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Iraqi PM reopens Kurdistan airports to international flights
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Iraq has ended a nearly six-month air blockade imposed on its Kurdistan after the semi-autonomous region held a controversial referendum on secession last September.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said…
Daesh militants kill over two dozen civilians, Hashd al-Sha’abi fighters in Iraq
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Remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group have shot and killed more than two dozen civilians and pro-government fighters in two separate attacks amid ongoing counter-terrorism operations to purge the extremists from…
Senior Daesh figures still hiding in Mosul tunnels, Iraqi officials
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Iraqi security officials have warned that the high-ranking members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist groups are still hiding in tunnels dug beneath the country’s strategic northern city of Mosul roughly a year after…
Iraq gives death sentence to sister of former al-Qaeda leader
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The sister of a former al-Qaeda leader in Iraq who was killed in 2010 has been sentenced to death in a Baghdad court on terrorism charges, including collaborating with militants in terror operations.
The conviction…
NATO staying in Iraq at Baghdad request: Alliance chief
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The NATO chief said the Western military alliance will stay in Iraq at its government’s request “as long as necessary” just days after the Arab country’s lawmakers called for the withdrawal of foreign troops following…
Baghdad urged to confiscate assets of Saddam’s cronies
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The Accountability and Justice Committee in Iraq has urged the Baghdad government to confiscate the assets of scores of slain dictator Saddam Hussein’s relatives and cronies.
The committee listed in a letter…
Trump mockingly calls Bush a ‘real genius’ over invasion of Iraq
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US President Donald Trump is attacking former President George W. Bush over his decision to launch a bloody war against Iraq.
Trump reportedly made the comment at a closed-door event with Republican donors in…
Over two dozen Daesh members killed, arrested in army operation west of Mosul
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Iraqi media reports say more than two dozen Daesh terrorists have been killed and arrested in an army operation west of Mosul, which was once the Takfiri terror group’s main stronghold in the Arab country.
“Security…
Iraqi Hashd al-Sha’abi fighters discover Christian mass grave near Mosul
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Iraqi pro-government fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units have found a mass grave in the country’s northern province of Nineveh containing the bodies of dozens of Christians believed to have been executed by…
Moscow assists Baghdad in ensuring security: FM Jaafari
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The Iraqi foreign minister says Baghdad is receiving assistance from Russia in ensuring security in the Arab country, ravaged by the war against the Daesh terror group, and that the two sides “exchange information” on a…