11 month agoHashd (PMF) Forces on Baghdad-Kirkuk road are heading back to Taza town, Peshmerga intelligence officer says
Bafel Talabani and 2 other senior military commanders of PUK have met today w Qassem Soleimani and Hadi alAmiri in Kirkuk to reach an agreement.
11 month agoKirkuk governor who visits people who have taken up arms in the city: this shows that you are loyal to Kirkuk, Kurdistan
11 month agoVideo: "Golden Division" anti-terror unit is waiting orders to move "against separatists militias"
11 month agoEven as a deal with IS is negotiated, the bombardment of Raqqa continued today
11 month agoCounter-terrorism units active on the road Baghdad-Kirkuk
11 month agoAyub Yousif, Peshmerga commander south of Kirkuk: we have orders to engage in fighting if attacked by Iraqi forces, Hashd al-Shaabi
Azad Jabari head of security committee at Kirkuk council says the Coalition warned both sides not make any moves
11 month agoKurdish forces are reinforcing to Makhmur
There are rumors that Baghdad deadline has been extended for another 24 hours to give time for more negotiations with Kurds in Kirkuk
Kurdish Peshmerga rejects Iraqi forces warning to withdraw from junction south of Kirkuk
11 month agoCivilians in Kirkuk take up arms, say "we are volunteers," as Kurdistan Security Council say Iraq plans to attack tonight, Baghdad denies it
11 month agoIn Tuz Khormato , the situation is quiet , says a senior Peshmerga commander via telephone Iraq Kurdistan
11 month agoVideo released 2 days ago shows deployment of Barzani's Peshmerga Tanks to Kirkuk to confront Iraqi Army.
11 month agoVideo of convoy of military vehicles and equipment for SDF in Qamishli
11 month agoAnother @Coalition convoy of military vehicles and equipment for SDF in Qamishli
![FSA Haraket al-Qayyam [حركة القيام] have began carrying out assassinations of YPG, 4 killed in 3 separate attacks—locations unclear. First footage of these assassinations appeared 3 days ago.](https://kurds.liveuamap.com/pics/2017/10/14/21551485_0.jpg)
11 month agoUnknown location
FSA Haraket al-Qayyam [حركة القيام] have began carrying out assassinations of YPG, 4 killed in 3 separate attacks—locations unclear. First footage of these assassinations appeared 3 days ago.
11 month agoPKK presence in Kirkuk city with images of Abdullah Ocalan seen earlier today
Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS Brett McGurk expected to visit Kurdistan Region
11 month agoPeshmerga are gathering now in Kurdish areas in Kirkuk waiting for the deadline to expire 2am to see if Iraqi army attacks (pics Shorija)
Peshmerga commander Kirkuki: Iraqi army has given Peshmerga until midnight to leave their posts in Kirkuk or face attack
PMF shelling Peshmerga positions in Khurmatu. 3 RPG hit senior PUK official home.
Statement by tribes of Raqqa confirm deal with SDF to ensure exit of local ISIS from Raqqa
11 month agoMember of the Iraqi parliament from Kirkuk on Kurdish media on camera with a gun saying he will fight the Iraqi army if they enter Kirkuk.
Russian Mindef:Defeat of ISIS in eastern Syria stand in stark contrast to stupor of US-led coalition stuck in Raqqah
Tension between #SDF and Iranian militias after arresting many militants by #SDF in Shanan and Aakershy East #Raqqa.
US envoy @brett_mcgurk visits Iraq for first time after Kurdsitan Referendum met Iraqi officials not clear he will visit Erbil
A senior PUK delegation is visiting Baghdad today to meet PM al-Abadi, discussing the Kirkuk crisis; Abadi has refused to meet KDP leaders.
11 month agoFootage from the battle of Raqqa city.
11 month agoOIR Spokesman: Raqqa Civil Council/local Arab tribal elders work to minimize civilian casualties as SDF and @CJTFOIR prepare for major ISIS defeat in Raqqa
11 month agoSDF captured armaments from ISIS militants in the newly captured neighbourhood of al-Nahda. Raqqa city.
11 month agoNew berms going up between Peshmerga and Iraqi forces. Pesh pulled back around 2km here as PMUs, fed pol arrived and demanded they withdraw.
