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PM Abdul-Mahdi rejects US claim about IRGC’s role in Iraqi economy
Apr 17, 2019 04:17Iraq has resolutely refuted a recent US claim that Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) plays a part in the Arab country’s economic affairs, saying Washington is lying about the role of the elite military force, which in fact helped the Baghdad government defeat the terror group Daesh.
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Iraq’s Nujaba helps flood victims in southwestern Iran
Apr 15, 2019 09:47Iraq’s Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, a major Shia resistance group, provided the flood-stricken people in Iran’s southwestern villages near Ahvaz and Hamidiyeh with constructional services and foodstuffs.
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Iranian official appreciates Iraq for aiding flood victims
Apr 15, 2019 09:40Senior Adviser to the Iranian Parliament Speaker for International Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian expressed his gratitude to neighboring Iraq for sending humanitarian assistance to flood victims in Iran.
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Role of foreign states in focus as Iraq begins trying 900 Daesh suspects
Apr 15, 2019 07:52Iraq has begun trying nearly 900 members of the Daesh terrorist group captured in neighboring Syria, a judiciary official says.
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Mass grave with Kurdish Anfal victims found in southern Iraq
Apr 14, 2019 11:07A mass grave has been discovered by local authorities in the southern Iraqi province of al-Muthanna containing the bodies of people believed to have been killed during the former Ba’athist regime’s deadly Anfal campaign against the Kurds three decades ago.
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Iraqi resistance groups express solidarity with Iran's IRGC amid US blacklisting
Apr 14, 2019 03:59Iraqi resistance groups, which have been a major partner in the national army's sweeping counter-terrorism operations, have thrown their weight behind Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in the face of the US blacklisting of the elite military force.
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Former Izadi captives of Daesh repatriated to northern Iraq
Apr 13, 2019 16:29More than two dozen women and children from the Izadi minority group have been repatriated to Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh after years of captivity at the hands of Daesh terrorists in neighboring Syria.
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Iran, Iraq and Syria considering transnational railway project
Apr 13, 2019 07:28Iraq says negotiations are underway with Iran and Syria to develop a transnational railway line linking the three countries.
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Iraq will be no starting point for action against neighbors, Salih assures Iran
Apr 11, 2019 14:23Salih made the remarks in a meeting on Thursday with Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi in Baghdad, where the two sides exchanged views on bilateral ties and other issues of mutual interest, according to a statement by Iraq's Presidential Office.
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Iraq receives more T-90 battle tanks from Russia to boost ground force
Apr 10, 2019 00:57A high-ranking Iraqi military commander says the country’s army has received a new batch of advanced T-90 battle tanks from Russia under a major deal struck between Moscow and Baghdad in July 2017.