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Top Iraq cleric urges forces, protesters to show restraint

25 Oct 2019

Iraq’s spiritual leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani, urged both protesters and security forces on Friday to exercise “restraint” to keep renewed demonstrations from degenerating into “chaos.” Sistani’s weekly sermon...

Iraqi police fire live shots, tear gas at Baghdad protesters

25 Oct 2019

At least two demonstrators died in Baghdad on Friday, the Iraqi Human Rights Commission said, as anti-government protests resumed following the deaths of dozens earlier this month. Commission member...

US Secretary Esper arrives in Iraq to discuss troop deployments

23 Oct 2019

US Defence Secretary Mark Esper arrived in Baghdad, as chaos swirled along the Turkey-Syria border because the Iraq military said on Tuesday that US forces crossing into Iraq as...

US troops cross into Iraq from Syria

21 Oct 2019

United States military have made it into Iraq from Syria. The troops got in from the northern province of Dohuk through the Sahela border crossing, on Monday. According to...

US troops leaving Syria to go to western Iraq: Mark Esper

20 Oct 2019

Defence Secretary Mark Esper says that under current plans all US troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq and the military will continue to conduct operations against the...

Guns in northern Syria to fall silent – for five days

18 Oct 2019

The guns will fall silent in northern Syria – for five days. Turkey and the US have reached a pact on a ceasefire in the conflict-ridden area, which has...

Trump clamps sanctions on Turkish leaders, halts $100 billion trade deal talks with Turkey

15 Oct 2019

Turkish forces continued bombarding Syrian Kurdish positions in northeast Syria in a week-long offensive even as US President Donald Trump said he was putting the brakes on talks over...

Iraq begins national mourning for protest dead

10 Oct 2019

Iraq began three days of national mourning on Thursday for more than 100 people killed during recent protests, while the government was expected to present a reshuffle to parliament...

US going into Middle East was 'worst decision ever:' Trump

09 Oct 2019

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the US military becoming involved in the Middle East was the "worst decision ever made" and that he was ensuring the safe return...

Protests resume in Iraq’s Sadr City as uprising enters second week

08 Oct 2019

Protests resumed overnight in Baghdad's Sadr City district, with at least one member of the security forces killed, although much of the country appeared quieter than it has been...

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