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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.
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Iraq joins Lebanon, Palestinians in boycotting US-led confab in Bahrain
Jun 13, 2019 02:27Iraq says it will not attend an upcoming conference in Bahrain that is set to launch US President Donald Trump’s so-called Middle East peace plan, also known as the "deal of the century."
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Nechirvan Barzani was sworn in as new president of Iraq’s Kurdistan region
Jun 11, 2019 00:50The parliament of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region has sworn in Nechirvan Barzani, the prime minister of the region, as its president, in an attempt to complete the formation of the cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
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New US ambassador in Iraq after mysterious pullout
Jun 10, 2019 08:01The new US ambassador to Baghdad has submitted his credentials to the Iraqi foreign minister, just weeks after Washington pulled out some of its diplomatic staff, citing unspecified threats.
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German FM urges Europeans to play mediating role amid rising Iran-US tensions
Jun 09, 2019 02:05German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warns that strains between Iran and the United States have "reached a fever pitch", calling on European powers to take a lead in negotiations to help resolve the situation.