Iraqi forces launched an offensive on Saturday to capture Rawa, the last remaining town under Islamic-State control, leaving the group's self-proclaimed caliphate on the verge of complete defeat, according to Reuters.
Oil prices inched up on Tuesday, getting support from a decline in oil exports from OPEC’s second-biggest producer Iraq and a projected extended fall in U.S. commercial oil stocks, according to Reuters.
The United States imposed sanctions against two Ukrainian air carriers for cooperation with companies from Iran and Iraq, as reported on the website of the U.S. Treasury.
Iraq has lifted restrictions on Ukrainian poultry products imports imposed earlier due to bird flu outbreaks in some regions of our country, according to the Ukrainian State Food Safety and Consumer Protection Service's press service.
Afghan security forces continue to exchange fire with militants who have launched an attack on the Iraqi Embassy in Kabul, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
After eight months of grinding urban warfare, Iraqi government troops on Thursday captured the ruined mosque at the heart of Islamic State's de facto capital Mosul, and the prime minister declared the group's self-styled caliphate at an end, according to Reuters.
The U.S.-backed Iraqi offensive to take back Mosul from Islamic State gained fresh momentum on Thursday, with an armored division trying to advance into the city from the northern side, according to Reuters.