11 month agoLatest from Raqqa: SDF forces continue evacuation of civilians, surrendered ISIS militants and their families in the city. @CENTCOM Syria
SecDef Mattis on ISIS surrenders in Raqqa: "We'll accept their surrenderall these guys said they were going to fight to the death, nah."
Engineers entered the city of Raqqa to remove explosive devices planted by ISIS
11 month agoAir dropped leaflet by ShiaMilitia PMF / ISF in Kirkuk telling civilians they're coming. Kurdish Peshmerga ready and prepared.
SDF fighters captured Kharba and al Hussieniya north of Suwar town and Jana village in the Marcada axis
Peshmerga commander: It will be no withdrawal from our positions no matter what the price
Peshmerga commander to the Arab Sky News: There are foreign militias in PMU
11 month agoThis would confirm his presence in Iraq: Qassem Suleimanei visits Jalal Talabani's grave in Sulaymanei
Coalition confirms that the foreign ISIS fighters are forbidden to leave Raqqa
11 month agoSDF fighters fully captured Al Nahda neighborhood and killed 23 IS members
11 month agoIn Raqqa: YPG/YPJ fighters are rescuing civilians who were hold as human shields by ISIS
11 month agoNew defensive berms on the main road between Kirkuk and Baghdad.
11 month agoPMU base in Taza, outside Kirkuk, where commanders say Baghdad has given a 48 hour deadline for Pesh to withdraw.
All Syrian IS fighters leave Raqa: monitor
The Turkish convoy which entered today into Afrin-Idlib border was composed of 3 Vehicles transporting Food and Other goods to their soldiers
International Coalition: over 100 ISIS fighters surrendered in last 24 hours in Raqqa
International coalition: We expect a tough battle in Al-Raqqa in the coming days
11 month agoTODAY: More Iraqi forces military convoys heading to Kirkuk permitter
Syrian Observatory: buses coming to city of Raqqa to evacuate remaining ISIS gunmen and their families
Reuters: Syria's democratic forces say they expect to control Al-Raqqa today or tomorrow
11 month ago[email protected] statement about the deadly attacks that took place in north east Syria (Hasakah) on Thursday.
11 month agoPresumably an American plane monitoring the escalating Kirkuk situation
11 month agoVideo from Raqqa showing some Syrian women celebrating with Kurdish forces and thanking them after escaping from IS-held areas.
Reuters: Families fleeing Syria's Raqqa say air strikes bring heavy toll: One 24-year-old man sitting outside a mosque on Raqqa’s outskirts said that “My wife, mum, dad, all 14 people in my family were killed. Their bodies are trapped under rubble,"
11 month agoYPG training earlier today in Kurdish Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood, Aleppo.
SOHR: A deal between the US Government and IS has been finalised in Raqqa. France was against this deal, because some masterminds of the 2015 Paris attacks are still inside Raqqa and will now be getting a free passage.
11 month agoPMF forces attack the Aksu neighborhood in TuzKhurmatu. Irak Iraq
11 month agoPMF shelling Peshmerga positions in Khurmatu, southern Kirkuk.
11 month agoHarald Doornbos: We passed Bai Hassan oil field tonight, west of Kirkuk, Iraq. Huge gas flares. Around 25 meters high. It lights the whole area.
[email protected] reports YPG forces fired towards Āţimah town during deployment of TAF in the region.
2nd military convoy of Turkish troops enters from Kafr Luzin Village
Iraq president Fuad Masum meets with PUK leaders to deliver PM al-Abadi demands over Kirkuk to avoid confrontation.
11 month agoYPJ fighter speaks abt situation in Raqqa now SDF is liberating the last civilians and exterminating the last daesh there. UK subtitles
YPG fighters claimed they have down a Turkish drone in Efrîn while flying over Mount Gir in Beke village
11 month agoAfter Mortar Shelling in Jinderes Afrin
11 month agoGunfire reported near Āţimah and YPG-held areas close to the Turkey-Syria border.
BBC News report in English from Raqqah: IS fighters seeking a deal to move safely out of the city.
