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Iraq’s Hakim rejects claims he talked to US in Kuwait trip
Jun 01, 2018 08:05Senior Iraqi religious scholar Ammar Hakim has dismissed media reports that he held talks with a US envoy during a recent trip to Kuwait, saying the claims are purely meant to sabotage efforts to form a united coalition government.
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Iraqi parliament cancels expat votes for recent elections
May 29, 2018 01:56Iraqi's parliament has predominantly canceled expats' and internally displaced people's votes in the parliamentary elections.
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Iraq: Sadr rejects any change in anti-US stance
May 26, 2018 07:15Iraqi religious scholar Muqtada al-Sadr, whose coalition won the largest number of seats in Iraq's parliamentary elections, has reiterated his anti-US policy, saying there has been no change to the position.
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Dozens of terrorists slain as Iraqi forces thwart attacks in Kirkuk
May 25, 2018 10:25Nearly a dozen members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group have been killed after Iraqi security forces, supported by pro-government fighters from Popular Mobilization Units, foiled their attacks in the country’s northern oil-rich province of Kirkuk.
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US presence in Iraq amounts to occupation: Sadr's adviser
May 24, 2018 02:09A senior adviser to Iraqi cleric Seyyed Muqtada al-Sadr tells Press TV that the presence of US troops in Iraq is regarded as occupation.
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Bombing martyrs 7, injures 16 in north of Iraqi capital
May 24, 2018 01:23At least seven people have lost their lives and several others sustained injuries in a bomb attack that struck a Shia district of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, officials say.
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Iraqi court sentences Belgian militant to death for training Daesh terrorists
May 23, 2018 00:39An Iraqi court has sentenced a Belgian national to death over membership in the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, training children to carry out acts of terror and organizing attacks against government forces.
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Iraqi court sentences two to death by hanging for joining Daesh
May 21, 2018 14:20A court in Iraq has handed down death sentences to two men over their membership in the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and involvement in acts of terror in the war-ravaged Arab country.
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France steps up military presence along Syria-Iraq border
May 21, 2018 03:59France has expanded its military presence in Syria, joining the United States in its support for Kurdish militants that are accused of being used by the US to partition the Arab country.
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Sadr, Abadi agree to expedite process of forming Iraqi government
May 20, 2018 08:34Iraqi religious scholar Muqtada al-Sadr, whose party won the Iraqi parliamentary election, and incumbent Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, whose list took the third place, have underlined the need for the formation of a new government as soon as possible.