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Iraq: At least 14 dead in building fire in Erbil province
Baghdad: Fourteen people were killed and 18 others injured in a fire that broke out at a residential building in the town of Soran in Erbil province in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.…
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11 people killed, 9 injured in Iraq shooting attack
Baghdad: Up to 11 people were killed and nine others wounded as unknown gunmen attacked a civilian car in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, a security official said. The car was hit…
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144 out of 170 refugee camps in Iraq closed
Baghdad: The Iraqi government has announced the closure of 144 refugee camps out of 170 across the country in the past few years. “Only 26 camps remained out of 170, and most…
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Kuwait detonates bombs dating back 1990 invasion
Kuwait: The Kuwaiti authorities detonated bombs dating back to Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion of the country on Salmiya Beach, local media reported. On November 22, Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior (MoI) successfully defused…
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Eight paramilitary fighters killed in US airstrikes in Iraq
Baghdad: Eight members of the Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces were killed and four others were wounded by US airstrikes near the Iraqi capital Baghdad. A statement by the Hashd Shaabi said…
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2 airbases housing US-led coalition forces attacked in Iraq
Baghdad: Two airbases housing the US-led coalition forces in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region and western Iraq were attacked by drones. A statement by Kurdistan’s regional Counter-Terrorism Service said on Friday that a…
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US forces in Iraq & Syria attacked 46 times since Oct 17
Washington: Amid the raging Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, US and coalition forces stationed in Iraq and Syria have been attacked at least 46 times since October 17, ten days after the conflict…
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Iraq signs deals with UAE firm to develop three oil, gas fields
Baghdad: Iraq signed three contracts with the United Arab Emirates’ Crescent Petroleum to develop three oil and gas fields in the eastern and southern regions of the country, the Iraqi Oil Ministry…
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Two Kurdish militants killed in Turkish drone strike in Iraq
Baghdad: A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq killed two militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and wounded three others, the Counter-Terrorism Service of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region said in a…
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Turkish military conducts 3rd air operation against PKK in Iraq
Ankara: Turkey’s military carried out its third cross-border air operation into Iraq, after a suicide bomb attack in the capital Ankara. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warned at a security meeting on…
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Iraq wedding fire: Bride loses father after mother, brother die in tragedy
Baghdad: Iraqi bride, Haneen, bid farewell to her father on Tuesday, October 3, who died from severe burn injuries sustained after a massive fire broke out at her wedding. A video clip circulated…
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Iraq wedding fire caused by ‘gross negligence’, officials sacked
Baghdad: A massive fire during a wedding celebration in northern Iraq, which killed nearly 100 people and 150 others injured, was caused by ‘gross negligence’ and lack of safety measures, Iraqi interior…
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‘We are dead inside’: Iraqi groom, bride on fire that killed 100 at wedding
The Iraqi bride and groom, whose wedding venue was hit by a blaze due to fireworks that killed over 100 people and injured dozens, cried out that they felt “dead inside”. Christian…
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Over 100 killed, 150 injured as fire breaks out at wedding party in Iraq
Baghdad: More than 100 people were killed and more than 150 others injured in a wedding hall fire in the town of al-Hamdaniya in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, the Iraqi Ministry…
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Turkish drone attack kills four Kurdish militants in Iraq
Baghdad: A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq has killed a senior member and three militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the Counter-Terrorism Service of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region said in…