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Iraq registers 4,576 daily new COVID-19 cases, 184,709 in total
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Aug 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Iraqi medics have registered a record rise in the number of daily registered cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - 4,576, and the confirmed case tally has topped 184,000, the country's Health Ministry said.
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Roadside bomb hits US-led coalition trucks near Iraq's Baghdad
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], August 11 (ANI/Xinhua): A roadside bomb struck a convoy of trucks belonging to the US-led coalition forces near Baghdad, the Iraqi military said on Tuesday.
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Iraqi PM to visit Washington, meet President Trump on August 20: White Hou
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi will visit Washington on August 20, where he will hold talks with US President Donald Trump, the White House said.
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Twin blasts rock Iraqi airbase in Northern Saladin Province
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], July 28 (Sputnik/ANI): A twin explosions took place in the late hours of Monday on the Majid al Tamimi military facility, formerly known as the Speicher operating base, in the Saladin province in northern Iraq, the official press service has said.
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Iraqi PM arrives in Tehran to meet with Iranian officials
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq] July 21 (Sputnik/ANI): Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi arrived in Tehran on Tuesday for his first foreign visit in the new capacity to hold talks with Iranian officials, Iran's Press TV broadcaster reported.
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Iraq's PM visit to Iran will strengthen bilateral ties, says Envoy Iraj Ma
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iran], July 21(ANI): Iran's Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi on Monday said that the visit of the Iraqi Prime Minister Mostafa Al-Kazemi to Tehran will strengthen bilateral relations.
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2 rockets fall near US embassy inside Baghdad's green zone
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], July 19 (Sputnik/ANI): Two rockets fell on Sunday near the US embassy inside Baghdad's green zone, which houses heavily fortified government facilities and foreign diplomatic missions, a source in the Iraqi security services told Sputnik.
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2 rockets hit Green Zone in Iraq's capital
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], June 11 (Xinhua/ANI): Two Katyusha rockets fired on Wednesday at the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, said a source from the Iraqi Interior Ministry.
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Iraq extends curfew amid rise in COVID-19-related deaths
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], June 7 (Sputnik/ANI): Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi announced on Saturday that the country's authorities decided to prolong curfew in the country to curb the spread of COVID-19 after 33 new deaths were registered over the past day, the prime minister's press service
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Iraqi security forces interrogate top IS captive Qardash
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 24 (Sputnik/ANI): The Iraqi security forces have begun interrogating Abdel Nasser Qardash, a member of the Islamic State terror group tapped as its new leader, an armed forces spokesman told Sputnik on Saturday.
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Iraqi intelligence captures potential successor of al-Baghdadi: Reports
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], May 21 (ANI): Iraqi intelligence has arrested Abdulnasser al-Qirdash, the potential successor of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, former leader of the dreaded terrorist organisation ISIS, according to multiple reports.
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7 IS militants killed in anti-terror operation in Iraq's Salahudin provinc
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], May 1 (ANI): Seven Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in an operation by the Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi on Thursday in Salahudin province.
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