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Iraq President says he'd rather quit than designate PM nominee rejected by
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 27 (ANI): Iraqi President Barham Salih said on Thursday he would rather resign than designate Asaad Al-Eidani as Prime Ministerial candidate whose appointment would not placate anti-government protesters in the country.
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Bomb blast in Iraq's capital leaves 1 dead, 4 injured
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 26 (ANI): A civilian was killed and four others sustained injuries after a booby-trapped motorcycle detonated near a soccer field in Iraq's capital city of Baghdad on Wednesday, an Interior Ministry official said.
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Iraq: IS attack in Salahudin leaves 4 policemen dead
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 22 (ANI): Four policemen were killed in an attack by terrorists belonging to the Islamic State group at a police outpost in Iraq's central province of Salahudin on Saturday, a security source told Xinhua news agency.
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Iraq: US Forces capture leader of paramilitary Sunni tribal fighters
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 20 (ANI): US Forces on Thursday (local time) captured a leader of paramilitary Sunni tribal fighters in Jubba area at the town of al-Baghdadi, some 190 km northwest of the Iraqi capital city Baghdad.
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Air siren heard in Baghdad amid explosions reports
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 9 (ANI): Air raid siren went off near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq early on Monday morning amid reports that several explosions hit the surrounding area.
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25 killed, 130 injured in Iraq gunfire: officials
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 08 (ANI): At least 25 people died and 130 were injured after a gunman targeted anti-government protesters in Baghdad, officials confirmed on Saturday.
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Iraq: Gunmen open fire on demonstrators in Baghdad; 16 killed, 47 injured
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 7 (ANI): The death toll in an attack by unidentified gunmen on demonstrators in a rally in Iraq's capital Baghdad on Friday rose to 16, a security official told Xinhua news agency, adding that as many as 47 people were injured in the incident, some of whom are in critical
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Iraq: 4 killed in firing in Baghdad shooting
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 07 (Sputnik/ANI): Four people were killed during a rally in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Friday after a group of unidentified armed men opened fire on demonstrators, a source at the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights told Sputnik.
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Rockets strike US military base in Iraq, no casualties
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 4 (ANI): Multiple rockets hit an airbase that houses US troops in western Iraq's Anbar province on Tuesday but no casualties were reported, the Iraqi military said.
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Trump, Macron spar over need to return fighters from ISIS
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 4 (Sputnik/ANI): US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron appeared at odds on Tuesday during a press conference here when the two leaders discussed efforts to take back people who joined the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group.
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Amid protests, Iranian consulate in southern Iraq set on fire again
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Najaf [Iraq], Dec 2 (Sputnik/ANI): Demonstrators on Sunday set the Iranian consulate building in Iraq's southern city of Najaf on fire for the second time in a week as violent anti-government protests continue to rock the country's southern regions.
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Iraq: Parliament approves PM Adel Abdul Mahdi's resignation
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 1 (ANI): Amid weeks of deadly anti-government protests in the country, Iraqi parliament on Sunday approved Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi's resignation during a parliament session held here.
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