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Iraqi PM due in Riyadh as Saudis seek to turn corner in rocky ties
Jul 18, 2020 11:50Iraqi officials say Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi will travel to Saudi Arabia and Iran back-to-back next week in his first foreign trip as premier.
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Iraq's PM to visit Iran, Saudi Arabia, US on first foreign tour
Jul 15, 2020 12:18Iraq's new Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi will visit Iran next week as part of his first foreign tour since taking office.
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Turkish military forces deployed over dozen kilometers into northern Iraq: Top lawmaker
Jul 15, 2020 01:08The head of the security and defense committee at the Iraqi parliament has condemned Ankara’s ongoing cross-border operation in the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region against hideouts of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group, stating that Turkish forces are now deployed more than a dozen kilometers into the area.
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‘Faced with an assassination similar to Soleimani’s, West would declare war’
Jul 13, 2020 07:00A UN special rapporteur, who has raised a firestorm by condemning the assassination of Iranian Lt. General Qassem Soleimani, has once again denounced the United States' sheer disregard for international law.
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Kataib Hezbollah vows to drive US terrorist troops out of Iraq
Jul 13, 2020 04:58A security official for Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah has reiterated the resistance group’s readiness to end the US military presence in Iraq.
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Five Daesh suicide bombers, two security forces killed in operation near Baghdad
Jul 13, 2020 04:29The Iraqi military says five Daesh suicide bombers and two security members have been killed during the Iraqi forces’ raid against a hideout near the Arab country’s capital of Baghdad.
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Iraq to allow entry to 500 Iranian trucks weekly
Jul 13, 2020 03:27Iraqi and Iranian authorities have signed an agreement that would allow 500 Iranian cargo trucks to enter the Arab country through ‘Mandali’ Border Crossing every week, a local official said.
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US military convoy blown up in Iraq's Diwaniyah
Jul 12, 2020 00:18A US military convoy carrying logistic supplies has been attacked in Iraq on the road between Samawah and Diwaniyah, south of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
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Spokesman: US violated basic principles of intl. law by assassinating Lt. Gen. Soleimani
Jul 10, 2020 01:17The Iranian Foreign Ministry says the US’ assassination of Iran’s top anti-terror Commander, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, took place in absolute disregard for fundamental legal, humanitarian, and moral principles, belying Washington’s claim of fighting terrorism in the region.
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Iraqi president censures Turkish ‘military violation’ of Iraqi soil
Jul 09, 2020 07:30Iraqi President Barham Salih has censured Turkey’s ongoing cross-border operation in the Arab country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region against hideouts of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group, describing the offensive as a “military violation” of Iraqi soil.