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AFC Champions League: Debutants Mumbai City drawn into Group B alongside c
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], January 17 (ANI): Indian Super League club Mumbai City FC is placed in Group B on their AFC Champions League debut after the draw for the 2022 edition of Asia's flagship club competition was completed in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
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Turkish base in Iraq comes under rocket fire: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], January 16 (ANI/Sputnik): A Turkish military base in Zlikan, northeast of the Iraqi city of Mosul, has come under rocket fire for the second time in two days, a source in the Iraqi security forces told the Shafaq news agency.
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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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Turkey using banned chemical weapons in northern Iraq against Kurds: Repor
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], January 11 (ANI): Despite being a signatory to the '1997 - Chemical Weapons Convention', several media reports reveal how Ankara is using a banned weapon in the middle east region, including the use of prohibited chemical weapons against fighters of Kurdistan Workers Party (
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US President nominates Lieutenant General Michael E Kurilla to head Centra
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 9 (ANI): US President Joe Biden has nominated Lieutenant general Michael E. Kurilla to head Central Command overseeing possible operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Voices in the UK grow louder to revoke Blair's knighthood
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 5 (ANI): Hundreds of thousands of people in the UK are coming together to join the call to strip former prime minister Tony Blair of his recently awarded knighthood for his role in Iraq war.
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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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US troops seized 17 crates with millions of dollars during Saddam Hussein'
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bagdad [Iraq], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The American military unit responsible for arresting former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein removed from the house he was hiding in at least 17 boxes containing millions of dollars, an Iraqi interpreter who worked with the American military at the tim
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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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