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Iraq has received custody of 2,250 Islamic State (ISIS) members from Syria, a development that security analysts say highlights the continuing terror threat facing the country and the deep vulnerabilities of its security apparatus more than a decade after ISIS’s territorial defeat.
A terrifying scene unfolded yesterday in western Iraq’s Al‑Qaim district when a suspected Islamic State (IS) operative detonated an explosive belt during a security raid, injuring two members of the Iraqi security forces as they attempted to arrest him.
A significant corruption and nepotism scandal has erupted within Iraq’s legislature after leaked media reports revealed that influential officials used their positions to appoint 134 family members to government posts, bypassing merit‑based hiring rules and legal prohibitions against nepotism.
In a continued sign that violent extremist threats remain active despite the territorial defeat of the Islamic State, Iraqi security forces carried out coordinated counter‑terrorism actions across western and northern Iraq on 6 February 2026, resulting in the killing of multiple militants and suicide resistance by others, underscoring persistent terror dangers inside Iraq.
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Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has returned to the political spotlight after being nominated for a third term as Prime Minister, backed by the Shiite Coordination Framework, a move that has ignited sharp political and public divisions amid an ongoing power struggle
Iraq has received custody of 2,250 Islamic State (ISIS) members from Syria, a development that security analysts say highlights the continuing terror threat facing the country and the deep vulnerabilities of its security apparatus more than a decade after ISIS’s territorial defeat.
A terrifying scene unfolded yesterday in western Iraq’s Al‑Qaim district when a suspected Islamic State (IS) operative detonated an explosive belt during a security raid, injuring two members of the Iraqi security forces as they attempted to arrest him.
A significant corruption and nepotism scandal has erupted within Iraq’s legislature after leaked media reports revealed that influential officials used their positions to appoint 134 family members to government posts, bypassing merit‑based hiring rules and legal prohibitions against nepotism.
In a continued sign that violent extremist threats remain active despite the territorial defeat of the Islamic State, Iraqi security forces carried out coordinated counter‑terrorism actions across western and northern Iraq on 6 February 2026, resulting in the killing of multiple militants and suicide resistance by others, underscoring persistent terror dangers inside Iraq.
Iraq has received custody of 2,250 Islamic State (ISIS) members from Syria, a development that security analysts say highlights the continuing terror threat facing the country and the deep vulnerabilities of its security apparatus more than a decade after ISIS’s territorial defeat.
A terrifying scene unfolded yesterday in western Iraq’s Al‑Qaim district when a suspected Islamic State (IS) operative detonated an explosive belt during a security raid, injuring two members of the Iraqi security forces as they attempted to arrest him.
A significant corruption and nepotism scandal has erupted within Iraq’s legislature after leaked media reports revealed that influential officials used their positions to appoint 134 family members to government posts, bypassing merit‑based hiring rules and legal prohibitions against nepotism.
In a continued sign that violent extremist threats remain active despite the territorial defeat of the Islamic State, Iraqi security forces carried out coordinated counter‑terrorism actions across western and northern Iraq on 6 February 2026, resulting in the killing of multiple militants and suicide resistance by others, underscoring persistent terror dangers inside Iraq.








