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Iraqi President: No Decision to Host Permanent US Military Bases

Iraqi President Fuad Masum says no decision has been made for Iraq to host permanent American military bases, stressing that Baghdad will not allow for the country to turn into a launch pad for any military aggression against neighboring Iran. In an interview with Iranian Arabic-language al-Alam news network, Masum ...

April 7, 2018

Middle East

Iraq PM in Japan for Talks on Peace, Reconstruction

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi sought international support in Japan on Thursday to restore peace and prosperity in the Iraqi country. Abadi co-hosted a meeting in Tokyo with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to discuss ways to improve public safety in Iraq. A, and agreed to set up a working ...

April 5, 2018

Middle East

Iraq Condemns 6 Turkish Women to Death for ISIL Membership

A Baghdad court on Monday sentenced six Turkish women to death and a seventh to life in prison for membership of the ISIL terrorist group, a judicial source said. The source told AFP that the women, all accompanied by small children in the court, had surrendered to Kurdish peshmerga fighters ...

April 2, 2018

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Abadi Says Iraq Sets Plan to Launch Cross-Border Operation against Syria Terrorists

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi said his country’s military forces have plans to launch a cross-border operation to fight against terrorists on the territory of Syria. “The situation in Syria remains a real challenge and we are focused on finding a solution,” Abadi said, speaking to reporters during his weekly ...

April 2, 2018

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Iraqi Forces Capture Senior ISIL Leader near Mosul

Iraqi forces have captured a fugitive ISIL ringleader, who used to hold a “prominent” post within the Takfiri terror group. Reporting on Saturday, Iraqi News website said the terror kingpin was captured in the al-Shaiqara village, north of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the capital of Nineveh Province. The ...

March 18, 2018

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Seven US Troops Killed in Iraq Helicopter Crash

Seven US troops were killed when the helicopter carrying them crashed in western Iraq, a US defense official said Friday. “There were seven people aboard; they are all believed to be dead,” the official said, adding they were US service members. “It was a routine troop transport operation going from ...

March 16, 2018

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Baghdad Ends Air Blockade of Iraqi Kurdistan

Iraqi authorities said Tuesday they had ended a nearly six-month air blockade imposed on Iraqi Kurdistan in response to its holding of an independence referendum. Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said the airports of Arbil and Sulaimaniyah were “again open to international flights”.

March 13, 2018

Middle East

25 Killed in ISIL Attacks in Northern Iraq

At least 25 civilians and members of government forces have been killed in northern Iraq since late Sunday in attacks by the ISIL terrorist group, officials said. A police officer told AFP that ISIL terrorists killed 15 people at a fake roadblock on a major highway in Kirkuk province, north ...

March 12, 2018

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US Army soldiers move down a street as they start a clearing mission in Dora, Iraq, on May 3, 2007. Soldiers from the 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division are patrolling the streets in Dora.

Iraq ‘Will Never Allow US Bases on its Soil’

Iraq says it will under no circumstances permit the United States to build permanent military bases on its soil, which would be a violation of its sovereignty. “Baghdad firmly rejects the construction of US military bases on its soil,” said Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Jaafari at the end of an ...

March 3, 2018

Middle East

Iraq’s Abadi Denies Besieging Kurdistan, Says Oil Battle behind Recent Crisis

Iraq’s Prime Minister Haidar Abadi stressed on Wednesday that the fight for oil was behind the recent crisis of Kurdistan, denying claims that the federal authorities besiege the Kurdish region. Abadi added that it is internationally acknowledged that the federal authorities control the border exits, adding that Baghdad will keep ...

February 21, 2018