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Baghdad orders Kurdish region to hand over borders, ports ahead of referen
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Sep 25 (ANI): Hours before the Kurds get ready to carry out a controversial referendum, Iraq's central government in Baghdad ordered the country's Kurdish region to hand over all border crossings and airports to federal government control late Sunday night, according to a loc
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50 killed, 80 injured in ISIS-claimed twin attacks in Iraq
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], September 14 (ANI):At least 50 people were killed, including some Iranian pilgrims, and over 80 more got injured, when the Islamic State jihadists carried out twin attacks in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah.
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Iraqi parliament votes against Kurdish independence referendum
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], September 13 (ANI): The Iraqi Lawmakers on Tuesday voted against the independence referendum planned by Iraqi Kurdish leaders on September 25 and called on the Prime Minister Haider Abadi to negotiate with them for the unity of the country.
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U.S. created ISIS, 'Mosul' goes to Iraqi forces: VP Maliki
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], July 22 (ANI): Iraq's Vice President Nouri al-Maliki said that recapture of Mosul is an achievement of the Iraqi army and not of the United States as America has contributed to the emergence of ISIS in the country.
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Russia to supply T-90S tanks to Iraq
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 20 (ANI); Despite the fact that combat operation in Baghdad were conducted by the U.S., Kremlin announced that Russia will deliver a large batch of T-90S/SK battle tanks to Iraqi armed forces. The Russian hardware will be deployed alongside the U.S. M1A1 Abrams tanks.
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ISIS leader Baghdadi dead
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], July 11 (ANI): The ISIS terror group has finally admitted that their chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead.
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Iraqi court reopens after three-year closure
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], July 7 (ANI): The Nineveh Court of Appeals in eastern Mosul reopened after a three-year closure.
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Russia denies confirmation of Baghdadi's killing
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia] , June 16 (ANI): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that there is no confirmation yet that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in one of its airstrikes in Syria last month and therefore has initiated investigations into May 28 airstrike.
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Russia may have killed ISIS leader Baghdadi in airstrike
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 16 (ANI): Russia has said that ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi might have been killed in an airstrike carried out by its forces on the southern suburb of Syria's Raqqa in late May.
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ISIS leader Baghdadi killed in air strike in Syria: Reports
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], June 11 (ANI): Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has allegedly been killed in airstrikes, the Syrian state television reported on Sunday.
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Iraq: Female suicide bomber kills 21 in deadly explosion
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], June 9 (ANI): At least 21 people were killed and several others wounded after a female suicide bomber blew herself up in a market south of the capital Baghdad on Friday, according to media reports.
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ISIS surrenders leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's hideout in Iraq
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], June 5 (ANI): The Islamic State has surrendered the key town of Baaj in north-west Iraq, which was a known hideout of the terrorist group's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
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