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Iran, Turkey military chiefs: Kurdish vote 'dangerous'
Sep 14, 2017 14:24The military chiefs of Iran and Turkey have warned of dangerous consequences of an upcoming referendum on the possible secession of Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
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Nearly 40 people, 3 Iranians among them, killed in Iraq's twin attacks
Sep 14, 2017 08:59Iraqi security and medical sources say at least 37 people, including three Iranian pilgrims, have lost their lives in twin gun and car bomb attacks striking the country’s southern province of Dhi Qar.
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Iraqi parliament votes to dismiss Kirkuk governor over so-called independence vote
Sep 14, 2017 08:59The Iraqi parliament has voted to dismiss the governor of the northern oil-rich province of Kirkuk after the provincial council voted to take part in the upcoming Kurdish independence polls irrespective of the central government’s strong opposition to the planned vote.
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Iran arrests Daesh-linked terrorist in Tehran Province
Sep 13, 2017 07:29A division of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has arrested a Takfiri terrorist linked to a Daesh-affiliated ring, which planned to carry out hundreds of terror attacks in the capital, Tehran.
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Iraqi premier says Kurdish referendum on independence ‘unconstitutional’
Sep 13, 2017 01:35Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says the planned Kurdish referendum on independence from the Arab country is “unconstitutional,” warning that the Kurds are "illegally" exporting Iraq's oil.
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Independence vote divides Kurdish groups: Iran official
Sep 13, 2017 01:04Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani has warned that a referendum on the independence of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region will divide Kurdish groups and political parties.
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1400 foreign women, children left behind by Daesh after Tal Afar liberation
Sep 11, 2017 01:52After being expelled from Tal Afar, the Daesh terrorist group has left behind some 1,400 foreign wives and children, who are now in the custody of the Iraqi government.
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Iraqi army soldiers, allies kill 14 Daesh bombers in Diyala
Sep 09, 2017 13:01Iraqi army troops, backed by allied fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units, have launched a counter-terrorism operation to hunt down Daesh Takfiri terrorists in the country’s eastern province of Diyala, killing more than a dozen extremists in the process.
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Iraqi troops find dozens of bodies in mass grave near Tal Afar
Sep 08, 2017 10:07Iraqi forces have reportedly found a mass grave in an area northwest of Tal Afar containing the bodies of at least 50 people who were slain by Daesh Takfiri terrorists as government forces, backed by volunteer fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units, were engaged in a multi-pronged operation to liberate the northern city from the extremists.
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Iraqi MP slams KRG over decision to open voting office in Kirkuk
Sep 08, 2017 00:31Iraqi Legislator and Deputy President of the Iraqi Turkmen Front, Hasan Turan, has strongly condemned a recent decision by the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region to establish an election office in the northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk ahead of an independence referendum due this month.