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Roadside bomb blast kills 4 soldiers in northern Iraq
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], January 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Four Iraqi soldiers were killed on Monday in a roadside bomb explosion in the northern province of Kirkuk, a provincial security source said.
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Iraq tightens security on border with Syria after IS militants' jailbreak
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], January 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Iraq on Saturday tightened security measures on the borderline with neighboring Syria after a jailbreak by militants of the Islamic State (IS) in a Kurdish-controlled prison in Syria's Hasakah Province.
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US Embassy in Baghdad confirms rocket attack targeted compound
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], January 14 (ANI): The US Embassy in Baghdad came under a rocket attack targeting its compound by suspected terrorist groups on Thursday. A woman and a girl were injured in the rocket attack and another one landed inside a nearby school, the Iraq Security Forces said, adding t
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Several missiles strike near Baghdad International Airport
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], January 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Several missiles struck areas adjacent to the Baghdad International Airport, west of the Iraqi capital, with the place of the launch not yet identified, the country's Alsumaria broadcaster reported early on Wednesday, citing a source in Iraq's securit
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Two drones shot down in western Iraq
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq] January 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Two drones targeting an Iraqi military airbase in the country's western province of Anbar were shot down without casualties on Tuesday, the Iraqi military said.
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Two Israeli newspapers hacked on anniversary of US assassination of Qasem
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 3 (ANI/ Sputnik): Israeli newspapers The Jerusalem Post and Maariv were attacked by hackers on Monday morning, which marks the second anniversary of the US assassination of Iran's top general Qasem Soleimani.
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Reports of Saddam Hussein hiding in hole 'fabricated': Iraqi Interpreter f
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Reports that US troops captured former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein while he was hiding in an underground hole were fabricated, an Iraqi interpreter who worked with the US military at the time told Sputnik.
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Iraq, NATO discuss support for Iraqi forces, regional stability
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], December 26 (ANI/Xinhua): A senior Iraqi government official and head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) mission in Iraq discussed on Sunday NATO's support for Iraqi forces and ways to enhance stability in the region.
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12 killed in flash floods in Iraq: Governor
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], December 19 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 12 people were killed in floods caused by torrential rain in northern Iraq, governor of Erbil province Omed Khoshnaw said Sunday.
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Baghdad's Green Zone targeted by two rockets, C-RAM defense system activat
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], December 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Two rockets were fired towards the Green Zone in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, media reported in the early hours of Sunday.
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11 killed in flash floods in northern Iraq
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], December 18 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll from flash floods caused by torrential rain in northern Iraq has risen to 11 on Friday.
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Withdrawal of foreign forces confirms Iraq's ability to maintain security:
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], December 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said on Saturday that the withdrawal of US-led coalition combat forces from Iraq confirms the ability of the Iraqi forces to maintain security and stability in the country.
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