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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A prior operation by Iraqi counterterrorism forces in Kirkuk led to the killing of two suspected ...
The long-planned trims, which would cut the number nearly in half, maintain a U.S. counterterrorism force in Iraq but help fulfill President Trump’s goal to reduce overseas deployments.
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 Counter Terrorism Service soldiers perform reloading drills with their M-4 rifles during refit training near Baghdad ... [Iraqi] counterterrorism services, the Joint Operations Command, the Air ...
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 ...
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.
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.