11 month agoThis video shows significant Iraqi forces and PMF deployments today to South Kirkuk
OIR Spokesman: SDF, Raqqa Civ. Council and local Arab leaders cont. talks to evacuate civilians from Raqqa; inacccurate reports that Coalition blocking
PM: We call on all people of Kurdistan to support Peshmerga, to not to allow Kurdistan become like Mosul, Anbar where “mass killing” happened
PM Barzani calls on International Com, collation, UN to rapidly play their role and “intervene” to prevent a new war between Erbil and Baghdad
11 month agoGeneral White on PMU deployment in south Kirkuk. Not very clear answers. Deployed there 'sanctioned by the government of Iraq'.
11 month agoSyrian children welcomed Turkish army In north Idlib
11 month agoUnknown location
Video showing Iraqi soldier removing Kurdistan flag at one of the checkpoints
11 month agoA drone's eye view by Furat FM of Raqqa, Syria, a small part of which is still held by the so-called Islamic State.
More fighters and military support including new heavy vehicles arrived to #Raqqa today from Kobani, Manbij and Ayn Issa
11 month agoJenan Moussa @jenanmoussa: The Peshmergas are not pulling back. They r on high alert actually. Deployed along road. I snapped these pics from car window
Peshmerga: Iraqi forces gave us yesterday two hours to hand over the Kirkuk, but we refused
KRG Peshmerga calls on the Iraqi Government to stop deploying troops against it
Statement of Peshmerga: We ask Baghdad to negotiate to solve the problems instead of resorting to force
11 month agoTurkish army on the Afrin border
Peshmerga chief of staff and Peshmerga commanders are holding emergency meeting south of Kirkuk, Rudaw reporter
11 month agoAFP released the full article quoting an Iraq-i general, claiming Iraqi forces started a new operation to retake territories lost in 2014
11 month agoPMF militant burns Kurdistan flag
OIR Spokesman: 50 women and children received by SDF yesterday in Raqqa. ~1500 civilians to safety in past week. 85% of city in SDF control
11 month agoSoldiers from Iraqi ERD are posting photos on social media alongside newly captured Peshmerga positions south of Kirkuk
President Erdoğan: İdlib is on our borders. Therefore, we must take measures. No one can say to us: "Why are you doing this?"
11 month agoIraqi army and Hashd Shaabi troops are on the way to Kirkuk
Iraq's Joint Operations Command denies that it is launching a new operation in Kirkuk, contrary to what AFP said
Peshmerga Command asks international community to intervene in Iraq before tensions lead to a big catastrophe
11 month agoImages of the deployment of Turkish troops near the village of Salwa, north of Idlib
Peshmerga forces voluntarily withdraw from some positions near Kirkuk, but no clashes happened as of now. Kurdish security Sources
Peshmerga General Command says Iraqi army, Hashd al-Shaabi have been preparing to attack Kirkuk since Thursday night
11 month agoTSK is on the way to Daret İzza. Afrin and Aleppo are now under the supervision of the TSK
Iraq army launches operation to retake Kirkuk province - general says
Sky News Arabia: Iraqi forces start a military operation south of the city of Kirkuk
11 month agoList from Al-Hasakah hospital. names of injureds from yesterday's explosion in road of Deir-Ezzor
Kurds deploy thousands of fighters around disputed oil city Kirkuk for fear of an attack by Iraqi govt troops and militia
KRG: "significant ISF PMF build up in Bashir+Taz S.Kirkuk ~3km from Pesh. Intel shows intention to takeover oil fields, airport+mil base"
Kurdish official: Peshmerga is on alert to defend Kirkuk from any attack by Iraqi forces
11 month agoTurkish Armed Forces shared video from Idlib
Agency: Iraqi PM Abadi orders halt of military push towards Kirkuk
11 month agoPeshmerga chief of staff meets commanders in Kirkuk amid rapid tensions with Iraqi forces.
Turkish army announces the start of the establishment of checkpoints in Idlib
11 month agoMembers of Iraqi rapid response division in Bashir village S Kirkuk vowing to enter Kirkuk very soon “After ISIS its Kirkuk turn”.
11 month agoPreparations of the Iraqi army and PMF
Kurdish VP deploys 6k Peshmerga to Kirkuk while calling for dialogue with Baghdad
11 month agoUnknown location
Iraqi army and PMU overtook 102. Peshmerga Brigade Headquarters in Kirkuk.
