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President Salih: US won’t be allowed to use Iraqi soil to attack Iran
Jun 26, 2019 03:16President Barham Salih says Iraq will under no circumstances allow the US military to use its bases in the Arab country for an act of aggression against neighboring Iran.
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Iraq seeks air defense cooperation with Iran after IRGC downing of US drone
Jun 23, 2019 07:38Iraq has called for enhanced cooperation with neighboring Iran in the area of air defense, days after Tehran successfully thwarted an American spying mission by downing a sophisticated surveillance drone over Iranian territorial waters.
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Nearly dozen killed, 30 injured in bomb blast targeting Baghdad mosque
Jun 21, 2019 09:05Nearly a dozen people have lost their lives and several others sustained injuries when a bomb explosion ripped through a mosque in the eastern flank of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
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Putin: US attack on Iran would be ‘catastrophe’
Jun 20, 2019 14:20Russia’s President Vladimir Putin warns that a US military attack against Iran would be catastrophic as tensions mount between Washington and Tehran.
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Katyusha rocket lands at oil hub in Iraq's Basra, injuring 3
Jun 19, 2019 06:50Unknown assailants fire a Katyusha rocket at an area housing representative offices of several international oil companies in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra, wounding three Iraqis.
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Iraq removes blast walls around Baghdad neighborhoods
Jun 18, 2019 02:36Iraqi authorities have removed nearly 30 kilometers of concrete blast walls across Baghdad in the past six months in the wake of a significant improvement of security situation.
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US extends waivers for Iraq to import gas, electricity from Iran
Jun 15, 2019 12:11Washington has granted Iraq another 90-day waiver to allow it to keep importing gas and electricity from neighboring Iran, which is under tough US sanctions, two Iraqi government sources say.
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Iraqi base home to US troops comes under mortar attack north of Baghdad
Jun 15, 2019 12:10The Iraqi military says unknown militants have launched three mortar shells into an air base just north of the capital Baghdad, where American trainers are present.
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Explosions heard near US embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone: Reports
Jun 13, 2019 14:11Local Iraqi media outlets say several explosions have been heard near the US embassy in Baghdad’s heavily-fortified Green Zone, without providing any information about the circumstances surrounding the incident.
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Iraq joins Lebanon, Palestinians in boycotting US-led confab in Bahrain
Jun 13, 2019 02:27Iraq says it will not attend an upcoming conference in Bahrain that is set to launch US President Donald Trump’s so-called Middle East peace plan, also known as the "deal of the century."