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Iraqi army soldiers, allies liberate more areas near Hawijah from Daesh
Oct 04, 2017 14:28Iraqi army forces, backed by allied fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units, have fully liberated more areas near the strategic northern town of Hawijah from the clutches of Daesh terrorists, as they have launched a final assault to retake the terrorists’ last bastion in the country’s oil-rich northern province of Kirkuk.
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Daesh defense line collapses in Hawijah as Iraqi forces liberate more villages
Oct 04, 2017 05:01A high-ranking commander of the Iraqi pro-government Popular Mobilization Units says the defense lines of Daesh Takfiri terrorists have collapsed in the northern town of Hawijah as army troops and their allied fighters have advanced dozens of kilometers, seizing nearly three dozen villages from the terrorists.
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Iranian lawmaker slams Iraqi secession vote as ‘strategic mistake’
Oct 04, 2017 03:57A senior Iranian lawmaker has denounced the recent Kurdish secession referendum in northern Iraq as a “strategic mistake,” warning that the plebiscite will pose a myriad of challenges to the Kurdish region.
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Iran to increase cooperation with Iraq to confront separatism
Oct 03, 2017 11:27Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami underlined that his country will boost cooperation with Iraq against any moves to disintegrate the country.
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Iraq ex-president Jalal Talebani dies
Oct 03, 2017 11:24Former Iraqi President Jalal Talebani has died in a Berlin hospital at the age of 83.
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Mass grave of army, security personnel found south of Iraq's Hawijah
Oct 03, 2017 11:21The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), locally known as Hashd al-Shaabi, and members of the Federal Police have discovered a mass grave south of Hawijah.
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'Iran closes borders with Kurdistan to respect Baghdad sovereignty'
Oct 03, 2017 11:19Iran's Government Spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht underlined that the country has closed its borders and airspace to the Iraqi Kurdistan region after the referendum to respect the Iraqi government's sovereignty.
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Mideast caught in vicious cycle of arms purchasing: Turkey diplomat
Oct 03, 2017 09:22Turkey says extremism and sectarianism in the Middle East region have plunged regional countries into a vicious circle of purchasing arms and military equipment.
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Iran, Turkey back Iraq’s integrity, voice opposition to Kurdish referendum
Oct 02, 2017 13:25The military brass of Iran and Turkey have voiced their opposition to the separation of Iraq’s Kurdish region and expressed support for the country’s territorial integrity.
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Iraq's Hashd al-Sha’abi forces retake 18 villages near Hawijah
Oct 02, 2017 13:18Iraqi fighters from Popular Mobilization Units have regained control over more than a dozen villages near town of Hawijah as they engage in joint military operations with army troops to purge Daesh Takfiri terrorists from their last bastion in the country’s oil-rich northern province of Kirkuk.