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Children of Russian IS fighters jailed in Iraq flown to Moscow
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Dec 31 (Sputnik/ANI): A plane from Baghdad carrying 30 Russian children whose mothers remain in Iraqi prisons for joining an Islamist terror group landed at a Moscow airport on Sunday, airport authorities said.
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Iraqi PM calls for tighter security measures on border with Syria
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Oct 28 (ANI): Newly sworn-in Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi on Sunday advocated the need for advanced and tighter security measures along its border with war-torn Syria.
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US reaffirms support for Iraqi persecuted minorities
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 17 (ANI): United States Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan met Iraqi religious leaders to reaffirm the US' commitment to assisting religious minorities, including Yazidis and Christians, who have been persecuted by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (
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Won't run for a second term, says Iraq Prime Minister
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Sep 14 (ANI): Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that he won't run for the post of prime minister for a second term, Anadolu Agency reported.
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Explosions near Egyptian Embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Sep 7 (ANI): Three mortar shells fell in the heavily fortified Green Zone of Baghdad on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, the Iraqi military said in a statement.
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Iraqi PM calls for disarmament of PKK
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], June 27 (ANI): Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has called for the disarmament of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist group, including other armed groups.
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12 killed in suspected IS attack in Iraq
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jun 3 (ANI): Suspected Islamic State (IS) terrorists on Saturday shot dead at least 12 members of a family in an ambush in Saladin province of northern Iraq, according to an Iraqi security official.
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Saddam Hussein's 30 million dollars yacht repurposed as a hotel
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Basra [Iraq], May 24 (ANI): Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's 30 million dollars, 270-foot presidential yacht, named the Basrah Breeze, will now operate as a hotel facility for Iraqi maritime pilots shipping in and out of Basra.
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Iraq: Bomb blast during funeral kills 16
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Samarra, [Iraq] Apr 13 (ANI): Sixteen people were killed on Thursday during a funeral procession of anti- Daesh (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) fighters in the northern Iraqi village of Samarra.
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Iraqi man undergoes successful hydatid surgery in Coimbatore
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Coimbatore, (Tamil Nadu) [India] Apr 8 (ANI): A 40-year-old Iraqi national suffering from a rare hydatid disease of the spine (parasitic infection from dog tapeworm) underwent a successful operation at a private hospital in Coimbatore.
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London Tube attack: Iraqi teenager found guilty
Updated : 8 years ago IST
London [UK], Mar 16 (ANI): An Iraqi asylum seeker was on Friday found guilty of attempted murder over the Parsons Green Tube bombing in the UK capital that injured 30 people in September last year.
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16 Turkish women sentenced to death in Iraq for joining IS
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Mosul [Iraq], Feb 26 (ANI): At least 16 Turkish women were sentenced to death by an Iraqi court for joining the Islamic State militant group, a judiciary spokesman said on Sunday.
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