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Iraqi forces takeover Kirkuk province
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Oct.20 (ANI): Iraqi armed forces on Friday took control of the last district in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk.
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'Trump used Obama's plan to defeat ISIS in Raqqa'
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.] Oct 19 (ANI): A top official of former President Barack Obama has said that President Donald Trump has used Obama's plan to kick the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) out of Raqqa.
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Iraqi army launches operation in Kirkuk
Updated : 8 years, 5 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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Four ISIS terrorists killed in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 9 (ANI): At least four terrorists belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group were killed in an airstrike carried out by the security forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
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North Korea should have been handled 25 years ago: Trump
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], October 8 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has said that North Korea nuclear issue should have been handled 25 years ago and further termed the Obama-era Iran pact not in the interest of America.
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Russian airstrikes destroy ISIS command post, kill 80 terrorists in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Oct. 7 (ANI):The Russian defence ministry has confirmed that the country's air force targeted an ISIS command position in Mayadin city in eastern Syria and killed 80 terrorists.
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Iraq forces recapture Hawija from ISIS
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Oct 5 (ANI): The Iraqi Army on Thursday announced the capture of the town of Hawija and surrounding areas from the Islamic State.
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U.S. airstrikes kill 11 ISIS-K terrorists in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct 5 (ANI): At least 11 terrorists belonging to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group's offshoot, ISIS Khorasan have been killed in the airstrikes conducted by the United States forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
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Iraqi Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani dies
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Oct 3 (ANI): Jalal Talabani,the Kurdish leader and the first president of Iraq under its postwar Constitution, has passed away in hospital in Berlin, Germany, at the age of 83.
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Israel denies involvement in Iraqi Kurdistan referendum
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], October 2 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rebuffed the claims by the Turkish Government of Israeli involvement in the Kurdish referendum in Iraq.
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Muharram observed with solemness across India
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Oct 01 (ANI): Muslims on Sunday observed Ashura, the 10th day of Muharram, across India with solemness.
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Turkish jets hit Kurdistan Workers' Party arms dumps in Iraq
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Oct 1 (ANI): The Turkish military on Saturday conducted airstrikes on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bases in northern Iraq and destroyed arms depots and shelters.
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