Three of Israeli officers killed in an attack against Mossad in northern Iraq have been identified.

The Foreign Office minister for the Middle East and North Africa James Cleverly has re-affirmed the UK's strong support for the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government.

On Thursday, the United States carried out airstrikes against facilities belonging to anti terror resistance groups on the Iraqi-Syrian border.

At least three rockets have landed in the city of Erbil in the Iraqi Kurdistan, killing a civilian contractor and wounding several others including an American service member, according to a US-led coalition spokesman.

The US military is reportedly developing al-Harir base in northern Iraq despite a decision by the Iraqi parliament to expel US-led foreign troops from the country.

The fight against Daesh turned Major-General Soleimani, who had evolved into so much more on the battlefield and at home as a person, from a shadow figure into a major player in the geopolitics of the region.

A rocket attack targets a base hosting US-led coalition forces inside Erbil International Airport in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, causing no damage or casualties.

The president of Iraq’s Kurdish region says the KRG supports the Baghdad government’s decision concerning the pullout of US troops from the country.

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani says Iraqi security forces are responsible for keeping the current protests peaceful.

Authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan have accused the PKK militant group of ordering the assassination of a Turkish diplomat in regional capital Erbil.