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Ex-Iraqi PM censures US blacklisting of counter-terror figures
Dec 15, 2019 08:09Former Iraqi prime minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi has condemned a recent decision by the US to slap sanctions on leaders of the pro-government Popular Mobilization Forces (PMU) or Hashd al-Sha’abi.
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Iran’s Zarif meets polish FM, Iraqi top security official in Doha
Dec 15, 2019 05:00Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks with his Polish counterpart, Jacek Czaputowicz, and Iraqi National Security Adviser Falih Al Fayyadh in the Qatari capital of Doha.
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US threatens Iran over attacks on military bases in Iraq
Dec 14, 2019 05:51US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has threatened Iran with "decisive" action over a series of attacks on American military bases in Iraq.
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Grand Ayatollah Sistani strongly condemns protesters’ gruesome lynching of teenager
Dec 13, 2019 12:39Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani has strongly condemned lynching of a 16-year-old teenager by a group of protesters in Baghdad’s Al Wathba Square, warning about the consequences of such brutality.
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Mob of ‘protesters’ lynch Iraqi teenager in gruesome crime
Dec 13, 2019 08:59A group of “protesters” in Baghdad have, in an extremely brutal and shocking way, stabbed into death and cut the throat of a 16-year-old teenager before hanging him by his ankles.
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Seven Hashd Sha’abi fighters martyred in bomb attack in northern Iraq
Dec 13, 2019 03:39At least seven fighters from the Iraqi pro-government Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have lost their lives and several others sustained injuries when a massive bomb explosion struck their convoy in Iraq’s North-Central Province of Salahuddin.
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Two rockets fall near Baghdad International Airport: Iraqi military
Dec 12, 2019 09:11The Iraqi army says two Katyusha rockets have landed near the "outside perimeter" of Baghdad International Airport.
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Iran, Iraq to renew electricity deal next month: Minister
Dec 10, 2019 05:06Minister of Energy Reza Ardakanian has rejected claims that Iraq would stop buying electricity from Iran next month when a current deal on the issue expires.
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Missiles hit Iraqi military complex housing US troops, six injured
Dec 09, 2019 09:47Six Iraqi troops have been injured after several rockets hit a military complex that also houses US forces near Baghdad airport, the Iraqi army says.
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Iraqi MPs slam US' blacklisting of anti-terrorism commanders
Dec 08, 2019 04:07Iraqi lawmakers have slammed the US' blacklisting of a number of the country's anti-terrorism commanders amid reports of a drone strike that hit somewhere near the residence of an influential anti-American Iraqi leader.