Iraq

WASHINGTON, (BM) - As a result of Iran’s strike at Ain al-Assad base in Iraq on January 8, 11 US troops were injured, , learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Defense One report. According to his sources at the Pentagon, this week they were taken to a military hospital in Germany for examination. Read more: Missile attack to U.S. military…

BAGHDAD, (BM) - A rocket exploded near the US Embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Al-Arab news agency. Read more: Military and defense analyzes, comments, opinions and rating – Defweek.com Read more: Russian military patrol has been attacked in Syria (photos) No casualties have been reported so…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on January 4 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: US Air Force near Baghdad hit a convoy with doctors A strike by the US Air Force on Saturday night fell on a convoy of Shiite militia al-Hashd al-Shaabi. This was reported by As Sumaria, citing a statement by the militia. Earlier, As…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on January 3 in last six hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: US Marines arrive at America embassy in Baghdad US Marines yesterday landed at the American embassy in Baghdad, an Iraqi security source revealed. The officer in the Iraqi defence ministry said US helicopters circled over the Green Zone…

TEHRAN, (BM) - Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that Tehran is ready to defend its position and confront those who threaten the country. In addition, he condemned the actions of the US Air Force, which attacked five sites of the Shiite organization Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq and Syria, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. Read…

BAGHDAD, (BM) - A U.S. military base in western Iraq has been hit by a new rocket attack as the country's unrest persisted in the wake of the prime minister's resignation, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Newsweek. Read more: Turkish Air Strikes in Iraq – Five PKK Members Have Been Killed The Iraqi security forces' media cell…

ANKARA, (BM) - The Turkish armed forces have wiped out five members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) as a result of an airstrike on their positions in northern Iraq, Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense said in a statement on Tuesday, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. Read more: Turkish Fighting Vehicles Have Been Destroyed in Syria by SDF…

BAGHDAD, (BM) - Loud explosions were reported early Tuesday at a warehouse in Iraq apparently used by an Shiite militia, seemingly the latest of a string of attacks targeting Iranian-backed groups in western Iraq and eastern Syria, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting The Times of Israel. The explosions were reported near the city of Hit in…

DAMASCUS/BAGHDAD, (BM) - Unidentified aircraft launched strikes on a base belonging to an Iran-backed militia in Syria, near the border with Iraq, killing several people early Monday, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting The Times of Israel. The blasts targeted a base belonging to the Popular Mobilization Force, said the Saudi Al Arabiya…

WASHINGTON, (BM) - US officials have confirmed that Israel was behind recent airstrikes on alleged weapons depots in Iraq, which were ostensibly being used by Iran to transfer arms to Syria, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting MEMO. Senior US officials yesterday told the New York Times that Israel has carried out “several strikes in recent…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) - Your briefly report on June 26 in last 12 hours from BulgarianMilitary.com news team: Bomb blast kills four Iraqi federal police officers - security sources Four Iraqi federal police officers were killed on Tuesday after a bomb went off southwest of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, two security sources told Reuters. …

BAGHDAD, Iraq (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Iyad Allawi, former Iraqi vice president and head of Al-Wataniya Coalition, talked about missile launchers in Gaza directed against the Gulf States, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting MEMO. Read more: ISIS Still Poses a Significant Threat to Iraq and Syria Allawi stated in an…

WASHINGTON, the U.S. (BulgarianMilitary.com) - ISIS still poses a significant threat to Iraq and Syria and to the wider world, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting the U.S. MoD. Providing a coalition operations update from Baghdad to reporters at the Pentagon via teleconference, British Army Maj. Gen. Chris Ghika said ISIS has “morphed into…