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34 US troops diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries after Iranian missile
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 25 (ANI): Thirty-four US service members have been diagnosed with concussions and traumatic brain injuries in the aftermath of the Iranian missile attack at Ain al-Asad Air Base in Iraq earlier this month, the Pentagon said on Friday.
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Ten protesters killed over past 24 hours in Iraq's anti-government agitati
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad (Iraq), Jan 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Ten protesters were killed in Iraq over the past 24 hours during mass anti-government protests, the national High Commission for Human Rights has said.
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Two rockets land near US embassy in Baghdad
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 21 (ANI): Two rockets have landed near the US embassy in Baghdad located in the heavily fortified Green Zone, reported Al Arabiya citing security sources.
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Mike Pompeo speaks to Iraqi President; leaders agree on 'need to reduce te
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Jan 19 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo on Saturday (local time) spoke to Iraqi President Barham Salih where the two leaders agreed on the need to reduce tensions in the region, a state Department Spokesperson said.
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Iraqi SWAT team captures ISIS leader 'Jabba the Jihadi'
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mosul [Iraq], Jan 18 (ANI): The SWAT team of Iraqi forces recently scored a "big" catch in the city of Mosul when they nabbed a morbidly obese ISIS cleric who has been dubbed as "Jabba the Jihadi" on social media.
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Several US servicemen injured in Jan 8 attack on airbases in Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], Jan 17 (ANI): Several US servicemen suffered injuries during an Iranian missile attack on Al-Asad airbase in Iraq housing American forces despite the Pentagon claiming that no casualties had taken place in January 8 attack.
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US military resumes joint operations with Iraq against ISIS
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], Jan 16 (ANI): The United States military resumed joint operations with Iraq against the Islamic State (ISIS) on Wednesday after a 10-day pause that began following American airstrike that killed top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani.
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Iranian FM Zarif meets Jaishankar in Delhi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 16 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar here on Thursday.
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5 Yezidi militia members killed in airstrike in Northern Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 15 (Sputnik/ANI): At least five members of the Yezidi Sinjar Resistance Units, also referred to as al-Yabshah militia, were killed on Wednesday in airstrikes of unknown origin in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh, the media centre of the country's security service sa
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Iran interested in diplomacy, but not interested in talks with US: Javad Z
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Wednesday said his country is "not interested" in negotiating with the US for a solution to end the crisis in the Middle East region and chided Washington's "unprovoked" drone strikes in Iraq, which killed Iranian senio
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Trump, Pompeo, Islamic State 'celebrating' Soleimani's death, says Iran's
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): Iran on Wednesday said that US President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and the Islamic State (ISIS) are "celebrating" the death of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a Pentagon-ordered strike in Iraq earlier this month, a
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Rockets target Iraqi military camp, hosting US troops
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 15 (ANI): The Taji military base camp, located north of the Iraqi capital, was on Tuesday targeted by Katyusha rockets, with no casualties reported, the Iraqi military said.
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