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Grand Ayatollah Sistani urges world’s benefactors to help Lebanese nation
Aug 06, 2020 10:39Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani has called on benefactors across the world to show solidarity with the Lebanese people and rush to their assistance with all available means after a massive blast wreaked havoc on Beirut.
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Iraq president welcomes PM Kadhimi’s call for early elections
Aug 04, 2020 09:01President Barham Salih welcomes a call by Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi for Iraq to hold early elections next year as a means of meeting a key demand of the protesters seeking economic reforms.
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PMU official: US only concerned about looting Iraqi oil, never thinks about nation
Aug 01, 2020 10:52An official from Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces or Hashd al-Sha’abi says Washington only seeks to loot the Arab country’s crude oil, stressing that US officials are unconcerned about the Iraqi nation and their woes.
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Iraqi premier calls early elections in June 2021, one year earlier than scheduled
Aug 01, 2020 03:54Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi says he will hold early parliamentary elections next June, a year earlier than scheduled, doubling down on a promise he made when he came to power to meet a key demand of anti-government protesters.
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Iraq’s anti-terror fighters will never surrender to US: PMU chief
Jul 30, 2020 06:43The Chairman of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) or Hashd al-Sha'abi has highlighted the role of the counter-terrorism force in defending the Arab country against the Daesh Takfiri terror outfit, stressing that it will never give in to the US.
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Criminal groups seeking to create chaos in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square protests: Iraqi Interior Ministry
Jul 28, 2020 11:53The Iraqi Interior Ministry warns that “criminal groups” are at work at the iconic Tahrir Square in Baghdad to beat peaceful demonstrators and create chaos, calling on protesters to cooperate with authorities to identify the outlaws.
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Iraqi parliament’s resolution on US troops withdrawal won’t be shelved: Lawmaker
Jul 28, 2020 01:12An Iraqi lawmaker has called on the Baghdad government to accelerate the implementation of a resolution adopted by parliament concerning the withdrawal of US forces from the Arab country, stressing the decision is irrevocable.
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Large explosions rock arms depot of Iraqi forces at military base near Baghdad
Jul 27, 2020 01:23Large explosions have struck an arms depot belonging to the Iraqi Federal Police forces and Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Sha’abi, at a military compound southwest of the capital Baghdad.
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Turkey made no coordination with Iraq for military op in Kurdistan region: Foreign ministry
Jul 24, 2020 03:32The Iraqi Foreign Ministry has vehemently condemned an ongoing Turkish operation in the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region against hideouts of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group, saying the cross-border offensive is being carried out without any coordination with the Baghdad government.
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Iraq to soon begin construction work on railway link to Iran: Iraqi official
Jul 23, 2020 12:58A senior Iraqi official says that work for a key rail link connecting the country to the neighboring Iran will begin in the very near future.