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Iranian Commander Says Death of All US Leaders Would Not Avenge Soleimani Killing

The killing of all American leaders would not be enough to avenge the death of Iranian military commander General Qassem Soleimani, an Iranian Revolutionary Guards general said. Soleimani was killed in January 2020 by the US military while on a visit to Iraq. Iran vowed a "crushing revenge" on all…

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ISIL 2.0: How the group became a franchise

Since its 2019 defeat, ISIL has morphed into a series of affiliates taking hold in Afghanistan and Africa’s Sahel belt.

Al Jazeera

Neocon war hawks: They're back!

The warmongering buffoons who drove the U.S. to disaster in Iraq and Afghanistan are now eager for war with Russia

Salon

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First Thing: Russia using weapons ‘smuggled by Iran’ in Ukraine

Anti-tank missiles and RPG’s are being supplied through undercover networks via Iraq, militia there say. Plus, how sonic pollution hurts marine life

The Guardian - UK

Shura Council Approves Saudi-Iraqi Power Grid Link, Maritime Transport Agreements

The Saudi Shura Council approved on Monday a memorandum of understanding of joint cooperation in the field of electrical interconnection between Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The two countries signed an MoU to connect their national electricity grid in January. “The signing of this MoU comes in implementation of the directives…

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Kadhimi to the International Coalition: ISIS is Active in Western Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, called on the United States and the international coalition to assume a greater role in combating ISIS, which he said was still active in various regions in western Iraq. His comments came during a meeting on Sunday with the…

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Political Divisions Threaten to Scupper Kurdistan Parliamentary Elections

The sharp divisions between Kurdish parties over the formation of the federal government in Baghdad reflect the sharp divisions in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region that is bracing to hold parliamentary elections in October. The lingering disputes have however, cast serious doubts that the polls will be staged. Observers believe the…

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Russia ‘using weapons smuggled by Iran from Iraq against Ukraine’

Iraqi militias and others say undercover networks being used to supply materiel such as RPGs and anti-tank missiles

The Guardian - UK

Iraqi Minister Calls for New Oil Company in Kurdistan

Iraq's oil minister called on Monday for the establishment of a new oil company in its northern Kurdish region to manage the energy contracts signed by the regional government, the oil ministry said in a statement. Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar, speaking at the conclusion of a round of talks with Kurdish…

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The Pontypridd dad competing in the Invictus Games to make his daughter proud after being 'blown up' in Iraq

Nathan Huddy, 42, is competing in the Invictus Games in the Netherlands this month

Wales Online

Iraq’s Farmers Pushed off Land as Drought and Heat Cripple Crops

Until a few years ago, farming in southern Iraq was "as lucrative as oil", Qasim Abdul Wahad remembers, and his one-hectare farm plot in the governorate of Basra produced enough to feed his family of eight. Now dust kicks up under his feet as he walks through his land, after…

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Iraqi man alleging 35 family members were killed by Australian airstrike denied compensation

Man applied to Australian government for act of grace payment over Mosul strike targeting Islamic State in 2017

The Guardian - AU

Meet Leeds Rhinos' war veteran Simon Brown who plays rugby league despite losing an eye from sniper shot

Simon Brown was on duty in Iraq when he was shot by a sniper in a rescue mission.

Leeds Live

Iraq National Security Adviser: We Repatriated 450 Families From Syria’s Al-Hol Camp

Iraq’s National Security Adviser Qassem al-Araji said Saturday that his country has repatriated dozens of families who were affiliated or are suspected of collaborating with ISIS in mid-2014, when it controlled over about one third of Iraq’s territory. He said members of these families settled in al-Hol camp for displaced…

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Iraqis Clean up River as First Green Projects Take Root

Garbage clogs the banks of Iraq's Tigris River in Baghdad but an army of young volunteers is cleaning it, a rare environmental project in the war-battered country. With boots and gloves, they pick up soggy trash, water bottles, aluminum cans and muddy styrofoam boxes, part of a green activist campaign…

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Dozens Hospitalized as Iraq Gripped by Dust Storm

A dust storm that has swept through much of Iraq has left dozens of people in hospital with respiratory problems, a health ministry spokesman said Saturday. The storm erupted in the north of the country on Thursday, prompting the cancellation of flights serving Erbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region.…

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Iraq Official Warns of Extremist Threat from Syria Camp

The Al-Hol camp for displaced people in Syria is an extremist threat and should be dismantled, a senior Iraqi security official said on Saturday. Al-Hol, in the Kurdish-controlled northeast, is Syria's largest camp for displaced people.

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Forces at Iraqi Base Hosting US Troops Shoot Down Drone

Forces at Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base, which hosts US troops, intercepted and shot down a drone while it was hovering near the base early on Friday, US-led coalition and Iraqi security sources said. The forces, using US air defense systems, shot down an armed unmanned aerial system entering the…

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Reuters

Iraqi defence shot down drone near base hosting U.S. troops - sources

Defence systems at Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base, which hosts U.S. forces, intercepted and shot down a drone while it was hovering near the base, Iraqi security sources said late on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Photo filter blamed as Ohio Senate candidate accused of photoshop in ad

Reporter says ‘Mandel Iraq photo truthers’ on Twitter ‘are pushing pretty strange theory ‘

The Conversation

Why the best way to stop strongmen like Putin is to prevent their rise in the first place

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine presents foreign policymakers with few good options to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin, or to deter these types of aggressions in the future. The U.S. government, for example, continues to push for additional sanctions on Russia in response to news of Russian military atrocities, even though…

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Three Missiles Fall Near Oil Refinery in Iraq’s Erbil

Three missiles fell near an oil refinery in Iraq’s northern city of Erbil on Wednesday without causing any casualties or damage, Kurdistan anti-terrorism authorities said in a statement. Iraq’s state news agency cited the statement as saying “initial information show the missiles were launched from Nineveh” province in Iraq. Sources…

AAP

Torture reports of prisoner in Iraq raised

A United Nations report has found that Australian Robert Pether has been arbitrarily detained in Iraq and has detailed allegations of torture and abuse.

Reuters

Three missiles fall near refinery in Iraq's Erbil -Iraq state news agency citing Kurdistan authorities

Three missiles fell near an oil refinery in Iraq's Erbil on Wednesday without causing any damages or casualties, Kurdistan anti-terrorism authorities said in a statement.

France 24

French priest renowned for uncovering massacres warns of ‘Buchas everywhere’

Over the past two decades, Father Patrick Desbois, a French Catholic priest, has been identifying World War II atrocity sites, uncovering evidence of overlooked massacres. After doing similar work with the Yazidi victims of the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria, he is now back in Ukraine, collecting…

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