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The Israel lobby’s hidden hand in the theft of Iraqi and Syrian oil (1)
Dec 16, 2019 12:44Indeed, the Israel lobby-led effort to have the U.S. facilitate the sale of Syrian oil to the Zionist regime is not an isolated incident given that, just a few years ago, other individuals connected to the same pro-Israel lobby groups and Zionist neoconservatives manipulated the U.S. policy in order to allow Iraqi oil to be sold to the Israeli regime without the approval of the Iraqi government.
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Iran’s metals exports to China surge by %150 y/y in March-October: Report
Dec 16, 2019 03:14A new report shows that Iran’s export of various metals and mining products to China have significantly increased this year amid government efforts to broaden its access to new sources of hard currency at a time of increased American pressure on the oil industry.
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Ex-Iraqi PM censures US blacklisting of counter-terror figures
Dec 15, 2019 08:09Former Iraqi prime minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi has condemned a recent decision by the US to slap sanctions on leaders of the pro-government Popular Mobilization Forces (PMU) or Hashd al-Sha’abi.
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Iran’s Zarif meets polish FM, Iraqi top security official in Doha
Dec 15, 2019 05:00Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks with his Polish counterpart, Jacek Czaputowicz, and Iraqi National Security Adviser Falih Al Fayyadh in the Qatari capital of Doha.
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US threatens Iran over attacks on military bases in Iraq
Dec 14, 2019 05:51US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has threatened Iran with "decisive" action over a series of attacks on American military bases in Iraq.
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Grand Ayatollah Sistani strongly condemns protesters’ gruesome lynching of teenager
Dec 13, 2019 12:39Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani has strongly condemned lynching of a 16-year-old teenager by a group of protesters in Baghdad’s Al Wathba Square, warning about the consequences of such brutality.
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Mob of ‘protesters’ lynch Iraqi teenager in gruesome crime
Dec 13, 2019 08:59A group of “protesters” in Baghdad have, in an extremely brutal and shocking way, stabbed into death and cut the throat of a 16-year-old teenager before hanging him by his ankles.
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Seven Hashd Sha’abi fighters martyred in bomb attack in northern Iraq
Dec 13, 2019 03:39At least seven fighters from the Iraqi pro-government Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have lost their lives and several others sustained injuries when a massive bomb explosion struck their convoy in Iraq’s North-Central Province of Salahuddin.
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The effects and consequences of US Congress’ endless permissions for war
Dec 12, 2019 10:02More than 7,000 US service members have been killed and more than 50,000 wounded in the wars since 9/11. Of the 2.5 million troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan it is estimated as many as 20% are afflicted with PTSD, while 20% more may have traumatic brain injury.
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Two rockets fall near Baghdad International Airport: Iraqi military
Dec 12, 2019 09:11The Iraqi army says two Katyusha rockets have landed near the "outside perimeter" of Baghdad International Airport.