All posts tagged "iraq"
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8.4KMiddle EastIraqi army says it reached center of key town south of Mosul
Iraq’s military backed by Iraqi volunteer forces on Thursday seized the center of Shirqat, a northern town seen as a stepping stone...
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8.5KMiddle EastSaudi Arabia’s top cleric says Iran’s leaders ‘not Muslims’
Saudi Arabia’s top cleric is revving up the kingdom’s rhetoric against Iran, saying in comments published on Tuesday that Tehran’s leaders are...
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7.0KMiddle EastFormer Iraq PM al-Maliki: Saudi Arabia source of terrorism
The former prime minister of Iraq, Nuri al-Maliki, has said that Saudi Arabia is the source of terrorism in the region and...
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6.2KMiddle EastIraq officials: 11 newborn babies killed in hospital fire
At least 11 newborn babies were killed in a fire at a hospital in Baghdad, Iraqi authorities said Wednesday. The prematurely-born infants...
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3.8KMiddle EastIraq prosecutor files complaint against graft accused
Iraq’s chief prosecutor has filed a complaint against officials including the parliament speaker who were accused of corruption by the defence minister,...
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5.9KMiddle EastIraq is Digging A Security Trench Around Fallujah
The Iraqi military will use a medieval tactic to keep control of Fallujah after recapturing it from DAESH last month: It is...
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3.1KMiddle EastTerror attack in Baghdad kills at least 21 people
A suicide bomber attacked a security check point in northern Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 21 people, Iraqi officials said. The...
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5.1KMiddle EastIraqi Shiite cleric tells followers to target US troops
Powerful Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr instructed his followers on Sunday to target US troops deploying to Iraq as part of the...
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4.0KMiddle EastTriple suicide bomb, rocket and gun attack target Shia shrine and kills at least 35
DAESH has claimed a triple suicide attack that has killed at least 35 – and could spark an all-out civil war. Three...
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4.4KMiddle EastDAESH claims responsibility for Baghdad car bombing that killed over 131
At least 131 killed in two separate attacks on Iraqi capital, say officials. At least 131 people have been killed and 200...