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Iraq Warns US Attacks Put Ties at Stake, to Summon US Ambassador

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Monday condemned US air strikes on PMU bases in Iraq, a move that could put ties with US at stake. The US military carried out deadly air strikes on Sunday against Kata’ib Hezbollah bases, which is part of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), ...

December 30, 2019

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First Footage of US Aggression on PMU Bases in Iraq (Videos)

US forces launched on Sunday an airstrike on a number of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) facilities in the western Anbar province, leaving dozens of martyrs, wounded. Kata’ib Hezbollah spokesman, Sayyed Jaafar Al-Husseini, told Al-Manar TV that 24 martyrs and more than 50 were wounded in the US raids. Al-Husseini ...

December 30, 2019

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Freed Izadi Women, Children Reunite with Families in Northern Iraq

A group of Iraqi women and children from the Izadi minority, who were freed earlier this week after five years of captivity at the hands of the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group in neighboring Syria, have been reunited with their families in Iraq. Overjoyed families met their loved ones at a ...

March 2, 2019

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Dozens of Civilian Bodies Found in Mass Grave in Iraq’s Kirkuk Province

Iraqi authorities have uncovered a mass grave in the country’s northern province of Kirkuk that contains the remains of dozens of civilians believed to have been executed by ISIL Takfiri terrorists when they were in control of the area. Adel Ismail, a lieutenant-colonel in the Iraqi federal police force, told media ...

December 21, 2018

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Iraq PM to Visit Iran, Turkey as US Sanctions Bite

Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is to visit top trading partners Turkey and Iran next week, an official said Saturday, days after Washington slapped new sanctions on Tehran and piled economic pressure on Ankara. Abadi “will head to Turkey on Tuesday and Iran on Wednesday to discuss economic affairs with ...

August 11, 2018

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Iraqi army soldiers celebrate during a training mission outside Baghdad, Iraq (archive)

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

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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

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Iraqi Resistance Groups Urge Full US Withdrawal

Two Iraqi resistance groups are demanding all US forces leave Iraq, opposing plans to retain some in training and advisory roles. An Iraqi government spokesman said on Monday US forces – who number more than 5,000 – had begun reducing their numbers but some would remain. The Badr Organization, a ...

February 6, 2018

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Iraq Combing Anbar for Remaining ISIL Terrorists

The Iraqi army is reportedly combing through the expansive western Anbar Province for possible pockets of the Takfiri ISIL terrorist group, which the country defeated territorially last December. Kurdish Rudaw television network reported on Saturday that the Iraqi army was carrying out an inclusive operation covering Anbar’s desert areas right ...

February 3, 2018

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Iraqi PM Announcers War against ISIL was Over

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Saturday announced the end of a three-year war by Iraqi forces to drive the ISIL terrorists out of the country. “Our forces are in complete control of the Iraqi-Syrian border and I, therefore, announce the end of the war against ISIL,” Abadi told a conference ...

December 9, 2017