The newly formed female police force is monitoring women's behaviour in Kirkuk.
President Fuad Masum said an end to de-Baathification laws in Iraq would help bring national reconciliation and peace.
Two Iraqi army units and 3,000 militiamen move into Anbar province to support the al-Bu Nimr tribe in its fight against the Islamic State group.
With the campaign against the Islamic State group at a critical stage, officials are turning to old enemies for intelligence on jihadi forces.
