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Trump defends Syria pullout plan in Baghdad, says US troops to stay in Iraq
Dec 27, 2018 02:09US President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, have made a stealth visit to Iraq, meeting American troops fighting one of the many wars that he has mocked in the past as costly blunders.
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Former Iraqi premier responds to Bahrain’s criticism of his remarks
Dec 26, 2018 12:48Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has responded to the Bahraini regime’s recent criticism of his latest remarks, where he had censured the ruling Aal-e Khalifah regime over crackdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners in the tiny Persian Gulf island State.
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Car bomb attack kills 3, injures dozen in northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar
Dec 25, 2018 16:38At least three people have been killed and a dozen others sustained injuries when a bomb explosion ripped through a marketplace in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh.
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Iraq gets 90-day Iran sanctions waiver from Washington
Dec 20, 2018 15:57The United States has granted Iraq a 90-day extension to an exemption from sanctions re-imposed on neighboring Iran to keep importing electricity and natural gas and meet its energy needs.
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Turkish military convoy heads in direction of Syrian border
Dec 20, 2018 03:32A convoy of Turkish military trucks passed by the town of Islahiye on Wednesday, heading in the direction of the Syrian border.
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US forces establish new base in Iraq near border with Syria: Report
Dec 20, 2018 02:37US forces have established a new military base in Iraq’s Western Province of Anbar near the border with neighboring Syria in defiance of widespread calls to end its military presence in the Middle East region.
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Arab League censures Turkish airstrikes in northern Iraq
Dec 19, 2018 03:48The Arab League has strongly condemned Turkey's repeated airstrikes against the purported positions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, stressing that “such actions are in violation of the Iraqi state’s sovereignty.”
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Iraqi President to visit Damascus within next few days: Report
Dec 19, 2018 03:19Iraqi President Barham Salih is reportedly going to pay an official visit to Damascus, in his first visit to Syria since the start of the foreign-sponsored conflict there more than seven years ago.
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Erdogan: Turkey to launch East of Euphrates operation 'any moment'
Dec 17, 2018 16:33Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country’s military is possible to start a new operation against US-backed Kurdish militants in Syria at “any moment.”
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Iraqi forces: US providing arms, ammunition for Daesh at border with Syria
Dec 16, 2018 12:42The US forces are providing the Daesh terrorists with weapons and military hardware at Iraq's Western border with Syria, a member of the Iraqi Parliament's Security and Defense Commission said on Sunday, adding that Baghdad is resolved to cancel strategic agreement with Washington.