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Netanyahu hails Israeli cooperation with Arab states that is ‘in General Secret’
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Tel Aviv has recently recognized having “secret” ties with some Arab states.
“Our fruitful cooperation with Arab countries is in general secret, but I am confident that relations with them will continue to mature and…
Highly graphic video: ISIS executes, decapitates scores of Iraqi prisoners
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Over a dozen captured soldiers were executed by either beheading or close-range gunshots in the latest underground propaganda video released by the Islamic State, this time showcasing fourteen minutes of ambushes and…
Iraqi forces cross Euphrates to liberate several villages near Syrian border
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The Iraqi Armed Forces continued their offensive in the western countryside of the Al-Anbar Governorate, Monday, liberating several villages located west of the Islamic State’s (ISIS) last stronghold, Al-Rawah.…
ISIS kicked out of last bastion along Syrian border
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Minutes ago, the Iraqi High Command announced the full liberation of Al-Rawa in western Al-Anbar after a short operation against the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group.
The liberation of Al-Rawa by the…
ISIS eliminated from western Iraq: map
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The Iraqi Armed Forces officially liberated the strategic city of Al-Rawa in western Al-Anbar, today, after a short operation against the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group.
Led by the 7th and 8th…
In pictures: ISIS establishes secret training camp in the countryside of Kirkuk
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At least one group of jihadist insurgents is on the loose in Kirkuk Province, ready to conduct hit-and-run attacks on the Iraqi Armed Forces.
Despite the predominately Sunni province being entirely under Iraqi Army…
Russia begins deliveries of T-90 tanks to Iraq
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Russia has begun delivering their elite T-90 tanks to the Iraqi military, Al-Sura News reported this afternoon.
“Russia begins deliveries of T-90 tanks to #Iraq with 73 scheduled to arrive to #Basra’s Umm Qasr Port…
Iraqi Kurdistan government promises not to secede
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The Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), the regional administration of the autonomous Kurdish areas in Iraq, has stated that it will abide by the ruling of the Iraqi Supreme Federal Court that forbids the region from…
ISIS turns former US base in Iraq into gruesome mass grave
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Iraqi authorities have revealed that several mass graves containing the remains of at least 400 civilians executed by Daesh (ISIS) have been found at a former US military facility in the country’s Kirkuk Governorate.…
Iraqi forces take over Albukamal border-crossing
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Iraq’s Hashd Al-Sha’abi (Popular Mobilization Units) forces have taken control over the Albukamal-Qa’im Crossing, Hezbollah’s official media wing reported tonight.
Hashd Al-Sha’abi will patrol the border and prevent…