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Turkey's prime minister meets with Iraq's Kurdistan leader
Jan 08, 2017 11:46Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has met with Masoud Barzani, the president of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), in Erbil to discuss a range of regional issues.
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Five Iranian pilgrims die in Karbala hotel fire: Iraqi source
Jan 08, 2017 11:39An Iraqi security source says five Iranian pilgrims have been killed and three others injured in a fire at a hotel in Iraq’s holy city of Karbala.
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Iraqi Special Forces liberate 4 more districts in eastern Mosul
Jan 07, 2017 16:34Iraqi forces retake four neighborhoods east of Mosul, as part of the major operation to liberate the flashpoint northern city form Daesh terrorists.
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Iranian official welcomes Turkey’s decision to withdraw troops from northern Iraq
Jan 07, 2017 16:34A senior Iranian official has welcomed Turkey’s decision to pull out its forces from Iraq and respect the Arab country’s territorial integrity as a positive move.
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Turkey agrees to withdraw forces from northern Iraq: PM Abadi
Jan 07, 2017 12:14Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says his administration has reached an agreement with Turkey over Baghdad’s demand for the withdrawal of Turkish military forces from a camp in the north of Iraq.
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Turkish PM in Iraq amid 'occupation' tensions
Jan 07, 2017 11:44Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has arrived in Baghdad following a war of words between the two neighbors over the unauthorized presence of Turkish troops in northern Iraq.
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Iraqi govt. forces make fresh gains in terrorist-held Mosul
Jan 06, 2017 14:17Iraqi army soldiers, backed by fighters from allied Popular Mobilization Units, have made further advances into Mosul as they seek to drive out Daesh Takfiri terrorists from their last urban stronghold in the violence-wracked West Asian country.
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Iraq forces regain control of villages in Anbar
Jan 06, 2017 11:23The Iraqi army has liberated seven villages in Anbar Province close to the border with Syria from Daesh control.
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Iraqi forces in control of 70 percent of eastern Mosul: Commander
Jan 05, 2017 13:45The head of Iraq's Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) says Iraqi forces have managed to wrest control of up to 70 percent of eastern Mosul in their push to purge the whole city from Daesh terrorists.
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Iraqi forces launch major offensive to recapture western towns
Jan 05, 2017 10:34Iraqi army soldiers, backed by fighters from allied Popular Mobilization Units, have started an offensive to retake towns and areas in the troubled western province of Anbar from Takfiri Daesh terrorists.