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After US strikes back at militia group in Iraq, Tehran warns Trump to not
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Mar 13 (ANI): Iranian leaders have warned United States President Donald Trump on Friday to not escalate tensions in the Middle East. The warning comes after the US forces launched a retaliatory attack on Thursday on Iran-backed Shia militia who had launched a deadly rocket at
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US launches retaliatory strikes on Iran-backed fighters in Iraq
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Mar 13 (ANI): The United States military warplanes launched retaliatory strikes on the Iran-backed Shia militia bases believed to be the launch site of the rocket attack on Camp Taji, Iraq, that killed two Americans and one British soldier on Wednesday.
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US confirms strikes against facilities of Iran-backed militia group in Ira
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington [US], Mar 13 (ANI): The United States on Thursday confirmed that it conducted 'defensive precision strikes' against Iran-backed militia group Kata'ib Hizbollah (KH) facilities across Iraq.
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US conducts retaliation airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Iraq af
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington [US], Mar 13 (ANI): The United States is conducting retaliation airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in response to the fatal rocket attack on Camp Taji in Iraq that killed three coalition troops, Fox News reported citing a US military source.
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US attacks Iraqi militia base in Anbar after 3 coalition troops killed in
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Mar 12 (ANI): The United States on Thursday carried out airstrikes on a base of Iraqi militia in Anbar province near the border with Syria after three coalition personnel including two Americans were killed in a rocket attack.
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US designates Iran-backed militia leader in Iraq as global terrorist
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington [US], Feb 27 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States has designated Kataib Hezbollah Secretary-General Ahmad Al-Hamidawi as a global terrorist, US Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Nathan Sales told reporters on Wednesday.
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Berlin summit: Joint statement calls for demobilisation, disarmament of ar
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Jan 20 (ANI/Sputnik): In a joint statement, participants in Sunday's Berlin conference on Libya have called for the demobilization of all Libyan armed groups and the subsequent integration of eligible fighters into a unified army and law enforcement branch.
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5 Yezidi militia members killed in airstrike in Northern Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 15 (Sputnik/ANI): At least five members of the Yezidi Sinjar Resistance Units, also referred to as al-Yabshah militia, were killed on Wednesday in airstrikes of unknown origin in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh, the media centre of the country's security service sa
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UK to deploy warships to Strait of Hormuz amid tensions over US strike
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], Jan 5 (Sputnik/ANI): The United Kingdom said it will send two warships to the Strait of Hormuz to ensure the safety of UK vessels and citizens amid rising tensions in the Middle East in the wake of the killing of a top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani by the United Sta
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Protests across US following air raid in Baghdad
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): A flurry of protest have started across the United States following Friday's airstrike which killed Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani and seven others.
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May attack Iraq's military bases used by US forces, warns Kataib Hezbollah
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], Jan 5 (Sputnik/ANI): Kataib Hezbollah, Iraqi Shia militias within the Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces, threatens to launch attacks on military bases used by the US forces in Iraq starting Sunday evening, according to a statement by the group's command.
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Airstrike on Iraqi Shia militia in northern Baghdad kills at least five pe
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 4 (Sputnik/ANI): At least five people were killed on Saturday by an airstrike on a vehicle convoy of Iraq's Shia Popular Mobilization Forces in northern Baghdad, a source in security forces told Sputnik.
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