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Kurds freeze secession vote, call for ceasefire
Oct 25, 2017 02:45The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has said that it will freeze the results of a recent vote for secession from Iraq.
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Hashd al-Sha’abi commander calls for US forces withdrawal from Iraq
Oct 24, 2017 11:56A top commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd al-Sha’abi) has called for the immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq after the elimination of Daesh Takfiri terrorists.
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What’s behind Saudi invitation of Iraqi Premier?
Oct 24, 2017 09:46Iraq’s Prime Minister, Haider al-Ebadi, whose visit to Riyadh on Saturday was the second such trip to Saudi Arabia in the space of a few months, has raised speculations on the goals behind the invitations to the head of a Shi’a-majority country by a Wahhabi regime, notorious for its hostility towards the followers of the Ahl al-Bayt of Prophet Mohammad (blessings of God upon him and his progeny).
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Anti-Daesh fighters waiting for nobody’s order: Zarif
Oct 23, 2017 14:12Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says those forces who are fighting against Daesh terrorists have never been waiting for anybody’s order to defend their homeland.
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Iraqi PM slams Tillerson's remarks on Hashd al-Sha'abi
Oct 23, 2017 12:39Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's media office has criticized meddlesome comments made by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson regarding the country’s Popular Mobilization Units or Hashd al-Sha’abi.
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Russia 'committed' to Iraq despite Kurdish oil ties: Lavrov
Oct 23, 2017 11:25Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow is committed to Iraq's territorial integrity after the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) held a controversial plebiscite on secession.
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Abadi wraps up regional tour with visit to Jordan
Oct 23, 2017 04:58Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has paid a visit to Jordan at the end of a regional tour that included Saudi Arabia.
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Iraqi fighter jets kill 25 Daesh terrorists near Syria border
Oct 23, 2017 03:25More than two dozen members of Daesh Takfiri terrorist group have been killed when Iraqi Air Force fighter jets bombarded their positions in the country’s troubled Western Province of Anbar near the border with Syria.
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Iraqi MPs seek halt to transfer of arms for Peshmerga
Oct 22, 2017 11:17Iraq’s parliament called for a halt to foreign transfer of arms to Peshmerga after reports that the Kurdish militants had used German weapons to attack government forces in Kirkuk.
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Saudi oil minister in Iraq to boost economic bonds
Oct 22, 2017 04:52Saudi Arabia has taken a step forward in what appears to be a strategy to cerement economic relations with Iraq.