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US helicopter gunship kills 7 Iraqi civilians
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ovince, killing seven civilians and wounding 11 others, including a local official.
The attack occurred in the west of Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar, local Iraqi media reported on Saturday morning.
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Iraqi forces take the lives 6 “Daesh” elements in southern Kirkuk
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The Iraqi Armed Forces took the lives of six "Daesh" elements, backed by Saudi Arabia, in the southern part of the Kirkik region, today, According to Al-Sumaria News Agency .
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Iraq’s air force receives six South Korean-built warplanes with many more to come
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Iraq’s air force has received a boost in recent days following the arrival of six new warplanes of South Korean design. Another 18 of the fighters are on the way.
Several days ago, official sources reported the…
Over 70 Mass Graves Found in Northern Iraq
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The Iraqi forces unearthed over 70 mass graves containing the bodies of Iraqi civilians, mostly Izadi people, tortured and slain by the ISIL terrorists in three towns near the Northern city of Mosul, which was once…
PM Abadi: Iraqi Kurdish oil exports should be under Baghdad contol
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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has called on the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region to place back all control over the regional oil exports under the central authority of Baghdad, as the area is after all…
Turkey strikes PKK bases in N Iraq amid Syria offensive
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Turkey has carried out airstrikes in northern Iraq against the strongholds of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants, whom it says were planning to launch attacks on Turkish soil.
The military said on…
Iraqi lawmakers set May 12 as date for national elections
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The Iraqi parliament has finally approved a date for holding national elections as the Arab country struggles to return to normal political life after a devastating three-year war against Daesh.
The Iraqi parliament…
UN says half of displaced people by war in Iraq are children
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says children account for nearly half the 2.6 million Iraqis who have been displaced since three years ago, when the Daesh Takfiri terrorists began a deadly campaign.…
New mass grave with 20 tortured bodies unearthed near Iraq’s Mosul
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Iraqi security forces have unearthed yet another mass grave containing the bodies of at least 20 women tortured and slain by Daesh terrorists near the northern city of Mosul, which was once the terror group’s main…
Iraq’s parliament passes resolution against US policy shift on Quds
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Iraq’s Parliament has passed a resolution denouncing US President Donald Trump’s contentious decision to recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s “capital.”
Ali es-Safi from the National Iraqi Alliance told Turkey’s…