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UK and US forces ran secret desert prisons in Iraq after 2003 invasion
Nov 22, 2019 04:49The Middle East Eye (MEE) has reported on November 21, that the US and British military ran at least two secret prisons in Iraq during the months following the 2003 invasion, effectively concealing prisoners from Red Cross inspectors.
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Unknown aircraft bombs headquarters of Yazidi militiamen in northern Iraq
Nov 21, 2019 02:25An unidentified aircraft has struck the headquarters of an Izadi militia group affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, leaving nearly two dozen people killed and wounded in the process.
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Is OPEC stuck in a cycle of endless cuts?
Nov 18, 2019 12:15In the past few years, OPEC has been reducing its oil output under a pact with the support of Russia and some other non-OPEC nations to rebalance the oversupplied market.
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Rocket hits Iraqi capital’s Green Zone: Report
Nov 18, 2019 03:42A rocket has reportedly struck the heavily fortified Green Zone in the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad.
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Iraq's Ayatollah Sistani urges lawmakers to restore public faith in electoral process
Nov 15, 2019 11:20Iraq’s prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has called on legislators to promptly introduce a fair electoral law that would restore people's faith in elections in the wake of weeks of protests in the capital Baghdad and a host of southern cities.
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'Third party' behind killing protesters with deadly smoke canisters, Iraq defense minister says
Nov 15, 2019 06:32Iraqi Defense Minister Najah al-Shammari says a “third party” is behind shooting at the Iraqi demonstrators, as the smoke canisters used to kill the protesters are not of the type imported by the Baghdad government.
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Iraq problems must be resolved without any foreign intervention: Hakim
Nov 15, 2019 03:11Senior Iraqi religious scholar and political leader Ammar al-Hakim says problems in the crisis-stricken country must be resolved without any foreign intervention, and that solutions to such troubles must be “indigenous and homegrown.”
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President Salih: Reforms in Iraq natl. decision, won’t be influenced by foreign diktats
Nov 12, 2019 17:04Iraqi President Barham Salih says reforms that the government of embattled Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has pledged to implement in the wake of anti-government protests are a domestic Iraqi issue par excellence and will not be influenced by foreign diktats.
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UN: Daesh militants’ home states must take them back
Nov 12, 2019 14:29UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the home countries of Daesh terrorists captured in Iraq and Syria must take back their terrorist nationals.
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Muqtada al-Sadr slams US for interfering in Iraq internal affairs
Nov 12, 2019 04:33Influential Iraqi Shia Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has lashed out at the United States for its interference in Iraq's internal affairs, threatening to take millions of demonstrators to streets if Washington keeps meddling in the Arab country.