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Daesh atrocities in Iraq’s Mosul ‘intl. crimes’, must be tried by ICC: UN
Nov 02, 2017 13:51The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) says the atrocities committed by Daesh Takfiri terrorist group during its reign of terror in the Iraqi city of Mosul are “international crimes,” urging Baghdad to accept the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the crimes.
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Iraq’s PM says Kurds refraining from withdrawing their troops
Nov 02, 2017 03:18Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has accused the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of not remaining committed to an agreement on withdrawing their forces from disputed regions in the north of the country.
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'KRG referendum provoked by US'
Oct 31, 2017 13:22Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri revealed that a team of US advisors had coaxed the officials of the Iraqi Kurdistan region into holding an independence referendum.
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Iraqi army takes control of Turkey border gate from Kurds: Turkish PM
Oct 31, 2017 12:30Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildrim says Iraqi army forces have taken control of a key border crossing with Turkey in the Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
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'Daesh terrorists bribed Kurdish forces to flee Hawijah'
Oct 31, 2017 08:25Iraqi army commanders say Kurdish Peshmerga forces have helped members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and their families escape the town of Hawijah prior to its liberation by the Iraqi military earlier this month.
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Hashd al-Sha’abi continue to defend Iraq: PMU commander
Oct 31, 2017 03:02A high-ranking member of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) has brushed off calls by the US to lay down their weapons, stressing that they will continue to defend the country.
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Iran will lift border restrictions with Iraq’s Kurdistan soon: Baqeri
Oct 30, 2017 14:29A senior Iranian commander says the country will remove its border restrictions with Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region “in the coming days,” lifting curbs imposed after last month’s independence referendum.
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Iraqi premier calls on Kurdish people to abide by law after outbreak of riot
Oct 30, 2017 14:27Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has called for “calm” and “adherence to law” in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region following an outbreak of riot there after Massoud Barzani, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)’s president, announced that he would effectively step down early next month.
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Kurdistan’s Barzani fires parting shots at US
Oct 30, 2017 05:26Massoud Barzani, who until Sunday was the president of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, has delivered pointed remarks against the United States for ditching its putative allies, the Kurds.
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Iraq to deploy soldiers to key Kurdistan border crossing
Oct 30, 2017 03:12Members of the Iraqi Federal Police Force are going to be deployed to a key border crossing in the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region after Iraqi government forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters reached an agreement in a bid to resolve a conflict about control of border crossings.