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Iraqi parliament to summon PM over US violations: Lawmaker
May 30, 2021 09:14An Iraqi lawmaker says the parliament will summon Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi for explanation over the United States’ continued violation of the country’s sovereignty and plans to target anti-terror Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) or Hashd al-Sha’abi.
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President Assad’s re-election boosts Syria’s independence
May 30, 2021 04:59The re-election of Dr. Bashar al-Assad as president for the fourth consecutive time since 2000 is indeed a vote of the Syrian people for the unity of the country and its independence from both western hegemony and subordination to the rootless and unelected Arab regimes.
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Iran, Iraq in fresh talks in Tehran to discuss energy arrears
May 30, 2021 00:55Iranian and Iraqi officials have held a second round of high-profile talks in Tehran to settle issues surrounding arrears Iraq owes Iran for vital energy supplies.
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Senior Iraqi politician rebukes arbitrary arrest of PMU official
May 28, 2021 08:50A top Iraqi lawmaker has said plots to undermine the anti-terror Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) amount to attempts to weaken the entirety of Iraq, making a reference to the arbitrary arrest of a senior official with the PMU earlier this week.
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Study shows 91% of people killed or injured by explosives in global cities were civilians
May 28, 2021 04:55On the heels of Israel's recent bombardment of the Gaza Strip, a London-based charity revealed Tuesday that civilians accounted for 91% of people killed or injured when explosive weapons were used in populated areas worldwide from 2011 to 2020.
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Iraq seeking to recoup $150bn in oil money stolen since US invasion
May 26, 2021 12:38Iraqi President Barham Saleh hopes his country would be able to recover $150 billion in oil money that he claims have been smuggled out of the country since the US invasions of 2003.
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Iran ready for quick cancellation of visa requirement for Iraq: Official
May 26, 2021 00:32A senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official says Tehran is ready to immediately implement a decision to cancel visa requirements for Iraqi citizens if the Iraqi side agrees to grant visa-free access to Iranians visiting the Arab country.
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Iran-Iraq trade could hit $20bn in 2 years
May 25, 2021 09:13Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Sulaymaniyah Mehdi Shoushtari said Iran-Iraq trade can hit $20 billion within two years.
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US military forces steal wheat crops in Syria’s Hasakah, move them to Iraq: SANA
May 24, 2021 13:13Dozens of US military trucks have left Syria’s northeastern Province of Hasakah for the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, carrying tons of grain.
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Anniversary of the liberation of Khorramshahr
May 24, 2021 03:55The port city of Khorramshahr, in southwest of Iran, was liberated on May 24, 1982 after 587 days of occupation by the Ba’sthist army of Saddam.