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Five protesters dead as mass rallies continue in Iraq's Kurdish region
Dec 20, 2017 04:34Kurdish security forces have fatally shot five protesters in Iraq's semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan as demonstrations continue there amid widespread anger over unpaid salaries and corruption.
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Iraqi PM warns against attacking protesters in Kurdish regions
Dec 20, 2017 04:04Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has warned against attacking protesters in the country's northern semi-autonomous Kurdish region.
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Anti-government protesters clash with police in Iraq’s Kurdistan
Dec 19, 2017 11:06Security forces in Iraq’s Kurdistan region have clashed with demonstrators protesting corruption and unpaid salaries for a second day.
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Iraqi security forces kill Daesh local leader in Diyala
Dec 19, 2017 03:12Iraqi security forces have killed a high-profile commander of Daesh Takfiri terrorist group along with two of his associates in the country’s Eastern Province of Diyala.
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Protesters set fire to offices of Kurdish parties in northern Iraq
Dec 19, 2017 02:09Thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have torched the offices of main Kurdish political parties and security services.
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Hashd al-Sha’abi necessity for Iraq security: Iran envoy
Dec 16, 2017 11:35The Iranian ambassador to Baghdad has defended the role of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, in fighting terrorism in Iraq, saying the force is a “necessity” for the country’s security.
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Volunteer forces must be under Iraqi government control: Grand Ayatollah Sistani
Dec 15, 2017 11:34Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali al-Sistani says the Iraqi volunteer forces, who helped the army eradicate Daesh terrorists from the homeland, should be “incorporated” into state bodies.
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Iraq’s Badr Organization chief places fighters under national army
Dec 15, 2017 02:36The secretary general of Badr Organization, Iraq’s biggest Shia Muslim paramilitary group, has told his fighters to take orders from the national military and sever their relations with the group’s political wing, which holds 22 seats in the Iraqi parliament.
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Iraq executes 38 members of Daesh, al-Qaeda over terrorism charges
Dec 15, 2017 02:24Iraq has executed 38 members of the Daesh and al-Qaeda Takfiri terror groups over terrorism charges in a prison in the Southern Province of Dhi Qar, provincial authorities say.
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Mass grave of 400 Daesh victims discovered in northwestern Iraq
Dec 14, 2017 11:02Iraqi security forces have discovered yet another mass grave containing the bodies of at least 400 people slain by Daesh terrorists in the city of Sinjar in northwestern Nineveh Province.