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Jordan's Abdullah visits Iraq for first time since 2008
Jan 14, 2019 08:42Jordanian King Abdullah II has made his first trip to Baghdad in more than a decade, meeting Iraqi President Barham Saleh.
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Iran’s foreign minister meets and confers with Iraqi prime minister in Baghdad
Jan 14, 2019 03:16The visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met and conferred with Iraq’s Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Sunday. According to Tasnim news agency, heading a high-ranking Iranian delegation, Zarif arrived in Baghdad for an official visit.
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Iran, Iraq foiled US moves to sabotage mutual ties: FM Zarif
Jan 13, 2019 19:28Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has commended Iraq's positive stance on the promotion of ties with Iran, saying the two countries have managed to foil US bids to sabotage mutual relations.
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Zarif due in Iraq for official visit to discuss economic, political ties
Jan 12, 2019 15:46Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is due in Iraq for an official visit to hold talks with the Arab country's senior officials on ways to promote political and economic relations.
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Tehran, Baghdad discuss expansion of ties in defiance of US' pressures
Jan 11, 2019 05:09Top officials from Iran and Iraq held talks on Thursday on ways to boost cooperation between the two neighboring countries, just one day after a stealth visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the Arab country, which was supposed to convince Baghdad to restrict its ties with Tehran.
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Iran's Zangeneh tells countries not to comply with US sanctions
Jan 11, 2019 02:55Iran's Minister of Oil Bijan Namdar Zanganeh says US sanctions against Tehran are “fully illegal,” calling on countries during a visit to Baghdad not to comply with them.
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Iraqi special forces deployed in Kirkuk after Kurdish flag raising triggered tensions
Jan 10, 2019 15:38Iraqi Special Operations Forces have been deployed in the Arab country’s Kirkuk after the flag of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) was raised over a political party headquarters, which revived tensions more than a year after Baghdad seized the disputed northern city from the Kurdish Peshmerga fighters.
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Zanganeh meets Iraqi Prime Minister
Jan 10, 2019 10:42Oil Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh and Iraqi Prime Minister Adil al-Mahdi met and held talks in Baghdad on Thursday.
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Iraqi politicians demand probe into reported visits to Israeli-occupied territories
Jan 10, 2019 08:12A reported visit to the Israeli-occupied territories by several Iraqi lawmakers has sparked a wave of condemnations from the Arab country’s political leaders, with some of them demanding a probe to identify those who crossed a “red line.”
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Pompeo makes unannounced visit to Iraq, makes no statements to the media
Jan 09, 2019 14:25US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has made an unannounced visit to Iraq, involving meetings with high-ranking officials and no statement to media.