Iraq
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Iraq deploys forces on borders after Turkey intensified its shelling on the area | India TV News
News | Feb 24, 2024, 11:47 AM ISTThe Iraqi Border Forces started sending enforcement, deploying units, and building new posts in mountainous areas in the Amadiyah district of the Dohuk governorate, near the Turkish border in northern Iraq.
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US launches massive drone strike on Baghdad, kills top militia leader linked to attacks on US troops
World | Feb 08, 2024, 07:21 AM ISTThere were conflicting reports on the number of those killed, with US officials saying the initial assessment was one, and saying there were no civilians hurt or killed.
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Syrian base housing US troops suffers another drone attack, kills six Kurdish fighters
World | Feb 05, 2024, 05:07 PM ISTThe US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said Monday the attack hit a training ground at al-Omar base in Syria’s eastern province of Deir el-Zour, where the forces’ commando units are trained.
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Why US and UK carrying out massive airstrikes in Iraq and Syria I EXPLAINED
World | Feb 04, 2024, 11:17 AM ISTThe US military said that its massive barrage of strikes hit command and control headquarters; intelligence centres; rockets and missiles, drone and ammunition storage sites; and other facilities connected to the militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force.
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Iran won't start a war but will 'respond strongly' to bullies: President Raisi amid tensions with US
World | Feb 02, 2024, 06:03 PM ISTRaisi's remarks came after the US approved plans for strikes in Iraq and Syria in response to the killing of three American soldiers by a drone in Jordan. There has been rising speculation of an American response as tensions heated up in the Middle East since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.
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'Baseless allegations': Iran denies involvement in drone strike in Jordan that killed US soldiers
World | Jan 29, 2024, 02:01 PM ISTAmerican forces in the Middle East have been attacked more than 150 times by Iran-backed forces in Iraq, Syria, Jordan and off the coast of Yemen since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in October.
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US strikes three facilities in Iraq linked to Iran-backed militia for attacks on American forces
World | Jan 24, 2024, 07:44 AM ISTUS troops in Iraq and Syria have been attacked about 150 times by Iran-aligned militants since the Israel-Hamas war broke out in October. The war in Gaza is at risk of spreading as the US is also engaged in fighting with Yemen-based Houthis, as all Iran-backed forces oppose US backing of Israel.
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Iran launches strikes against 'spy headquarters, terrorist ops' in Iraq and Syria
World | Jan 16, 2024, 07:29 AM ISTIran had accused Israel of killing a high-ranking Iranian general Sayyed Razi Mousaviin an airstrike in Damascus last month after two members of the Revolutionary Guards. Tehran argues that Iraq's Kurdistan region is a staging ground for Iranian separatist groups and its arch-foe Israel.
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Iran-backed militia leader killed in US retaliatory strike in Baghdad, Iraq condemns move
World | Jan 05, 2024, 02:32 PM ISTThe US military has come under attack at least 100 times in Iraq and Syria after the Israel-Hamas war broke out in October, usually with missiles and one-way attack drones. The US has 2,500 troops in Iraq and 900 in neighbouring Syria focused on preventing a resurgence of Islamic State militants.
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US embassy in Iraq attacked with mortar fire, Iran-backed militia vows further strikes
World | Dec 09, 2023, 01:12 PM ISTThe US and coalition forces have been attacked at least 82 times by Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Houthi rebels in Syria since October 17. The forces have promised to continue attacking the US as the latter continues to support Israel's operations against Hamas in Gaza.
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Fire at northern Iraq’s university dormitory kills 14, over 15 injured
World | Dec 09, 2023, 02:52 PM IST14 people died and 18 others were injured in a fire that broke out in a dormitory of Iraq’s northern city of Erbil.
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Iraq: 11 people killed in attack by unknown assailants with guns, explosives in Diyala
World | Dec 01, 2023, 05:32 PM ISTA roadside bomb exploded in Diyala and gunmen opened fire on rescuers and bystanders present at the scene, according to two security officials. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack that killed 11 civilians.
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US launches massive airstrike on Syria in response to attacks by Iranian-backed militias
World | Nov 10, 2023, 10:48 AM ISTThe precision strike was conducted in response to the recent attacks directed by the IRGC and affiliated groups against US and Coalition bases in Iraq and Syria, White House Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton said.
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VIDEO: Bride, groom were dancing and suddenly inferno erupted that killed 100 in Iraqi wedding hall
World | Oct 04, 2023, 02:50 PM ISTThe video starts with the bride and groom dancing to the music in front of hundreds of guests who were either enjoying the moment or having dinner with their loved ones. Within moments, however, disaster struck when an inferno erupted that would leave nearly 100 dead.
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Turkey launches airstrikes on Kurdish terrorist targets in Iraq after suicide attack in Ankara
World | Oct 02, 2023, 04:33 PM ISTA security camera footage of the "terrorist attack" near the Parliament shows the attacker getting out of the vehicle and blowing himself up. The PKK, designated as a terrorist group by Turkey and the US claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Iraq: Over 100 killed, 150 injured as massive blaze sweeps through wedding hall in Nineveh province
World | Sep 27, 2023, 09:03 AM ISTThe incident occurred in Iraq's Nineveh province in its Hamdaniya area -- a predominantly Christian area near Mosul city.
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UN to end in a year its probe of Islamic State extremists in Iraq at Baghdad's request
World | Sep 16, 2023, 07:58 AM ISTThe United Nations will end the ongoing investigation into the activities of the Islamic State extremists, a year from now, at the request of the Iraqi government. The Security Council voted unanimously in this regard.
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Iraq: 18 dead after a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims to Karbala overturns
World | Sep 02, 2023, 04:59 PM ISTThe victims were 15 men and three women. Among them were 10 Iranians, two Iraqis including the bus driver and his son, and six people of unknown nationality, the officials said.
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Iraqi Airways SHOCKER: Bear escapes from its crate minutes before takeoff at Dubai airport I VIDEO
World | Aug 07, 2023, 08:51 AM ISTThe airline downplayed the incident and said it should not be blamed for the chaos as the aircraft’s crew worked with authorities in the United Arab Emirates, which dispatched specialists to sedate the animal and remove it from the plane.
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Iraq: Angry protesters attempt to storm Baghdad's Green Zone after burning of Quran in Denmark
World | Jul 22, 2023, 03:34 PM ISTAn ultranationalist group reportedly burned a copy of the Quran and an Iraqi flag outside the Iraq embassy in Copenhagen and livestreamed the incident.