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Iraqi Kurds mark Halabja chemical attack anniversary
Mar 17, 2018 03:12Iraqi Kurds have staged events marking 30 years since a chemical attack by the former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, on the town of Halabja.
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US military helicopter crashes in western Iraq
Mar 16, 2018 04:34A US military helicopter, with seven service members on board, has crashed in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, US officials say.
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Iraqi Kurdistan's airports reopen for intl. flights following PM's order
Mar 15, 2018 16:26Airports in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq have been reopened to international air traffic.
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Iraq's PM security detail commander killed in armed clash in Salahuddin province
Mar 14, 2018 04:09Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi security detail commander has been killed in firefight in the country's Northern Salahuddin Province.
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Iraqi PM reopens Kurdistan airports to international flights
Mar 13, 2018 11:09Iraq has ended a nearly six-month air blockade imposed on its Kurdistan after the semi-autonomous region held a controversial referendum on secession last September.
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Daesh terrorists kill over dozen civilians, Hashd al-Sha’abi fighters in Iraq
Mar 12, 2018 10:57Remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group have shot and killed more than a dozen civilians and pro-government fighters in two separate attacks amid ongoing counter-terrorism operations to purge the extremists from all parts of the war-battered Arab country.
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Hashd al-Sha’abi inclusion in Iraq's security service helpful, says Abadi
Mar 10, 2018 14:02Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has defended his decree to formally incorporate pro-government fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) into the Arab country’s security service, stressing that such a move would help establish security and stability.
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Senior Daesh figures still hiding in Mosul tunnels, Iraqi officials
Mar 09, 2018 15:11Iraqi security officials have warned that the high-ranking members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist groups are still hiding in tunnels dug beneath the country’s strategic northern city of Mosul roughly a year after government troopers and allied fighters retook the area from the extremists.
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Turkey, Iraq to carry out joint military ops against PKK in N. Iraq: Turkish FM
Mar 09, 2018 05:11Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says Ankara and Baghdad will carry out a joint military operation against members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group in the northern parts of the Arab country.
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Hashd al-Sha’abi formally inducted into Iraq's security system
Mar 09, 2018 03:10Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has issued a decree, ordering the formal inclusion of pro-government fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) in the Arab country's security forces.