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Iraqi protesters withdraw from Baghdad’s Green Zone after Sadr’s call to end violence
Aug 30, 2022 12:25Iraqi protesters have withdrawn from the high-security Green Zone in the capital, Baghdad, after Muqtada al-Sadr called on his followers to end the violence within an hour.
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We support political solution to ongoing stalemate: Iraq’s PMU chief
Aug 30, 2022 07:47The chairman of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), known in Arabic as Hashd al-Sha’abi, says the anti-terror group supports a political solution to the crisis in the Arab country.
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Pres. Raeisi: Reestablishment of relations between Iran, Saudi Arabia benefits regional security
Aug 30, 2022 00:49Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi says reestablishment and further bolstering of relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia will benefit regional security.
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Iran FM: Iraq’s problem must be solved through legal channels and respect for govt.’s sovereignty
Aug 30, 2022 00:38Iran's foreign minister has emphasized the need for preserving the national unity of Iraq, saying the country’s problems must be solved through legal channels.
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Senior cleric Sadr withdraws from Iraq's politics as country's political stalemate worsens
Aug 29, 2022 08:27Prominent Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has announced that he is quitting political life and closing his political offices amid a deepening political stalemate that has left the country without a new government since last October's parliamentary elections.
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Sadr’s supporters launch sit-in outside Iraq’s top judicial body
Aug 23, 2022 11:34Supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr have launched a sit-in outside the country’s highest judicial body, weeks after they breached Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" and occupied the legislature.
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Iran president: Iraqi groups should find way out of problems through dialogue
Aug 23, 2022 00:34Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi has advised all political groups in neighboring Iraq to settle their differences through dialogue and interaction.
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The US owes compensation to Iraqi burn pit victims too
Aug 21, 2022 10:41On August 10, United States President Joe Biden signed the PACT Act, aiding approximately 3.5 million American veterans with severe medical conditions linked to toxic exposure to burn pits during service, including in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Turkey’s Erdogan: US still feeding terrorism in Syria, Iraq
Aug 20, 2022 01:11Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that the United States continues to support terrorism inside Syria and Iraq, blaming the insecurity faced by the Arab nations on the United States and its allies while claiming that Ankara is fighting terrorists in Syria.
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Rockets target military base housing Turkish forces in northern Iraq
Aug 16, 2022 01:44A number of rockets have reportedly targeted a military base in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, which houses Turkish forces involved in ongoing military operations against purported positions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.