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Explosion in Baghdad’s Sadr City causes casualties

At least ten people were wounded when an explosive device detonated in a market in the Sadr City area of Baghdad on Wednesday (June 30).


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Will US-Iranian tensions flare again in Iraq?

This week's deadly US air strikes on pro-Iranian armed groups in Iraq and Syria sparked fears of a new escalation between the arch-rivals.


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Iraq records 7,300 new coronavirus cases: ministry

Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Wednesday (June 30) it recorded 7,300 new coronavirus infections and 30 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.


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Widespread electricity cuts in sweltering Iraq, as Iran turns off gas supply

As temperatures soared in Iraq, electricity remained cut across many of the southern provinces on Wednesday (June 30).


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Iraq records 6,558 new coronavirus cases: ministry

Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Tuesday (June 29) it recorded 6,558 new coronavirus infections and 35 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.


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Iraqi fighters mourn comrades killed in US strikes

Thousands of members of Iraq’s Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary alliance gathered in Baghdad on Tuesday (June 29) to mourn comrades killed in American air strikes along the Syrian border.


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Iraq records 6,346 new coronavirus cases: ministry

Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Monday (June 28) it recorded 6,348 new coronavirus infections and 30 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.


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Pro-Iran group in Iraq laments 'losses' from US air strikes

Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary alliance said Monday (June 28) that US air strikes had "resulted in the martyrdom of a group of heroic fighters" near the Syria border and threatened revenge.


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Pentagon says US air strikes in Iraq, Syria targeted Iran-backed militia groups

Iraq on Monday (June 28) condemned overnight US air strikes against Iran-backed armed groups on the Syrian-Iraqi border that killed at least seven fighters and sparked calls for revenge from Iraqi arm


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Iraq records 4,468 new coronavirus cases: ministry

Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Sunday (June 27) it recorded 4,468 new coronavirus infections and 30 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.


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Iraq’s population to hit 80m by 2050, estimates advisor

An advisor to Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on financial affairs said on Sunday (June 27) that demographic trends indicate that Iraq’s population is growing at no less than 2.6 percent each


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Iraq, Egypt and Jordan hold tripartite summit in Baghdad

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II held a tripartite summit with Iraq's president Sunday (June 27), in the first visit by an Egyptian head of state to Baghdad in thre


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Iran exports $2.3 billion in goods to Iraq over three months: directorate

Iran’s customs directorate said on Saturday (June 27) that 73 percent of the country’s exports went to five countries during the three-month period starting in March, with Iraq ranking second.


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Third COVID-19 wave reaches Iraq: health ministry

Spokesperson for Iraq’s Ministry of Health Said Badr said on Saturday (June 26) that the third wave of COVID-19 has reached the country.


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In show of force, PMF holds military parade on 7th anniversary

On the anniversary of its establishment seven years ago, the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) held a military parade at Camp Ashraf in northern Diyala governorate on Saturday morning (June 26), displ


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At least four people killed, thirteen others injured in bus crash on Khanaqin-Saadiya road

At least four people were killed and thirteen others were injured in a traffic accident on the Khanaqin-Saadiya road in Diyala governorate early on Saturday (June 26).


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Iraq records 5,325 new coronavirus cases: ministry

Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Friday (June 25) it recorded 5,325 new coronavirus infections and 34 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.


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Federal government ends ban on imports of poultry, produce from Kurdistan Region: ministry

Iraq’s Ministry of Agriculture said on Thursday (June 24) that a ban on the sale of poultry and produce from the Kurdistan Region in central and southern Iraq has been lifted.


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Iraq records 6,093 new coronavirus cases: ministry

Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Thursday(June 24) it recorded 6,093 new coronavirus infections and 31 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours


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Iraqi migration minister criticizes forced return of Iraqi asylum seekers from US

Iraq’s Displacement and Migration Minister Evan Fayaq on Thursday (June 24) criticized the US policy of forcing failed asylum seekers who have not obtained citizenship in the US to return to Iraq, des


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