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Iraq: 22 Islamic State militants killed in Anbar province
Baghdad: A total of 22 Islamic State militants, including some of the group’s leaders, were killed in an operation in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, the Iraqi military said. Lieutenant General Abdul Wahab…
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Iraq, Oman welcome restoration of Saudi Arabia-Iran ties
Riyadh: Iraq and Oman welcomed on Friday the agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran to re-establish diplomatic ties, media reported. The countries earlier on Friday said they would also open embassies and…
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Iraq: 3 Islamic State militants killed in Salahudin province
Baghdad: Three Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in airstrikes while a security member was killed in a separate incident in the Salahudin province north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the Iraqi…
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Egyptian president, Iraqi PM meet on bilateral, regional affairs
Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi met with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani here to discuss issues of mutual interest. During the meeting on Sunday, the two leaders agreed that sustained…
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UN chief Guterres visits Iraq to show solidarity
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met senior Iraqi leaders here on Wednesday during a visit aimed at showing the UN solidarity with Iraq. “I am here on a visit of solidarity…
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5 IS militants killed in airstrikes in Iraq’s Salahudin province
Baghdad: Five Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in airstrikes in Iraq’s central Salahudin Province, the Iraqi military said. Their bodies were founded at dawn near an IS hideout bombarded by Iraqi…
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22-year-old Iraqi YouTuber Tiba Al-Ali killed by her father
Baghdad: Iraq was rocked by a new horrific crime after a 22-year-old Iraqi YouTuber and activist, Tiba Al-Ali, died by suffocation at the hands of her father, due to family disputes, local…
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Iran blames Iraq-based Kurd groups in Isfahan drone attack
Tehran: The parts and explosives used in a recent drone attack on a military plant in the central Iranian province of Isfahan were transferred into the country by “hostile” Kurdish groups based…
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Iraq, France agree on energy, security cooperation
Baghdad: Iraq and France have inked a strategic partnership agreement to enhance bilateral cooperation in various areas including energy and security, according to Iraqi officials. The agreement was signed during Iraqi Prime…
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Iraq sentences 14 people to death for mass killings of soldiers in 2014
Baghdad: An Iraqi court has sentenced 14 terrorists to death over the mass killings of about 1,700 soldiers when the Islamic State (IS) had seized Tikrit, the capital of Salahudin province, in…
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2 Is militants killed in Iraq’s Salahudin province
Baghdad: The Iraqi military said that it killed two IS militants in an airstrike in Salahudin province, north of Baghdad. According to a statement from the Joint Operations Command’s media office on…
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Iranian FM says Iraq proposes to faciliate talks between Iran, Egypt
Tehran: Iraq has put forward a proposal for holding talks between Tehran and Cairo at political and security levels to restore relations between the two countries, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said.…
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8 Iraqi police officers killed in bomb blast near Kirkuk
Baghdad: Eight policemen were killed and three others wounded on Sunday in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq’s Kirkuk province. At least two roadside bombs struck a federal police patrol near the…
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6 IS militants, civilian killed in Iraq’s Salahudin province
Baghdad: Six Islamic State (IS) militants and a civilian were killed during a clash in Iraq’s Salahudin province, north of the capital Baghdad, the Iraqi military said. Iraqi soldiers, paramilitary fighters from…
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2 dead, 10 injured in Iranian missile attack on Iraqi Kurdistan
Baghdad: At least two people were killed and 10 injured in a series of Iranian missile strikes that targeted, on Monday, the headquarters of the Iranian Kurdish party in the Koysanjak district of Erbil…