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NATO staying in Iraq at Baghdad request: Alliance chief
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The NATO chief said the Western military alliance will stay in Iraq at its government’s request “as long as necessary” just days after the Arab country’s lawmakers called for the withdrawal of foreign troops following…
Baghdad urged to confiscate assets of Saddam’s cronies
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The Accountability and Justice Committee in Iraq has urged the Baghdad government to confiscate the assets of scores of slain dictator Saddam Hussein’s relatives and cronies.
The committee listed in a letter…
Trump mockingly calls Bush a ‘real genius’ over invasion of Iraq
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US President Donald Trump is attacking former President George W. Bush over his decision to launch a bloody war against Iraq.
Trump reportedly made the comment at a closed-door event with Republican donors in…
Over two dozen Daesh members killed, arrested in army operation west of Mosul
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Iraqi media reports say more than two dozen Daesh terrorists have been killed and arrested in an army operation west of Mosul, which was once the Takfiri terror group’s main stronghold in the Arab country.
“Security…
Iraqi Hashd al-Sha’abi fighters discover Christian mass grave near Mosul
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Iraqi pro-government fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units have found a mass grave in the country’s northern province of Nineveh containing the bodies of dozens of Christians believed to have been executed by…
Moscow assists Baghdad in ensuring security: FM Jaafari
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The Iraqi foreign minister says Baghdad is receiving assistance from Russia in ensuring security in the Arab country, ravaged by the war against the Daesh terror group, and that the two sides “exchange information” on a…
Baghdad needs Russian S-400 systems as Western military strategy has failed: Iraqi official
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A senior Iraqi official says his country needs to purchase the Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile defense systems and diversify its arms imports as the so-called “Western military strategy” has been a failure in the…
Iraq extends air blockade of Kurdistan by three more months: Officials
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Iraq has once again extended by three months a ban on international flights to and from the Kurdish region, some five months after the region held a controversial referendum on independence, which opened up a persisting…
Iraq rejects Riyadh’s request to extradite over 400 Saudi ‘terrorists’
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Iraq has rejected a request from Riyadh to hand over more than 400 Saudi Arabians, whom it has imprisoned on terrorism charges.
According to the London-based newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, the Saudis were captured…
Iraq sentences 15 Turkish women to death over Daesh membership
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A court in Iraq has sentenced more than a dozen Turkish women to death over membership in the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and involvement in acts of terror across the conflict-ridden Arab country.
A judicial…