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Rockets land near US embassy in Baghdad’s high-security Green Zone; no casualties
Feb 23, 2021 03:56At least two rockets have landed near the US embassy in the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, which houses foreign embassies and some of the main Iraqi government institutions.
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US base in northern Iraq targeted with several rockets: Reports
Feb 21, 2021 04:50Several rockets have hit a US military base in Iraq’s northern Province of Salahuddin.
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Iran to shut border with Iraq after surge in coronavirus cases
Feb 21, 2021 03:19Iran’s minister of interior unveiled plans to shut the border with Iraq in the southwestern Province of Khuzestan in order to contain a new wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Iraqi officials, scholars protest NATO plan to increase troops in Iraq eightfold
Feb 20, 2021 16:30Iraqi officials and religious scholars have lambasted NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s latest remarks that the US-led military forces plan to significantly increase its forces in the Arab country, describing the measure as unacceptable and unjustified.
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NATO to increase troops in Iraq in declared bid to 'fight terrorism'
Feb 19, 2021 11:04NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the number of NATO troops in Iraq would increase eightfold, claiming that the move is intended to fight terrorism and ensure that the Daesh terrorist group does not return.
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Iraqi guard wounded in bomb attack targeting US convoy
Feb 19, 2021 02:44An Iraqi security guard has sustained injuries after a roadside bomb exploded near a convoy of trucks carrying logistics belonging to the US terrorist forces in Iraq’s central province of al-Qadisiyah.
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Iran rejects any ties to Erbil rocket attack, condemns acts harming peace in Iraq
Feb 16, 2021 14:21Iran has condemned “suspicious attempts” to attribute the recent rocket attack in Erbil, the main city of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, saying the Islamic Republic is opposed to any move that disrupts peace and order in the neighboring Arab county.
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Roadside bomb hits US-led coalition trucks south of Iraq's Baghdad, officer injured
Feb 16, 2021 04:15A roadside bomb has exploded near a convoy of trucks carrying logistics and military equipment belonging to the US-led military coalition purportedly formed to fight the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group south of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
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Rocket attack in Erbil kills one, injures US trooper among others
Feb 16, 2021 03:02At least three rockets have landed in the city of Erbil in the Iraqi Kurdistan, killing a civilian contractor and wounding several others including an American trooper, according to a US-led coalition spokesman.
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Iraqi airlines resume flights to Iran
Feb 15, 2021 09:45Iraqi airlines have resumed operating flights to Iran in compliance with the coronavirus protocols, an Iranian official said.