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Iraq registers 4,576 daily new COVID-19 cases, 184,709 in total
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Aug 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Iraqi medics have registered a record rise in the number of daily registered cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - 4,576, and the confirmed case tally has topped 184,000, the country's Health Ministry said.
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Roadside bomb hits US-led coalition trucks near Iraq's Baghdad
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], August 11 (ANI/Xinhua): A roadside bomb struck a convoy of trucks belonging to the US-led coalition forces near Baghdad, the Iraqi military said on Tuesday.
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Twin blasts rock Iraqi airbase in Northern Saladin Province
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], July 28 (Sputnik/ANI): A twin explosions took place in the late hours of Monday on the Majid al Tamimi military facility, formerly known as the Speicher operating base, in the Saladin province in northern Iraq, the official press service has said.
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Iraqi PM arrives in Tehran to meet with Iranian officials
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq] July 21 (Sputnik/ANI): Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi arrived in Tehran on Tuesday for his first foreign visit in the new capacity to hold talks with Iranian officials, Iran's Press TV broadcaster reported.
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Iraq's PM visit to Iran will strengthen bilateral ties, says Envoy Iraj Ma
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iran], July 21(ANI): Iran's Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi on Monday said that the visit of the Iraqi Prime Minister Mostafa Al-Kazemi to Tehran will strengthen bilateral relations.
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2 rockets fall near US embassy inside Baghdad's green zone
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], July 19 (Sputnik/ANI): Two rockets fell on Sunday near the US embassy inside Baghdad's green zone, which houses heavily fortified government facilities and foreign diplomatic missions, a source in the Iraqi security services told Sputnik.
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Iraq's air defence systems intercept rocket targeting US Embassy in Baghda
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], July 5 (ANI): The air defence systems in Iraq have intercepted a rocket targeting the US Embassy in Baghdad.
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US doubles bounty on IS leader who succeeded Baghdadi
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 24 (ANI): The US Department of State's Rewards for Justice Program has increased the bounty - now up to USD10 million -- for information leading to the identification or location of ISIS's new leader Amir Muhammad Sa'id Abdal-Rahma al-Mawla. This represents a doub
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US-led coalition destroys three IS camps in Iraq - Military Task Force
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], June 21 (Sputnik/ANI): The US-led military coalition in Iraq has destroyed three camps belonging to Islamic State, the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) said in a statement.
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2 rockets hit Green Zone in Iraq's capital
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], June 11 (Xinhua/ANI): Two Katyusha rockets fired on Wednesday at the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, said a source from the Iraqi Interior Ministry.
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Iraq extends curfew amid rise in COVID-19-related deaths
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], June 7 (Sputnik/ANI): Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi announced on Saturday that the country's authorities decided to prolong curfew in the country to curb the spread of COVID-19 after 33 new deaths were registered over the past day, the prime minister's press service
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Iraqi intelligence captures potential successor of al-Baghdadi: Reports
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], May 21 (ANI): Iraqi intelligence has arrested Abdulnasser al-Qirdash, the potential successor of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, former leader of the dreaded terrorist organisation ISIS, according to multiple reports.
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