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Donald Trump threatens Iran after US Embassy attacked in Baghdad
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA] Jan 1 (ANI): President Donald Trump on Tuesday blamed Iran for the attack on the US embassy in Baghdad and said that the Islamic Republic will have to pay a big price if any American is killed.
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Baghdad embassy attack: US will protect and defend its people, says Michae
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA] Jan 1 (ANI): Amid US embassy siege in Baghdad, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Tuesday held telephonic conversations with Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi and President Barham Salih separately, saying that the United States will protect and defend its people in Iraq.
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Iraqi PM calls for end to US embassy siege after strikes on shiite militia
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 1 (ANI): Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi urged protesters on Tuesday to end the violent siege of the American embassy in Baghdad, which was triggered by a deadly US strike on a Shiite militia.
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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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US embassy staff in Baghdad evacuated amid protests over American strikes
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 31 (ANI): The staff of the US embassy here on Tuesday was evacuated from the building amid protests outside the embassy over American strikes in Iraq and Syria on Hezbollah targets, Sputnik reported.
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Toll from US attacks in Iraq rises to 25, 51 injured
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 30 (ANI): The death toll from drone attacks of the United States against Kata'ib Hezbollah militia in Iraq has risen to 25, with 51 others left injured, the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, also known as Hashd al-Shaabi, said on Monday.
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Nigeria: ISIS affiliate executes 11 people to 'avenge Baghdadi's killing'
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], Dec 29 (ANI): An affiliate of the Islamic State in Nigeria has said that it has executed 11 people in retaliation for the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria in October.
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Iraq President says he'd rather quit than designate PM nominee rejected by
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 27 (ANI): Iraqi President Barham Salih said on Thursday he would rather resign than designate Asaad Al-Eidani as Prime Ministerial candidate whose appointment would not placate anti-government protesters in the country.
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Bomb blast in Iraq's capital leaves 1 dead, 4 injured
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 26 (ANI): A civilian was killed and four others sustained injuries after a booby-trapped motorcycle detonated near a soccer field in Iraq's capital city of Baghdad on Wednesday, an Interior Ministry official said.
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Iraq: IS attack in Salahudin leaves 4 policemen dead
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 22 (ANI): Four policemen were killed in an attack by terrorists belonging to the Islamic State group at a police outpost in Iraq's central province of Salahudin on Saturday, a security source told Xinhua news agency.
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Iraq: US Forces capture leader of paramilitary Sunni tribal fighters
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 20 (ANI): US Forces on Thursday (local time) captured a leader of paramilitary Sunni tribal fighters in Jubba area at the town of al-Baghdadi, some 190 km northwest of the Iraqi capital city Baghdad.
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Air siren heard in Baghdad amid explosions reports
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 9 (ANI): Air raid siren went off near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq early on Monday morning amid reports that several explosions hit the surrounding area.
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