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Sadr urges Iraqi parliament to initiate fundamental reforms
Nov 13, 2019 16:45Influential Iraqi Shia Muslim religious scholar Muqtada al-Sadr has called upon legislators to introduce sweeping reforms in the wake of ongoing anti-government protests in the country, dismissing any US and foreign intervention in Iraq’s domestic affairs.
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Erdogan: No talks with Syria Kurds until safe zone established
Oct 16, 2019 12:19President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will never sit at the negotiating table with Kurdish militants in Syria, emphasizing that Ankara’s military operation in the Arab country’s north will come to an end only when the Kurds leave the region and a “safe zone” is established there.
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Turkish forces ‘neutralize’ dozens of PKK terrorists in Turkey, northern Iraq
Aug 25, 2019 09:06Turkish military forces have killed dozens of members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group during a string of counter-terrorism operations in the eastern part of the country and Iraq’s northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
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Iraqi Kurds accuse PKK of Turkish diplomat’s assassination
Jul 27, 2019 11:36Authorities in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region have accused members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group of ordering the assassination of a Turkish diplomat in the regional capital Erbil more than a week ago.
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IRGC unleashes fire on terrorist positions along border with Iraqi Kurdistan
Jul 12, 2019 08:48Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has staged a multi-pronged offensive on terrorist positions along the Iranian border with Iraq’s northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, inflicting heavy losses on them.
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Zarif congratulates Barzani on election as KRG president
May 31, 2019 00:59Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif congratulated Nechirvan Barzani on his election as the new president of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
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Turkey says airstrikes ‘neutralized’ 19 PKK terrorists in northern Iraq
May 30, 2019 15:02Turkish warplanes and attack helicopters have “neutralized” 19 PKK militants in a string of airstrikes targeting their hideouts in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, Anadolu news agency reports.
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Turkey ‘begins operation against Kurdish militants in Iraq’
May 28, 2019 07:45Turkey says it has launched a military operation against Kurdish militants in a mountainous area of northern Iraq.
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US dispatches massive military convoy to largest base in Northern Syria
Feb 03, 2019 09:16The US Army continued reinforcing its military bases in Syria despite US President Donald Trump's declared decision for a pullout.
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Ties between Iran, Iraq's Kurdistan will outlast Trump: Zarif
Jan 16, 2019 03:16Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic's ties with Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region are rooted in history and will outlast the administration of US President Donald Trump.