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Damascus bombings: Dozens of Iraqi pilgrims killed
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Mar. 12 (ANI): At least 40 Iraqi Shiite pilgrims were killed and around 120 were injured in the twin blasts that rocked in Damascus, Syria, said Iraq's Foreign Ministry.
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ISIS using 'messenger app' to communicate in Pakistan without de
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Mar. 10 (ANI): The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorists in Pakistan have been using the Telegram messenger app to communicate without detection and, so far, have been more than successful.
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Trump signs new travel ban exempting Iraq
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [U.S.A.], Mar. 6 (ANI): U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed a revised executive order banning immigration from six Muslim-majority countries, dropping Iraq from January's previous order.
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Iraq dropped from ban list after lobbying at highest levels: Report
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Mar. 6 (ANI): After reports in the U.S. media suggested that Iraq will not feature in the ban list in the revised immigration order by President Donald Trump, it has emerged that the country's name was dropped after intensive lobbying from the Iraqi government at the
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Iraq dropped from ban list, says Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Mar. 6 (ANI): White House advisor Kellyanne Conway has confirmed that Iraq will not be included under the travel ban in revised executive order on immigration and refugees.
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IS forces captives to convert to Islam: Yazidi activist
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 6 (ANI): Lamia Haji Bashar, Yazidi woman activist, who escaped from the Islamic State in Iraq narrating her suffering said the extremists forced the captives to convert to Islam and called other religions unacceptable.
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Alarm bells ring in Pak as ISIS establishing strong footprint
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar. 4 (ANI): The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and by its Arabic acronym 'Daesh' is reportedly in the process of establishing a strong footprint across Pakistan, and especially in the bo
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Accepting defeat in Iraq, ISIS chief Baghdadi asks fighters to flee
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Mar. 2(ANI): Islamic State's supreme leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has delivered a farewell speech where he ordered his fighters to flee urban areas in Mosul and acknowledged the group's defeat in Iraq, according to reports.
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Kurds to offer seized territory to recapture Mosul from ISIS
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [U.K.], Feb. 26 (ANI): In a renewed push for independence from Baghdad, Iraqi Kurdish leaders are likely to offer territory seized by their forces in a bid to recapture Mosul from ISIS terrorists.
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45 killed in car bomb explosion in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Feb. 24 (ANI): At least 45 people have reportedly been killed and several others injured after a car bomb hit Syrian rebels fighting Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in a village near al-Bab.
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Iraqi forces recaptures Mosul airport from ISIS
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb. 24(ANI): Iraqi security forces recaptured the Mosul airport from ISIS, a key part of the government's offensive to drive the Islamic State (IS) from the western half of the city.
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Unlike Trump, U.S. Defence Secy is not in Iraq to seize oil
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Feb. 20 (ANI): In a departure from what U.S. President Donald Trump has been saying, Defence Secretary James Mattis said they were not in Iraq to seize oil.
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