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Iraqi Militants Warn They're Prepared to Fight Israel in Lebanon

par This Is Beirut, 04/07 11:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

As war rages in Gaza and threatens to spread to Lebanon, Iraqi militant groups warn they are ready to enter the fray against Israel and the United States. A field commander of the so-called Islamic Resistance in Iraq said there would be "escalation for escalation" in the event of a full-scale war in Lebanon. The commander, speaking to AFP on ...

Daesh Leader's Wife Sentenced to Death in Iraq

par This Is Beirut, 10/07 14:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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An Iraqi court has sentenced to death a wife of slain Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on charges of detaining Yazidi women, the judiciary said on Wednesday. The wife of the polygamous Baghdadi was brought back to Iraq after being detained in Turkey, judicial sources told AFP under cover of anonymity because they were not ...

Iraqi Officials Denounce Turkish "Incursions" in Northern Iraq

par This Is Beirut, 11/07 10:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iraqi authorities denounced on Wednesday renewed Turkish military operations and "incursions" into northern Iraq, urging Ankara to solve security issues diplomatically. The Turkish army has been mainly conducting strikes against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is listed as a "terrorist" group by Ankara and several Western allies, in ...

Erdogan Announces Imminent End to Operation Against Kurdish Fighters in Iraq and Syria

par This Is Beirut, 13/07 18:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday announced the imminent end to the Turkish forces' operation against Kurdish PKK fighters in northern Iraq and Syria. Turkey launched Operation Claw-Lock in April 2022 to secure its border with northern Iraq, from where it accused Kurdish separatists of launching attacks against Turkish territory. "We ...

Drone Strikes on US Coalition Forces in Iraq

par This Is Beirut, 17/07 13:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Two drones were launched against a base in Iraq where forces of the US-led anti-jihadist coalition are stationed, security officials said on Wednesday. “An attack using two drones” targeted Ain al-Assad base in Anbar province on Tuesday evening, a police official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak ...

Mikati’s Empty Promises to Iraq as Debts Pile up

par Bassam Abou Zeid, 22/07 21:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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During his visit to Iraq, Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and his delegation did not provide concrete assurances about settling Lebanon’s financial obligations to Iraq for the fuel and gas oil conversion deal with Lebanon’s public power provider, Electricité du Liban (EDL). Instead, Mikati merely outlined the current ...

Rockets Launched at US Military Base in Iraq

par This Is Beirut, 26/07 11:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Several rockets were launched on Thursday against a base hosting troops from the US-led coalition in Iraq, security officials said. "Four rockets fell in the vicinity" of Ain al-Assad base in Anbar province, an Iraqi security source said. Another security official said an attack occured with "a drone and three rockets" that fell close to the ...

US Strikes Kill Four Pro-Iran Fighters in Iraq

par This Is Beirut, 31/07 05:08 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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American forces carried out a "defensive" air strike on combatants who were attempting to launch drones that were deemed a threat to US and allied troops, a United States official said. The strike – which Iraqi sources said left at least four people dead – was the first by American forces in Iraq since February, when the US military said it ...

Resistance Axis Plans Joint but Limited Retaliation Against Israel

par This Is Beirut, 01/08 18:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Iran and armed groups backed by it are preparing coordinated action meant to deter Israel but avert all-out war, sources and analysts said, after the killings of top Hamas and Hezbollah figures. On Wednesday, Iranian officials met in Tehran with representatives of the so-called 'axis of resistance' — a loose alliance of Tehran-backed groups ...

US Personnel Wounded in Attack on Iraq Base

par This Is Beirut, 06/08 03:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A rocket attack on a base in Iraq wounded multiple US personnel on Monday, officials said, adding to already heightened regional tensions over an expected Iranian counterattack on Israel. The rocket fire is the latest in a series of attacks targeting Ain al-Assad base in western Iraq, which hosts American troops as well as personnel from the ...

Top Iraqi Shiite Cleric Sistani Warns of Middle East Escalation

par This Is Beirut, 10/08 15:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iraq's top Shiite Muslim cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, warned Saturday of the risk of a regional escalation with potentially "catastrophic consequences" following the killing of two Iran-backed militant leaders. Sistani also urged an end to the "genocidal war" in Gaza, where the civil defense agency said that on Saturday, an Israeli air ...

HRW Calls on Iraq to Exhume Mass Graves to Ensure Justice

par This Is Beirut, 13/08 17:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Iraqi government to "intensify efforts" on Tuesday, to exhume victims of the successive conflicts that have plagued the country. "To advance justice and accountability for victims and their families, the Iraqi government should intensify efforts to exhume graves, identify victims, return remains to families ...

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