Showing posts with label Iraq. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iraq. Show all posts
Sunday, November 7, 2021

Drone attack by militants on Iraqi PM ‘marks escalation’ in power struggle

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Officials see strike on premier’s home as assassination attempt by Iran-backed groups trying to overturn election result Senior figures i...
Tuesday, August 3, 2021

US to return 17,000 looted ancient artefacts to Iraq

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Items smuggled out after 2003 invasion include 3,500-year-old Gilgamesh clay tablet The United States is returning more than 17,000 ancie...
Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Canine ‘super-detectors’: the dogs working to free Iraq from Isis mines

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Branco and X-Lang are part of an elite team – four canines and their Yazidi handlers – leading a groundbreaking sniff-search for the homem...
Sunday, July 25, 2021

Premier: Iraq doesn’t need U.S. combat troops

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BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister says his country no longer requires American combat troops to fight the Islamic State group, but a formal t...
Sunday, June 27, 2021

U.S. forces launch airstrikes against Iran-backed militias

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The action was a response to drone attacks on American personnel and facilities in Iraq, an official said. Source: https://www.nbcnews.c...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

House votes to repeal 2002 authorization of military force in Iraq

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The House voted 268-161 on Thursday to repeal the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) in Iraq, almost two decades afte...
Sunday, April 25, 2021

Dozens killed as huge fire sweeps through Baghdad hospital for Covid-19 patients

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There were “so many bodies all over the place,” said Dr. Sabah al-Kuzaie. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/least-82-killed-hug...

Turkish forces attack PKK targets in northern Iraq

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Defence ministry says Turkey has been carrying out a new air-and-land operation against Kurdish fighters in the region. Source: https://...
Friday, March 5, 2021

Pope Francis calls for end to violence in first address in Iraq

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Pope says he felt duty-bound to visit Iraq because the country had suffered so much for so long. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/...
Wednesday, March 3, 2021

U.S. forces: Rockets hit airbase in Iraq hosting U.S. troops

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BAGHDAD — At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S.-led coalition troops on Wednesday, the coalition and...
Monday, February 22, 2021

3 rockets fall near U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

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Three rockets fell near the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Monday, the third such attack in Iraq in the span of one week. The Katyusha rockets...
Tuesday, February 16, 2021

After rocket attack, Biden faces first real test on Iran

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Analysis: Fiery rhetoric of Trump era is gone, but flare-up in northern Iraq is a microcosm of tension to come Joe Biden faces his first ...
Saturday, January 30, 2021

Iraqi anger grows after election postponement

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Iraq’s leaders, fearing defeat in planned June vote, manoeuvred to delay election to buy time, analyst says. Source: https://www.aljazee...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Trump removing troops from Afghanistan and Iraq is ‘fraught with risk’, Pentagon chief warns

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Donald Trump ’s formal reduction of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan before the next presidential administration is “fraught with risk”, ac...
Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Iran-Iraq earthquake: 5.0 magnitude tremor hits border region

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Quake hit near the city of Īlām, Iran Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-iraq-earthquake-magnitude-tremor...