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Iran's Tasnim says Revolutionary Guards fired on positions in Iraq's Erbil

Iranian semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp had targeted positions of what it described as terrorist groups in Iraq's Erbil.

Reuters

Asia Cup Archery: India bag three gold medals and one bronze

SULAYMANIYAH (Iraq): Indian archers were all on target, bagging three gold and a bronze to open their account at the Asia Cup Leg 2 on Tuesday.

The Times of India

Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS to Hold 1st Ministerial Meeting in Marrakech

The Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS will hold its first ministerial meeting in Marrakech on Wednesday, at the joint invitation of Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The meeting aims to address ISIS’s growing threat in Africa and efforts to combat this threat in…

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Iraq's President Calls for Vigilance Against Terrorism

Iraqi President Barham Salih discussed with Defense Minister Juma Inad and Minister of Water Resources Mahdi Rashid al-Hamdani the two most significant challenges facing the country: terrorism and water shortages. Iraq faces terrorism linked to ISIS remnants almost five years after the government announced the military defeat of the extremist…

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Asia Cup Archery: India confirm six medals including two gold

SULAYMANIYAH (Iraq): Continuing their dominance in a depleted field, Indian junior archers confirmed six more medals, including two gold, in the individual sections of the Asia Cup Stage 2 on Monday.

The Times of India

Baghdad-Erbil Crisis Looms after Oil Talks Collapse

Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar has dropped a bombshell by acknowledging that no agreement has been reached with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over oil and energy, warning of a crisis erupting between Baghdad and Erbil. Last March, the Federal Supreme Court announced a binding and final decision for…

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Asia Cup Stage 2: Indian junior archers make it six finals out of six

SULAYMANIYAH (Iraq): Indian junior archers on Sunday had a dream run in the Asia Cup Stage 2, making it to six finals in recurve and compound team events.

The Times of India

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Iraq signs contracts with U.S and France to import advanced weapons -state news agency

Iraq's Ministry of Defence signed contracts with the United States and France to import advanced weapons and strengthen artillery, the state news agency (INA) reported on Sunday citing a senior military commander.

Reuters

Iraq Signs Contracts with US, France to Import Advanced Weapons

Iraq's Ministry of Defense signed contracts with the United States and France to import advanced weapons and strengthen artillery, the state news agency (INA) reported on Sunday citing a senior military commander. He added that long-range artillery weapons had proved efficient in fighting ISIS recently, and that new cannons are…

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Detained geologist ‘heartbroken’ at missing daughter’s wedding celebrations

The family of Jim Fitton, 66, has renewed its appeal for UK ministers to help free him from Iraq.

The Independent UK

Daughter of Briton facing death penalty in Iraq ‘heartbroken and afraid’ as father misses wedding

‘The horrible, but very real, possibility of the death penalty is hanging over us,’ Leila Fitton says

The Independent UK

Iraqi cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi deepens intra-Shia dispute

The controversial figure has become the subject of widespread discussions in Iraq, igniting debates on his ideology.

Al Jazeera

Shocking moment dad recklessly shoots cigarette out of young son's mouth

The heart-stopping clip, filmed in southern Iraq, saw the father tell the boy to place the cigarette in his mouth as he then takes aim with his Kalashnikov rifle

Daily Mirror

Review: The Nineties: A Book

Culture critic Chuck Klosterman's latest covers Nirvana, the first Iraq war, American Beauty, Waco, VCRs, and Ross Perot.

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Iraq’s Sadrist Movement, Coordination Framework Bet on Independent MPs for Forming Gov’t

Sadrist Movement leader Muqtada al-Sadr concluded the forty-day deadline he granted his opponents (the Coordination Framework) to form the government, with a surprising tweet. A day after the Coordination Framework announced an initiative to solve the political impasse in the country, seven months after holding “early” elections, throwing the ball…

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Lebanese Abroad Cast Votes in Parliamentary Polls

The first phase of Lebanon’s parliamentary elections kicked off on Friday morning, for expats residing in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Syria, Oman, Egypt, Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq and Iran. The rest of the expatriates will vote in the second phase in 48 other countries on Sunday. Prime Minister Najib Mikati inaugurated…

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Kurdish Official: 10,000 Fled Northern Iraq Fighting

More than 10,000 people have fled fighting between the Iraqi army and Yazidi fighters affiliated with Turkey's banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), an official from Iraq's Kurdistan region said Thursday. The latest figure is more than double the 4,000 which an official from the region reported on Tuesday had arrived,…

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Thousands Sick as Latest Severe Sandstorm Sweeps across Iraq

One person died in Iraq and more than 5,000 were treated in hospitals Thursday for respiratory ailments due to a sandstorm, the seventh in a month, the health ministry said. Duststorms have increased dramatically in frequency in Iraq in recent years, driven by soil degradation and intense droughts made worse…

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The Guardian - UK

Ministers accused of abandoning UK geologist at risk of execution in Iraq

Family ‘baffled’ by Foreign Office after Jim Fitton arrested for taking pottery pieces from ancient site

Reuters

Severe dust storms in Iraq cause breathing problems for thousands - medics

A series of dust storms across central and southern Iraq have led to thousands of Iraqis attending hospitals and clinics to seek treatment for breathing problems, medical officials said on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Sandstorm suspends flights, many Iraqis struggle to breathe (old)

Hundreds of Iraqis have rushed to hospitals with breathing problems and the Baghdad airport suspended flights for several hours as a sandstorm blanketed the country, the fifth within a month

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Coordination Framework Clings on to Shiite Demand to Name Iraq PM

The Shiite Coordination Framework grouping of mainly pro-Iran forces in Iraq revealed on Wednesday a new initiative aimed at resolving the political impasse in the country that has thwarted the formation of a new government and election of a president six months after parliamentary polls were held. The initiative did…

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British Man Found with Ancient Shards Could Be Tried in Iraq

A retired British geologist accused by Iraq of collecting small archaeological fragments had no criminal intent, his family said, expressing hopes the charges - potentially punishable by death - could be avoided. Jim Fitton, 66, was arrested last month at Baghdad airport after Iraqi customs officials found him and a…

The Independent UK

British man found with ancient shards could be tried in Iraq

The family of a British citizen who could face trial in Iraq after being found in possession of small archaeological fragments is insisting he had no criminal intent

Daily Record

Mohanad Jeahze Celtic transfer interest 'escalates' as in demand left back subject of spying mission

The Premiership champions in waiting are keen on the 25-year-old Iraq international after a thrilling start to the season.

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