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Coordination Framework Announces Sudani’s Candidacy for Iraqi Premiership

Hours after Iraqi National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji declined his nomination as Iraq’s next prime minister by the Shiite Coordination Framework on Sunday, the pro-Iran bloc announced Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani, Iraq’s former minister of labor and social affairs, as their candidate for the position. Sudani, aged 52, is currently the…

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Iraqi Kurd Farmers Battle Drought as Lake Dukan Retreats

Farmers in Iraqi Kurdistan seeking to irrigate crops face seeing their economic lifeline slip away as the waters of Lake Dukan recede and dams upstream in Iran stem the flow. Bapir Kalkani, who is also a trade unionist, farms near the picturesque lake but has seen marked changes over the…

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India strongly condemns killing of tourists in Iraqi Kurdistan

Officials visit Embassy of Iraq to convey condolence

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Erdogan says attack on Iraq's Dohuk a terrorist act aimed at harming Turkey-Iraq ties

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that an attack on a mountain resort in Iraq's northern province of Dohuk last week that killed nine people was carried out by "terrorists" and was aimed at harming Turkey-Iraq ties.

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Iran Announces Thwarting Attack on ‘Sensitive’ Center in Isfahan

An arrested Israeli spy network had plans to explode one of the “sensitive” centers in Iran's central Isfahan province, revealed Iran’s Supreme National Security Council a few hours after a similar statement by the cleric-led country’s Intelligence Ministry. In a short statement on Saturday night, Iran’s Intelligence Ministry said that…

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Iraq Mountain Rest Spot Bears Scars of Deadly Shelling

Abandoned sandals and upturned chairs attest to the panic that gripped this peaceful rest spot in Iraq's Kurdish mountains when deadly shelling slammed into it this week. Turkey denies that its forces were responsible for the artillery fire that killed nine people and wounded 23 on Wednesday. But both the…

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Iraq: There's Capacity to Increase Oil Production by 200,000 bpd on Demand

Iraq has the capacity to increase its oil production by 200,000 barrel per day (bpd) this year if asked, an executive of Iraq’s Basra Oil Co.

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Iraq Submits Complaint to UN against Turkey after Attack

Iraq has filed a complaint to the UN Security Council, requesting an urgent session to discuss a deadly artillery attack this week that Baghdad blames on Turkey, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday. Wednesday’s attack on the district of Zakho in Iraq’s northern, semi-autonomous Kurdish region killed nine Iraqi tourists, including…

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UAE Strongly Condemns Attack on Dohuk in Iraq

The United Arab Emirates strongly condemned the attack that targeted a tourist area in the Dohuk province in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation stressed the UAE’s strong condemnation of the attack and its permanent rejection of all destabilizing forms of violence. It expressed…

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Israel’s Gantz: War Is a Last Resort against Iran

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said that war with Iran will be a “last resort.” Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, he said Israel could move against Iran when needed but won’t do so unless it was its “last resort.” Gantz added that Iran, regardless of its nuclear program, is…

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Kadhimi Unites Iraqi Forces, Escalates Measures against Ankara

The recent Turkish bombing of a tourist resort in Dohuk Governorate in the Kurdistan region of Iraq has unified the positions of the various Iraqi forces, including those that differ with each other, or that have good relations with Turkey. The bombing had targeted civilians and led to the death…

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Two Bomb-Laden Drones Downed Near Turkish Base in Iraq

Two bomb-laden drones targeting a Turkish military base in northern Iraq were shot down Friday, a local mayor said, amid heightened tensions days after nine Iraqi civilians died in shelling blamed on Turkey. The Turkish army has maintained dozens of outposts over the past 25 years across northern Iraq’s autonomous…

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Hundreds protest in Baghdad after deadly attack on tourist resort

Hundreds of people protested in Baghdad on Thursday after an attack in northern Iraq killed nine people including a newly wed husband and a 1-year-old, a strike that Iraq blamed on Turkish forces but which Ankara denied carrying out.

Reuters

Iraq accuses Turkey of deadly attack on tourists near Kurdish city

Turkey blames PKK after nine people killed at water park in area where there have been frequent clashes

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Saudi Arabia Condemns Attack in Iraq’s Dohuk

Saudi Arabia condemned on Thursday a deadly attack in Iraq’s Dohuk province, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The Kingdom affirmed its full support for the government of Iraq in facing the challenges that threaten its security, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, SPA said. The attack on a mountain resort in the…

The Independent UK

Turkey denies carrying out deadly strikes in northern Iraq

Turkey’s foreign minister is rejecting accusations that the Turkish military carried out deadly artillery strikes on tourists in northern Iraq

France 24

Iraq declares day of mourning for victims of shelling blamed on Turkey

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi declared a day of national mourning Thursday after nine civilians were killed in a strike on a Kurdish hill village he blamed on neighbouring Turkey. Ankara has denied responsibility for the attack.

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Turkey Accuses ‘Terrorists’ of Targeting Civilians in Iraq's Dohuk

Turkey has not carried out any attacks targeting civilians in Iraq's Dohuk province, where a strike killed eight and wounded 23, and Iraqi authorities must not fall for this "trap", Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday. Turkey on Wednesday rejected claims by Iraqi officials and state media that it…

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Turkey rejects claims of attack on civilians in Iraq's Dohuk

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Iraq Files Complaint with Security Council over Turkish Artillery Strikes

At least nine civilians, including women and children, were killed, and 23 others were injured in a Turkish attack on the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. The victims of the Turkish artillery strikes included Iraqi tourists who had come to the hill village of Barakh in the Zakho district to…

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Iraq Discovers New Oil Wells in Anbar

Iraqi governor Ali Farhan revealed on Wednesday the discovery of new oil wells in the Anbar province. Farhan noted that the wells were discovered in Nukhayb and Tharthar regions, without specifying their output capacity. In statements to Iraqi News Agency (INA), Farhan said the local government in Anbar worked to…

Manchester Evening News

Zidane Iqbal is trumping two players as Manchester United’s most promising youngster

The Iraq international was not the Man Utd academy product expected to steal the headlines this summer

Reuters

U.S. condemns strike in Iraq's northern Dohuk area

The United States on Wednesday condemned a shelling that killed civilians in the northern Dohuk region of Iraq, the State Department said in a statement.

Reuters

Iraq summons its charge d'affaires in Turkey for consultation after an attack - state media

Iraq's government decided in a meeting on Wednesday to summon the Iraqi Charge d'Affaires in Turkey for consultation after accusing Ankara of carrying out a strike on a mountain resort, the state news agency INA reported.

Reuters

U.S. says it's monitoring situation after strike in Iraq's Dohuk

Washington is monitoring the situation following a shelling that killed civilians in northern Iraq on Wednesday, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said, declining to comment in detail while information emerges on the strike.

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