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President Salih: US won’t be allowed to use Iraqi soil to attack Iran
Jun 26, 2019 03:16President Barham Salih says Iraq will under no circumstances allow the US military to use its bases in the Arab country for an act of aggression against neighboring Iran.
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Iraq seeks air defense cooperation with Iran after IRGC downing of US drone
Jun 23, 2019 07:38Iraq has called for enhanced cooperation with neighboring Iran in the area of air defense, days after Tehran successfully thwarted an American spying mission by downing a sophisticated surveillance drone over Iranian territorial waters.
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Nearly dozen killed, 30 injured in bomb blast targeting Baghdad mosque
Jun 21, 2019 09:05Nearly a dozen people have lost their lives and several others sustained injuries when a bomb explosion ripped through a mosque in the eastern flank of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
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Putin: US attack on Iran would be ‘catastrophe’
Jun 20, 2019 14:20Russia’s President Vladimir Putin warns that a US military attack against Iran would be catastrophic as tensions mount between Washington and Tehran.
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Katyusha rocket lands at oil hub in Iraq's Basra, injuring 3
Jun 19, 2019 06:50Unknown assailants fire a Katyusha rocket at an area housing representative offices of several international oil companies in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra, wounding three Iraqis.
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Iraq removes blast walls around Baghdad neighborhoods
Jun 18, 2019 02:36Iraqi authorities have removed nearly 30 kilometers of concrete blast walls across Baghdad in the past six months in the wake of a significant improvement of security situation.
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Is Iraq ready for expulsion of all American forces?
Jun 17, 2019 12:28The people of the Land of the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates will never be masters of their own destiny until they get rid of the US occupation forces, who are indulging in all sorts of terrorism, in a bid to find a pretext to escalate tensions and lay the blame on others, such as the suspicious lobbing of stray rockets in Baghdad’s Green Zone near their own embassy last month, and the recent firing of mortars near to the very base at which they are supposedly training the Iraqi forces.
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US extends waivers for Iraq to import gas, electricity from Iran
Jun 15, 2019 12:11Washington has granted Iraq another 90-day waiver to allow it to keep importing gas and electricity from neighboring Iran, which is under tough US sanctions, two Iraqi government sources say.
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Iraqi base home to US troops comes under mortar attack north of Baghdad
Jun 15, 2019 12:10The Iraqi military says unknown militants have launched three mortar shells into an air base just north of the capital Baghdad, where American trainers are present.
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Explosions heard near US embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone: Reports
Jun 13, 2019 14:11Local Iraqi media outlets say several explosions have been heard near the US embassy in Baghdad’s heavily-fortified Green Zone, without providing any information about the circumstances surrounding the incident.