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Iraq’s PM threatens to quit if political stalemate drags on
Aug 30, 2022 23:32Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has threatened to step down if the country remained inside the political imbroglio that has left the Arab state incapable of forming a new government since last October’s parliamentary elections.
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Israeli forces raid house, injure dozens of Palestinians in West Bank town
Aug 30, 2022 23:26More than two dozen Palestinians have been injured in the town of Rujeib, near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, as clashes erupted after Israeli forces raided a house.
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Iraqi protesters withdraw from Baghdad’s Green Zone after Sadr’s call to end violence
Aug 30, 2022 12:25Iraqi protesters have withdrawn from the high-security Green Zone in the capital, Baghdad, after Muqtada al-Sadr called on his followers to end the violence within an hour.
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We support political solution to ongoing stalemate: Iraq’s PMU chief
Aug 30, 2022 07:47The chairman of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), known in Arabic as Hashd al-Sha’abi, says the anti-terror group supports a political solution to the crisis in the Arab country.
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Russian envoy: Israeli airstrikes in Syria green-lit by US, expose West’s hypocrisy
Aug 30, 2022 07:04Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzia has strongly condemned the relentless Israeli airstrikes inside Syria, saying the strikes expose the West’s hypocrisy when it comes to human rights.
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US occupation cost Syria $107.1bn in oil, gas sector losses: Damascus
Aug 30, 2022 03:39Damascus says the years-long occupation of Syria by the United States has cost the war-ravaged Arab country $107.1 billion in oil and gas sector losses.
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Iraqi Kurdistan region exported 1.7 million barrels of crude oil to Israel in June, report reveals
Aug 30, 2022 03:31A recent report has revealed that officials in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region exported 1.7 million barrels of crude oil to the Israeli-occupied territories throughout the month of June, despite the fact that the Arab country’s lawmakers approved a draft bill earlier this year banning the normalization of diplomatic relations with the Tel Aviv regime.
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EU says 'shocked' by pictures of Palestinian hunger striker Awawdeh, calls for his release
Aug 30, 2022 02:04The European Union says it is “shocked” to see pictures of the frail body of Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh, who has been on a continuing hunger strike for nearly six months in protest at his detention by Israel without trial or charge, calling for his release.
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Senior cleric Sadr withdraws from Iraq's politics as country's political stalemate worsens
Aug 29, 2022 08:27Prominent Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has announced that he is quitting political life and closing his political offices amid a deepening political stalemate that has left the country without a new government since last October's parliamentary elections.
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Palestinian fighters exchange fire with Israeli forces across West Bank: Reports
Aug 29, 2022 07:59Palestinian resistance fighters have reportedly exchanged fire with Israeli forces in several Israeli military positions in the occupied West Bank.