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Iraq to summon Turkish envoy over killing of Iraqi Kurd
Jan 28, 2019 04:29The Iraqi Foreign Ministry says it will summon the Turkish ambassador to Baghdad over the death of an Iraqi Kurd by Turkish fire in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
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Teenager killed as protesters attack Turkish base in Iraq's Kurdish region
Jan 27, 2019 01:13A teenage boy has been killed in a bout of violence involving Turkish troops and Kurdish protesters in northern Iraq.
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US mulls keeping troops in Syria to counter, attack Iranians in 'self-defense': Report
Jan 27, 2019 01:06Washington is considering a plan to illegally maintain a force contingent at a US military base in Syria to “combat” Iran’s influence in the region and even strike Iranians passing by near the base while purportedly claiming “self-defense,” despite a presidential order to pull out all US forces from the country, a report said.
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Iran, Iraq to open new border crossing
Jan 22, 2019 11:16Iran and Iraq will open a new border crossing to further ease the transit of goods, transportation of cargos, and bilateral trade between the two countries.
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Iraq: Hashd al-Sha’abi warns Zionist entity against possible attacks, pledges strong response
Jan 21, 2019 09:26Iraq's Hashd al-Sha’abi has warned the illegal Zionist entity against “playing with fire” after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hinted that Tel Aviv may attack the anti-terror volunteer fighters.
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US gained nothing after spending $7,000bn in Iraq, Syria: Iran military chief
Jan 21, 2019 04:57Iran's top military commander says although the United States spent a total of 7,000 billion dollars in Iraq and Syria, it has achieved nothing while the Islamic Republic gained a lot despite its very low spending in those countries.
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Iraqi Hashd al-Sha’abi forces kill, injure dozens of Daesh terrorists in Syria
Jan 19, 2019 14:26Iraqi pro-government fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have carried out a counter-terrorism operation in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr, killing and injuring dozens of terrorists from the Daesh Takfiri group in the process.
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US jingoism, anti-Iran warmongering rejected by Arab public
Jan 17, 2019 05:16In both Egypt, where US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo spoke, and in Iraq, which he next visited, over 90 percent of the population has an unfavorable view of the United States, says researcher Juan Cole who teaches West/South Asian history at the University of Michigan, in his recent article for ‘commondreams’ website, titled: “US jingoism, anti-Iran warmongering rejected by Arab public”.
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Syrians, Iraqis defeated Daesh, not Americans: Zarif
Jan 16, 2019 11:17Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the victory over the Daesh terrorist group in Iraq and Syria was the result of endeavors by the two nations themselves and the United States played no role in defeating the outfit.
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Iraqi Hashd al-Sha’abi forces stop US reconnaissance mission on Iraq’s border with Syria
Jan 16, 2019 04:25Iraqi pro-government fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have stopped a “suspicion reconnaissance mission” by US military forces to collect critical information about the movements and positions of the voluntary forces in the country’s western Province of Anbar and on the border with crisis-hit Syria.