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About 624 civilians killed in US-led strikes in Iraq, Syria: Report
Aug 04, 2017 13:59A report released by the US-led coalition says its airstrikes against purported Daesh targets in Syria and Iraq have claimed the lives of at least 624 civilians since the start of the military campaign in 2014.
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Iraqi troops unearth dozens of bodies in Anbar mass grave
Aug 04, 2017 11:28Iraqi security officials say government forces have found a mass grave in the troubled western province of Anbar, containing the bodies of at least 40 people, who are believed to have been executed by Takfiri Daesh terrorists in 2015 when they were in control of the terrain.
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New US-led airstrikes in northern Syria kill 8 civilians
Aug 04, 2017 11:27At least eight people have been killed when the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group conducted a string of aerial attacks in Syria’s militant-held northern province of Raqqah.
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253,000 civilians have returned to Mosul, Iraqi minister says
Aug 02, 2017 11:01Iraq's Minister of Displacement and Migration Jassim Mohammed al-Jaaf says more than 250,000 internally displaced persons have returned to their homes in Mosul.
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Iraqi VP: Referendum to harm Kurds
Aug 02, 2017 10:26The Iraqi Vice-President, Nouri al-Maliki, warned of the consequences of a referendum on independence in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, stressing that it will first harm the Kurds
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Iraq's Hashd al-Sha’abi forces liberate 17 villages southeast of Tal Afar
Aug 01, 2017 16:24Iraqi fighters from Popular Mobilization Units have liberated more than a dozen villages near Tal Afar as pro-government forces and army soldiers work on a planned offensive to expel the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group out of its remaining urban strongholds in the country.
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Upcoming Tal Afar battle simpler than Mosul's: Top Iraqi general
Jul 31, 2017 15:34A high-ranking Iraqi military commander predicts a relatively easy victory for government forces in the forthcoming operation to retake the northern city of Tal Afar from the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group as the extremists are “worn out and demoralized.
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Iran, Iraq reach deal over Kirkuk pipeline
Jul 31, 2017 02:32Iran says it has reached an agreement with Iraq to construct a pipeline that would export crude oil from the northern Iraqi fields of Kirkuk via Iran.
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Saudi Arabia attributes ‘false’ claim on Hajj to Qatar
Jul 31, 2017 00:44The Saudi government has described as a “declaration of war” what it says are calls by Qatar for the “internationalization” of the Muslim Hajj pilgrimage sites in Saudi Arabia, a demand that Doha says it has not made.
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Iraq foils Daesh terror attacks on holy shrines, Ayatollah Sistani's residence
Jul 30, 2017 09:57Iraqi intelligence officials say they have thwarted an attempt by members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group to target holy shrines in Kerbala and Najaf and also the residence of Grand Ayatollah Seyed Ali al-Sistani.