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IS destroyed more than 100 Iraqi villages in 4 years
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Kirkuk [Iraq], Jan 10 (ANI): Militants belonging to the so-called Islamic State (IS) destroyed at least 116 villages in Iraq's Kirkuk province in the last three years.
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Iraq suicide car bombing leaves 24 dead
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], November 22 (ANI): At least twenty-four persons have lost their lives and over forty have been injured in a suicide car bombing in the northern Iraqi town of Tuz Khurmatu.
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Iraq: Five dead in twin suicide attacks in Kirkuk
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Kirkuk [Iraq], November 6 (ANI): Twin suicide bombers have struck Iraq's northern city Kirkuk, killing at least five persons and wounding more than 20, the local media reported.
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Turkey 'absolute defender' of Iraq's unity, says PM Yildirim
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Oct 26 (ANI): In a display of solid ties with Iraq, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said that Turkey is an "absolute defender of Iraq's territorial integrity and political unity."
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USA lacks power to resolve Iraq crisis: former US State Dept. official
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 26 (ANI): Former US State Department official Wa'el Alzayat, remarking on the role of United States in resolving the conflict between Baghdad and Erbil, said that it lacks the power to facilitate dialogue between both the sides.
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Iraqi forces takeover Kirkuk province
Updated : 8 years, 4 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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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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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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McCain wins Arizona Senate Race for sixth term
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Phoenix [United States], Nov. 9 (ANI): Surviving one of the most bruising election seasons of his long political career, Senator John McCain has secured a sixth term for representing Arizona in Washington by fending off a challenge from his Democratic rival, Representative Ann Kirkpatrick.
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ISIS launches coordinated attack on Kirkuk
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Oct. 21 (ANI): ISIS militants have reportedly carried out coordinated attacks on several security buildings in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
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Kirk calls Obama a 'drug dealer'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington, Aug. 22 (ANI): Criticizing U.S. President Barack Obama over reports suggesting that the government paid USD 400 million to Iran in January for the release of Americans held as prisoners there, Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk said he is "acting like the drug dealer in chief."
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Four workers killed as gunmen attack energy facilities in northern Iraq
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kirkuk (Iraq), July 31 (ANI): Unidentified gunmen attacked two energy facilities in Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk on Sunday, killing at least four workers in one facility and detonated explosives in the other.
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