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Iraqi PM hopes tensions between Washington, Tehran will eventually subside
May 15, 2019 01:31Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi says he believes “things would end well” between the United States and Iran despite growing tensions between the two arch-enemies over Tehran’s nuclear program and its missile capabilities.
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Iraq ‘will not stand idle’ if US steps up anti-Iran campaign: Influential Iraqi figure
May 11, 2019 06:50Iraqi Shia cleric and leader of the National Wisdom Movement, Ammar al-Hakim, has warned that the country will “not stand idle” as Washington’s unabashedly aggressive and hawkish policies against Tehran risk jeopardizing Iraq.
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Iraq reaffirms won’t cooperate with US on Iran sanctions
May 10, 2019 04:45Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi says his country will not be part of the regime of US sanctions against Iran, and that is Baghdad’s clear and declared policy.
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Iraq holds trial for over 500 Daesh terrorists
May 08, 2019 12:29The Iraqi judiciary has tried and sentenced more than 500 foreigners since the start of 2018 for joining the Daesh group, the country's Supreme Court announced on Wednesday.
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Iraqi Air Force to receive four more KAI T-50 Golden Eagle warplanes
May 08, 2019 01:43The Iraqi military is going to receive a new batch of South Korean KAI T-50 Golden Eagle supersonic advanced trainers and light combat aircraft under a deal struck between Baghdad and Seoul several years ago.
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US-led coalition aircraft drop food, medicine to Daesh remnants in western Iraq: Report
May 08, 2019 00:50The US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group has reportedly dropped foodstuff and medical supplies to the remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Iraq’s western province of Anbar and on the border with conflict-plagued Syria.
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Pompeo repeats anti-Iran threats in surprise visit to Iraq
May 08, 2019 00:22US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is continuing attempts to sow discord between Iran and Iraq during a surprise visit to the Arab country.
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Over two dozen former Izadi captives of Daesh repatriated to Iraq
May 07, 2019 01:01More than two dozen women and children from the Izadi minority group have been repatriated to Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, after five years of captivity at the hands of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in neighboring Syria.
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US firm Blackwater training Daesh terrorists in Iraq, eyeing Syria: report
May 06, 2019 07:04The notorious US mercenary firm Blackwater has returned to Iraq, a Lebanese newspaper says, with the private company currently training defeated Daesh terrorists at a base near Baghdad.
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Iran ready to reinforce Iraqi defenses: IRGC aerospace cmdr.
May 05, 2019 08:32Iran is prepared to offer various types of assistance to reinforce Iraq’s defensive capabilities, including the sharing of experience, says a senior Iranian military commander.