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Turkish military shoot, wound 3 Iraqi civilians who attacked military base
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Erbil [Iraq], Jan 27 (ANI): Three Iraqi civilians were shot and wounded by Turkish troops after scores of protesters stormed a Turkish military base in Northern Iraq on Saturday.
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Turkey 'absolute defender' of Iraq's unity, says PM Yildirim
Updated : 8 years, 4 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, 4 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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Iraqi army launches operation in Kirkuk
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Erbil [Iraq], Oct 16 (ANI): The Iraqi security forces have begun operations to take over military bases and oil wells from Peshmerga of the oil-rich Kurdish city, asserted the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (IKBY) Security Agency.
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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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V K Singh to visit Iraq for locating 39 missing Indians
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI):Union Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh will travel to Erbil,Iraq, later on Monday to locate and bring back the 39 Indians reportedly kept in Mosul as hostages of the ISIS.
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33 Indians rescued from ISIS held Iraq return home
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr.3, ANI: 33 Indians who were stuck in ISIS captured Erbil in Iraq, arrived in India on Monday after being rescued by the Indian government.
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