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Rocket lands near Baghdad’s Green Zone, injures child: Iraqi military
Jul 05, 2020 10:23A rocket has struck a home near the heavily fortified Green Zone in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, which houses some of the main government offices and foreign diplomatic missions, including the US Embassy.
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Iraqis rally to decry Saudi paper’s offensive cartoon of Grand Ayatollah Sistani
Jul 05, 2020 07:50Iraqi protesters have staged a demonstration in the capital Baghdad to condemn Saudi daily Asharq al-Awsat newspaper over an offensive cartoon depicting Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani.
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Baghdad condemns US for missile test inside its embassy
Jul 05, 2020 04:13The Iraqi government has condemned the United States for testing an air defense missile system inside its embassy in Baghdad.
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Iraq officially protests Turkey’s cross-border offensive
Jul 05, 2020 04:04The Iraqi government has expressed its official protest at Turkey’s attacks against the Arab country’s north, saying the offensive must immediately stop.
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Iraqi officials irate as Saudi daily publishes cartoon against Ayatollah Sistani
Jul 04, 2020 05:41Iraqi officials have condemned the publication of an offensive cartoon of prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in a Saudi-owned newspaper, saying the depiction stems from the failure of Riyadh's Takfiri plots.
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Iraq threatens to sever trade ties with Turkey over cross-border operation
Jul 03, 2020 08:34Iraq has threatened to cut off its trade ties with Turkey in protest at Ankara’s ongoing cross-border operation in the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region against hideouts of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group.
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Fresh US military convoy enters northeast Syria from western Iraq
Jul 02, 2020 13:01The US military has sent a new convoy of trucks loaded with military hardware and logistical gears to Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah as Washington seeks to control and loot crude resources in the war-torn country.
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US violation of Iraqi airspace kills dozens on daily basis: Senior MP
Jul 01, 2020 01:23A senior Iraqi lawmaker has reiterated the call for the expulsion of American terrorist forces from his country, saying the US jets are violating the Iraqi airspace on a daily basis and killing or injuring dozens of people in their attacks.
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2 Iraqi civilians killed in US-led drone strike after taking wreckage of fallen UAV: Source
Jul 01, 2020 01:15At least two Iraqi civilians have reportedly been killed in a drone strike by the US-led military coalition purportedly formed to fight the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the country’s Northern Province of Salahuddin.
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US seeks to prolong military presence in Iraq through raids on PMU bases: Lawmaker
Jun 30, 2020 12:06An Iraqi legislator and leader of the State of Law Coalition has denounced the recent raid on a headquarters of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Sha’abi, in southern Baghdad, saying the United States is seeking to prolong its military presence in the country through such bids.