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Abadi faces key decision to align with Iraq liberators
Jun 09, 2018 12:19Leading Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's announcement of a coalition has left remaining parties with the choice of closing ranks which could reinstate Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi for another term.
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Iraq receives dozens of T-90 battle tanks from Russia to boost ground force
Jun 07, 2018 08:05The Iraqi military has received dozens of advanced T-90 battle tanks from Russia under a major deal struck between Moscow and Baghdad last year.
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Iraqi fighter jets target Daesh positions in Syria
Jun 07, 2018 07:57Iraq says it has launched an airstrike against Daesh positions inside the Syrian territory as both neighboring countries step up efforts to get rid of the Takfiri terror group’s remnants.
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World failing Izadi women forced into sex slavery by Daesh terrorists: Charity head
Jun 07, 2018 07:40The head of a charity group has criticized the international community’s inaction towards Izadi women, kidnapped by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and forced into sex slavery in Iraq and Syria.
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Iraqi lawmakers order manual recount for parliament election votes
Jun 07, 2018 02:27The Iraqi parliament has voted in favor of a manual recount of votes in the country's May 12 parliamentary elections.
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At least 18 killed, 90 wounded in Baghdad explosion
Jun 07, 2018 01:54At least 18 people have been killed and over 90 more injured in an ammunitions depot blast in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
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150 Iraqi Daesh terrorists moved to Baghdad to face execution: Police official
Jun 07, 2018 01:37More than a hundred members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group captured during the liberation of the strategic northern Iraqi city of Mosul have been moved to Baghdad to face execution.
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Iraq’s Abadi criticizes Turkey for 'political' dam filling
Jun 06, 2018 03:06Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has criticized Turkey for holding water behind a dam, a decision which affects irrigation in Iraq, saying the move serves Ankara’s internal political purposes.
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Turkey says awaiting right time to attack PKK in Iraq’s Qandil region
Jun 04, 2018 10:13Turkey says the country’s launching of a military operation against purported positions of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq’s northern monotonous region of Qandil is only a matter of time.
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Iraq issues arrest warrant for Kurdish secession leader
Jun 04, 2018 02:34Iraq has issued an arrest warrant against one of the key engineers of last year’s secession referendum, which controversially sought to end the country’s sovereignty over the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.