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Iraq to Declare Final Victory Over Islamic State After Desert Campaign
2017-11-22
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday Islamic State had been defeated from a military perspective but he would only declare final victory after IS militants were routed in the desert.
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Employment and Naturalization of Former Saddam Regime Loyalists in Bahrain Worries Baghdad, Bahraini Ambassador Gives General Response
2017-11-22
The Ambassador of Bahrain to Iraq, Salah Al-Maliki, said that “the issue of non-extradition of wanted terrorists to Bahrain may affect some of the steps going forward,” he implicitly denied the existence of any Iraqis wanted by the Iraqi government on Bahrain territory.
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Iraq Kurds Seek International Help to Lift Sanctions Imposed by Baghdad
2017-11-21
Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government on Monday called on the international community to intervene and help lift sanctions imposed by the central government in Baghdad in retaliation for a September referendum on Kurdish independence.
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Iraqi Federal Court Rules Kurdish Referendum Unconstitutional
2017-11-20
Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court ruled on Monday that the Sept. 25 Kurdish independence referendum was unconstitutional and the results void, a court spokesman said.
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Bahrain Urges Iraq to Quickly Convene Joint Commission Meeting
2017-11-20
Bahrain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa called on his Iraqi counterpart to quickly hold the meeting of the joint commission between the two countries.
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Al-Maliki: Bahrainis in Iraq not Affected by Earthquake
2017-11-14
All Bahraini citizens in Iraq are safe and no injuries were reported among them during the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Iraq 2 days ago, the Bahraini ambassador to Iraq Salah Al-Maliki stressed.
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Iraqi Forces Launch Offensive to Recapture Last Town in Islamic State Control
2017-11-11
Iraqi forces launched an offensive on Saturday to capture Rawa, the last remaining town under Islamic-State control, leaving the group's self-proclaimed caliphate on the verge of complete defeat.
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Iraq Foreign Minister Says Against 'Isolating and Besieging' Any Country
2017-11-09
Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said on Wednesday his country was against "isolating and besieging" any other country.
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Iraq Federal Court Rules no Region Can Secede after Kurdish Independence Bid
2017-11-07
Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court ruled on Monday that no region or province can secede from the country, reacting to a Kurdish vote for independence, a court spokesman said.
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Iraqi Forces to Fight ISIS in Syria Border Town
2017-11-06
An Iraqi Shi‘ite militia fighting Islamic State in Iraq near the border with Syria will also take on the jihadist group in the Syria border town of Albu Kamal, the militia’s spokesman was quoted as saying on Friday.
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Kurds Offer Joint Border Deployment as Iraq Threatens more Military Operations
2017-11-03
Iraq's Kurdish region said on Thursday it had offered a joint Kurdish-Iraqi deployment at a strategic crossing into Turkey with the participation of U.S.-led international forces as part of a compromise aimed at ending a stand-off with Baghdad.
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Iraq Plans Parliamentary Elections for May 15
2017-11-02
Iraq plans to hold parliamentary elections on May 15 to choose a prime minister, a statement from the prime minister’s office said late on Tuesday.
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Iraq Threatens to Resume Military Operations against Kurds
2017-11-02
Iraqi forces threatened on Wednesday to resume operations to capture northern Kurdish-held territory after accusing authorities there of delaying handing over control of Iraq’s borders with Turkey, Iran and Syria.
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Iran Seen as Winner after Iraq's Kurds Lose Referendum Gamble
2017-11-01
There are no winners among Iraq’s Kurds, just weeks after Kurdish president Masoud Barzani gambled away his people’s autonomy in a defiant independence referendum.
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Iraq to Pay Kurdish Peshmerga, Civil Servants, Says PM
2017-11-01
The Iraqi government plans to soon start paying the salaries of Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and civil servants working for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday.
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Iraqi Authorities Gain First Foothold at Kurdish Frontier with Turkey
2017-11-01
Iraqi troops deployed on Tuesday at one of the main land crossings with Turkey, gaining a foothold at the Kurdish-held frontier for the first time in decades and imposing one of Baghdad’s central demands on the Kurds.
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Iraqi Military Preparing to Take Control of Crossing between Kurdistan Region and Syria
2017-10-31
An Iraqi military delegation is preparing to take control of the Kurdistan region border with Syria, an Iraqi military statement said on Tuesday.
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Ibrahim Karimi Deported to Iraq after Serving his Prison Term
2017-10-31
The Bahraini authorities deported today (Tuesday, October 31, 2017) morning citizen Ibrahim Karimi after serving his prison term sentence.
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Iran to Lift Border Curbs with Iraq's Kurdish Region in Coming Days
2017-10-31
Iran will reopen all its border crossings with Iraq’s Kurdistan region in the coming days, lifting restrictions imposed after last month’s Kurdish vote in favor of independence, its chief of staff said on Monday.
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Iraqi Forces and Kurdish Fighters Reach Agreement to Deploy Soldiers to Key Border Crossing in North
2017-10-31
Iraqi government forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters reached an agreement on Sunday to deploy Iraqi Federal Police forces to a key border crossing with Turkey in the country’s north.