrorism in his ...
Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid will summon Turkey's ambassador to Iraq to protest a ... said a total of six dead and several wounded were members of the Iraqi Kurdish counter-terrorism force.
V2X has secured a cost-plus-fixed-fee, undefinitized contract action from the U.S. Air Force to support the Iraq F-16 program ...
Iraqi security forces appear to have opened fire on demonstrators without prior warning in Kirkuk on September 2, 2023, killing at least 4 people and injuring 16.
The Iraqi president announced Tuesday that he will summon Turkey’s ambassador and hand him a formal letter of protest over recent Turkish airstrikes on Iraqi territory.
Members of the Iraqi Counterterrorism Service (CTS) rehearse clearing operations in Diyala Province, Iraq, in April 2019. U.S. Army Special Forces have a long history with the CTS, dating back to the ...
BAGHDAD – A drone attack on a small airport killed three members of an elite Iraqi Kurdish counterterrorism task force that operates in the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan in northern Iraq.
BAGHDAD, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid will summon Turkey's ambassador to Iraq to protest a drone strike on a small airport in the Kurdistan region on Monday that left ...
Bafel Talabani, president of the PUK, one of the dominant Kurdish parties in northern Iraq, said a total of six dead and several wounded were members of the Iraqi Kurdish counter-terrorism force.