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Iraqis gather to honor Lt. Gen. Soleimani, PMU's Deputy Cmdr. Muhandis
Feb 13, 2020 14:29People in Iraq have held a ceremony near Baghdad International Airport to commemorate the 40th day after martyrdom of Iran’s top anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU).
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US renews waivers allowing Iraq to continue imports of gas, power from Iran: AP
Feb 13, 2020 02:03The US has renewed for another 45-day period the sanctions waiver that enables Iraq to keep importing gas and electricity from neighboring Iran, a report says.
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Hashd Sha’abi members hang Trump’s effigies ahead of memorial for top cmdr., Lt. Gen. Soleimani
Feb 11, 2020 05:54Members of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Sha'abi, have hanged effigies of US President Donald Trump in the capital Baghdad, ahead of a memorial for their commander martyred in a US airstrike early last month.
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Over 100 US forces diagnosed with brain injuries from Iran strikes: US officials
Feb 11, 2020 05:41The US military is reportedly planning to announce a more than 50-percent rise in the number of cases of traumatic brain injury (TBI) among its soldiers following Iran’s retaliatory strikes on an American military base in Iraq last month.
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US to exempt Iraq from sanctions against Iran, Iraqi officials say
Feb 10, 2020 11:13The United States has announced to Iraq its readiness to renew sanctions waivers allowing the country to continue importing gas and electricity from Iran, Iraqi officials say.
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US fatalities in Ain al-Assad far more than reported: IRGC spokesman
Feb 10, 2020 10:47The spokesperson for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said the American casualties caused by the January 8 missile attack that Iran launched on the US Airbase of Ain al-Assad in Iraq are much higher than what Washington has announced.
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Islamic Revolution to continue growing leaders like Lt. Gen. Soleimani: Ammar Hakim
Feb 10, 2020 10:01Head of Iraq’s Reform and Reconstruction Coalition Seyyed Ammar al-Hakim praised Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution and said it will continue to grow great leaders like Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated by the US terrorist forces in Iraq last month.
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Iraq, Russia discuss strengthening military ties amid US tensions
Feb 08, 2020 14:21Iraq and Russia have discussed furthering military ties amid souring relations between Baghdad and Washington in the wake of US assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi anti-terror commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
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Grand Ayatollah Sistani urges Iraqi forces to protect peaceful demonstrators
Feb 07, 2020 13:03Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani has called on Iraqi security forces to protect peaceful demonstrators in protest squares across the country, and reveal the identities of aggressors and infiltrators.
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Zarif: Iran will sue Trump for economic, military and cultural terrorism
Feb 07, 2020 01:45Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic of Iran will take legal action against US President Donald Trump on charges of committing economic, military and cultural terrorism against the country.