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Iraq to summon, prosecute more top officials over corruption soon: Senior authority
Dec 01, 2019 03:57A high-ranking Iraqi official says authorities are going to issue arrest warrants for a number of high-ranking officials and refer them to the judiciary for trial over charges of corruption, as part of the government's reforms after a wave of protests over unemployment, corruption and lack of public services hit the country.
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Iraqi prime minister announces intention to resign following Ayatollah Sistani call
Nov 30, 2019 03:26Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi says he intends to resign in response to a call by the country’s top Shia cleric, who urged Iraqi lawmakers to "reconsider" their options regarding the future of Iraq.
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Ayatollah Sistani warns of enemy plot seeking to create civil strife, bring back 'era of dictatorship'
Nov 29, 2019 10:07Iraq's top cleric has warned that enemies of Iraq and affiliated groups in the country are plotting to create internal strife and bring the country back to the "era of dictatorship", an apparent reference to the former rule of Saddam Hussein.
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Iraq: Sadr condemns mob attack on Iran consulate in Najaf
Nov 29, 2019 07:16Influential Iraqi religious scholar Muqtada al-Sadr has condemned an arson attack on the Iranian consulate in Najaf, dismissing allegations that his followers were behind the Wednesday incident.
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Iraq apologizes to Iran for arson attack on consulate in Najaf
Nov 28, 2019 15:37Iraq's foreign minister has apologized to Iran after rioters set fire to the Islamic Republic's consulate in the holy city of Najaf.
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Tehran, Baghdad denounce attack on Iranian consulate in Najaf
Nov 28, 2019 06:05Tehran and Baghdad have both condemned an attack on Iran’s consulate during riots in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf, with the Iraqi government saying the raid was actually meant to damage “historical” ties between the two neighbors.
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Iraq announces curfew in Najaf after masked assailants torch Iran’s consulate
Nov 28, 2019 03:51Iraqi authorities have announced curfew in the holy city of Najaf after masked assailants attacked and set fire on the Iranian consulate.
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UN, Iraq work to prosecute Daesh for genocide
Nov 27, 2019 13:40Members of the United Nations Security Council sat in silence listening to the harrowing account of Kachi Amo Saloh, as he explained how his entire family was killed before his eyes by Daesh terrorists in Iraq five years ago.
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Six dead in blasts in Iraqi capital amid deadly protests
Nov 27, 2019 03:01Six people were killed in near-simultaneous blasts across Iraq's capital late Tuesday, medics and a security source said, amid deadly anti-government protests that have rocked Baghdad and the Shiite-majority south for weeks.
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US Navy chief fired amid Trump’s backing of convicted SEAL
Nov 25, 2019 06:55US Navy Secretary Richard Spencer has been fired over his handling of the case of Eddie Gallagher, a Navy SEAL convicted of battlefield misconduct in Iraq and later supported by President Donald Trump.