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Iraqi court sentences two to death by hanging for joining Daesh
May 21, 2018 14:20A court in Iraq has handed down death sentences to two men over their membership in the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and involvement in acts of terror in the war-ravaged Arab country.
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France steps up military presence along Syria-Iraq border
May 21, 2018 03:59France has expanded its military presence in Syria, joining the United States in its support for Kurdish militants that are accused of being used by the US to partition the Arab country.
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Sadr, Abadi agree to expedite process of forming Iraqi government
May 20, 2018 08:34Iraqi religious scholar Muqtada al-Sadr, whose party won the Iraqi parliamentary election, and incumbent Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, whose list took the third place, have underlined the need for the formation of a new government as soon as possible.
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Moqtada al-Sadr's Alliance wins Iraq's parliamentary elections
May 19, 2018 01:05Iraq's electoral commission has announced the Sa'iroun (Marchers) political bloc, cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Alliance with Communists, as the winner of the country's parliamentary elections.
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8 killed, dozens injured as bomb explosion hits funeral near Iraq's Baghdad
May 17, 2018 02:08At least eight people have lost their lives and dozens more sustained injuries when a powerful bomb blast ripped through a funeral near the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad.
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Iraqi security forces kill five Daesh commanders in oil-rich Kirkuk province
May 16, 2018 03:43Members of the Iraqi federal police have carried out a counter-terrorism operation in the oil-rich northern province of Kirkuk, killing four high-profile commanders of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the process.
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Iraq launches airstrike on strategic Daesh positions in Syria
May 14, 2018 11:52Iraqi military aircraft have pounded a strategic positions of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah as Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi pledges to continue airstrikes on the strongholds of the extremists in the neighboring war-ravaged country.
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Moqtada al-Sadr Alliance takes lead in Iraqi elections
May 14, 2018 01:44Partial results have shown that cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Alliance is in the lead of Iraq’s parliamentary elections.
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Iraq announces 44.5 percent turnout in parliamentary elections
May 13, 2018 01:13The electoral commission of Iraq has announced that 44.5 percent of those eligible to vote cast their ballots in Saturday's parliamentary elections.
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Four Hashd Sha’abi fighters killed in bomb attack in central Iraq amid ongoing voting
May 12, 2018 09:23At least four members of the pro-government Popular Mobilization Units have lost their lives and three others sustained injuries when a bomb went off in Iraq's central province of Salahuddin as voting is underway across the country to elect the next parliament.