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Iraq: Five dead in twin suicide attacks in Kirkuk
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Kirkuk [Iraq], November 6 (ANI): Twin suicide bombers have struck Iraq's northern city Kirkuk, killing at least five persons and wounding more than 20, the local media reported.
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Iraq forces kill 75 ISIS insurgents in last 72 hours
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], October 29 (ANI): At least 75 militants belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
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Turkey 'absolute defender' of Iraq's unity, says PM Yildirim
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Oct 26 (ANI): In a display of solid ties with Iraq, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said that Turkey is an "absolute defender of Iraq's territorial integrity and political unity."
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USA lacks power to resolve Iraq crisis: former US State Dept. official
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 26 (ANI): Former US State Department official Wa'el Alzayat, remarking on the role of United States in resolving the conflict between Baghdad and Erbil, said that it lacks the power to facilitate dialogue between both the sides.
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Tillerson pays unannounced visit to Baghdad
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], October 24 (ANI): U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday paid an unannounced visit to Baghdad, just hours after returning from a similar surprise visit to Afghanistan.
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Iraqi forces takeover Kirkuk province
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Oct.20 (ANI): Iraqi armed forces on Friday took control of the last district in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk.
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Iraq forces recapture Hawija from ISIS
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Oct 5 (ANI): The Iraqi Army on Thursday announced the capture of the town of Hawija and surrounding areas from the Islamic State.
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Iraqi Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani dies
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Oct 3 (ANI): Jalal Talabani,the Kurdish leader and the first president of Iraq under its postwar Constitution, has passed away in hospital in Berlin, Germany, at the age of 83.
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Turkish jets hit Kurdistan Workers' Party arms dumps in Iraq
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Oct 1 (ANI): The Turkish military on Saturday conducted airstrikes on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bases in northern Iraq and destroyed arms depots and shelters.
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Erbil urges Baghdad, U.N. to lift air embargo
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], October 1 (ANI): Northern Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) has called on the United Nations and the federal government in Baghdad to lift an air embargo imposed on the region following this week's controversial independence referendum.
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Flight ban imposed on Kurdistan by Iraq goes into effect
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], September 30 (ANI): In reaction to the unilateral vote on independence held on Monday, a flight ban on Iraq's Kurdistan, imposed by the government in Baghdad, has gone into effect at the autonomous region's airports.
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ISIS leader Baghdadi mocks U.S., references N. Korean threats in new undat
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Iraq, September 29 (ANI): Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has mocked the United States, called on the jihadis to rally against the Syrian regime and insisted that the ISIS 'remains' despite its rapid loss of territory, while also exhorting followers to stand fast and keep fighting,
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