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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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Three Kurdish militants killed in Turkish drone strike in Iraq
Baghdad: A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq killed a senior member and two militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the Counter-Terrorism Service of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region said in a…
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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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Iraq-Iran cross border railway line to be ready in 18 months
Iraq is likely to complete its first cross-border railway link — Basra-Chalamja connection project — with neighbouring Iran in the next 18 months, mostly to make it easier for the millions of…
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US fails to compensate victims of torture in Iraq prisons: HRW
Over two decades on, the United States is yet to provide any redress or compensation to Iraqi prisoners who suffered torture and abuse by its forces at Abu Ghraib and other US-run…
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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…
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Turkey carries out airstrikes against PKK targets in Iraq
Ankara: The Turkish military carried out two airstrikes against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq, Turkey’s Defence Ministry said. The air operations, conducted on Wednesday and Friday, targeted…
