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Pompeo speaks to Iraqi President, says US committed to de-escalation of te
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 4 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Saturday spoke to Iraqi President Barham Salih to discuss developments in the Middle East following the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and assured that Washington is committed to de-escalation of tension
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Thousands join funeral of Iranian general Soleimani in Baghdad
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 4 (ANI): Thousands of mourners on Saturday joined the formal funeral procession for Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) Quds Force, who was killed a day before near Baghdad's international airport in an airstrike o
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Iran, Qatar Foreign Ministers hold talks over regional issues after killin
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 4 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani held talks over the regional issues here on Saturday.
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US to deploy thousands of additional troops to Middle East following Solei
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 4 (ANI): The United States will deploy thousands of additional troops to the Middle East, amid rising tensions with Iran, following airstrikes that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, informed a US defence official.
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Michael Pompeo postpones Ukraine visit after attack on US embassy in Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 2 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Wednesday postponed his visit to Ukraine, after its embassy in Iraq was besieged by Shiite protesters following airstrikes in Iraq and Syria.
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Hundreds of protestors storm US Embassy in Baghdad following airstrikes
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 31 (ANI): Hundreds of protestors stormed the US embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday in a demonstration against the American airstrikes that had killed two dozen members of an Iran-backed militia group in Iraq and Syria over the weekend.
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Airstrikes kill 11 Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan's Kandahar province
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Shorabak [Afghanistan], Dec 31 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 11 Taliban terrorists have been killed in the Shorabak district of the southeastern Afghan province of Kandahar after a series of airstrikes targeted militant strongholds, the Afghan National Army's 205th Corps said in a statement on
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A year of big developments - Ayodhya verdict, Balakot strikes, repeal of
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 31(ANI) : It was a year of significant developments with Supreme Court delivering verdict in the long-pending Ayodhya case, Prime Minister Narendra Modi returning to office with a bigger majority, India conducting airstrikes at a terror camp at Balakot in Pakistan,
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Trump briefed on 'successful' strikes on Kataib Hezbollah in Syria, Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 30 (ANI): US President Donald Trump was on Sunday briefed about the airstrikes against facilities linked to an Iranian-backed Shia militia group in Syria and Iraq by top American security advisors and said that the operation was a total success.
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Over 235,000 people fled Idlib in last weeks: UN
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], Dec 27 (ANI): The United Nations on Friday said over 235,000 people fled the Idlib region in the last two weeks after Russia and Syria launched airstrikes in a bid to take over the last major opposition bastion.
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Airstrikes kill 17 Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Daykundi [Afghanistan], Dec 26 (Sputnik/ANI): The Afghan forces launched an attack in the central province of Oruzgan that killed 13 Taliban terrorists, while the international coalition struck Daykundi province killing four militants, the 205th Corps of the Afghan National Army said on Thu
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Israel airstrikes target Iran-linked military base in Syria
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Dec 23 (ANI): Syrian air defences on Sunday night opened fire in response to missiles being fired from inside Israel, the state media reported.
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