A brief overview of the recent developments in Iraq:
- According to PMU media, the PMF killed 4 ISIS members in the vicinity of the city of Samarra;
- An unknown group threw a grenade at the home of Hamza Al-Bashkani, the commander of a PMU called the Shingal (Sinjar) Falcons Force, in the city of Shingal;
- Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s visit to Saudi Arabia was postponed after the Saudi King was hospitalized in Riyadh;
- Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif met with Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Marsrour Barzani;
- Turkish Defense Minister stated that 4 PKK militants were killed in an air strike in northern Iraq;
- 45 ISIS bombs and IEDs were dismantled and removed by PMU 30th Brigade from farmlands near Mosul;
- An explosion occurred in the city of Kirkuk;
- According to Al Sumaria, in the ” green zone ” in the center of Baghdad, two “Katysha” missiles fell near the US embassy. No casualties were reported.