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Iraq officially protests Turkey’s cross-border offensive
Jul 05, 2020 04:04The Iraqi government has expressed its official protest at Turkey’s attacks against the Arab country’s north, saying the offensive must immediately stop.
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Iraqi officials irate as Saudi daily publishes cartoon against Ayatollah Sistani
Jul 04, 2020 05:41Iraqi officials have condemned the publication of an offensive cartoon of prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in a Saudi-owned newspaper, saying the depiction stems from the failure of Riyadh's Takfiri plots.
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Iraq threatens to sever trade ties with Turkey over cross-border operation
Jul 03, 2020 08:34Iraq has threatened to cut off its trade ties with Turkey in protest at Ankara’s ongoing cross-border operation in the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region against hideouts of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group.
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Fresh US military convoy enters northeast Syria from western Iraq
Jul 02, 2020 13:01The US military has sent a new convoy of trucks loaded with military hardware and logistical gears to Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah as Washington seeks to control and loot crude resources in the war-torn country.
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US violation of Iraqi airspace kills dozens on daily basis: Senior MP
Jul 01, 2020 01:23A senior Iraqi lawmaker has reiterated the call for the expulsion of American terrorist forces from his country, saying the US jets are violating the Iraqi airspace on a daily basis and killing or injuring dozens of people in their attacks.
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2 Iraqi civilians killed in US-led drone strike after taking wreckage of fallen UAV: Source
Jul 01, 2020 01:15At least two Iraqi civilians have reportedly been killed in a drone strike by the US-led military coalition purportedly formed to fight the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the country’s Northern Province of Salahuddin.
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US seeks to prolong military presence in Iraq through raids on PMU bases: Lawmaker
Jun 30, 2020 12:06An Iraqi legislator and leader of the State of Law Coalition has denounced the recent raid on a headquarters of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Sha’abi, in southern Baghdad, saying the United States is seeking to prolong its military presence in the country through such bids.
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Turkey-backed militants stealing ancient artifacts in Syria's Afrin: Report
Jun 29, 2020 09:03Turkey-backed militants have begun a new operation to steal ancient artifacts from Syria’s northwestern city of Afrin, a report says.
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Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump, US officials over top IRGC general’s assassination
Jun 29, 2020 08:51A senior Iranian judge says Interpol Red Notices have been issued for the prosecution of dozens of military and political officials of the United States, including President Donald Trump, on charges of planning and implementing a terrorist attack in the Iraqi capital that assassinated Iran’s top Lt. General Qassem Soleimani and his companions.
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US complies with no human rights principles: Iran’s FM Zarif
Jun 28, 2020 01:58Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United States has failed to observe any human rights principles, either by providing chemical weapons to Iraq against Iran or imposing sanctions and pursuing economic terrorism against the Iranian people.