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Jordan drone attack: US retaliates with massive air assault on over 85 targets across Iraq, Syria

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Iranian strikes in Pakistan and Iraq inflame regional tensions
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Iranian strikes in Pakistan and Iraq inflame regional tensions

BAGHDAD: Iran hit its neighbours Pakistan and Iraq with missile strikes Tuesday, prompting strong denunciations from both countries and raising fears that upheaval in West…

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Kirkuk: Security forces deploy in Iraqi oil city after four protesters killed in ethnic clashes
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Kirkuk: Security forces deploy in Iraqi oil city after four protesters killed in ethnic clashes

SULAIMANIYA: Iraqi security forces deployed in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Sunday to prevent further violence as the death toll in clashes…

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Iraqi Kurdistan demonstration in support of jailed journalist

SULAIMANIYAH: Hundreds of people protested in Iraq‘s autonomous Kurdistan region on Sunday in support of a jailed journalist hit with a new sentence before he…

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Iraq threatens to sever ties with Sweden if Quran burnt
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Iraq threatens to sever ties with Sweden if Quran burnt

BAGHDAD: Iraq warned on Thursday that it would sever diplomatic ties with Sweden if a second Quran burning protest within several weeks goes ahead in…

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Iraq plans $17 billion transportation project linking Asia to Europe

IRBIL: Iraq‘s PM on Saturday announced plans for a $17 billion regional transportation project intended to facilitate the flow of goods from Asia to Europe….

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Iraqi Kurdistan Strikes: Two killed in Iraqi Kurdistan in strikes blamed on Turkey
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Iraqi Kurdistan Strikes: Two killed in Iraqi Kurdistan in strikes blamed on Turkey

SULAIMANIYAH: At least two people have been killed and two others wounded in northern Iraq‘s Kurdistan region, officials said Sunday, blaming a drone strike carried…

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Populist Iraqi Cleric Announces Suspension: Populist Iraqi cleric announces suspension of his movement
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Populist Iraqi Cleric Announces Suspension: Populist Iraqi cleric announces suspension of his movement

BAGHDAD – Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr announced on Friday that he would suspend the movement he leads for one year,…

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Iraq: Iraq, Syria's Kurdish leader condemn attack on airport
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Iraq: Iraq, Syria’s Kurdish leader condemn attack on airport

BAGHDAD: The commander of the main U.S.-backed force in Syria and Iraq‘s presidency Saturday condemned what they say was a Turkish attack on an airport…

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Turkey: Iraq calls on Turkey to 'apologise' for shelling Sulaymaniyah airport
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Turkey: Iraq calls on Turkey to ‘apologise’ for shelling Sulaymaniyah airport

ERBIL: Iraq called on Turkey on Saturday to apologise for what it said was the shelling of Sulaymaniyah airport in Iraq’s north, saying the Turkish…

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