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Iraqi PM orders probe into bloody Basra protests
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Iraqi PM orders probe into bloody Basra protests

BASRA, Iraq (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister has ordered an investigation into violent protests in the southern city of Basra…
Deadlocked Iraqi lawmakers put off next meeting until Sept. 15
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Deadlocked Iraqi lawmakers put off next meeting until Sept. 15

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi lawmakers who met this week for the first time since a May election and are still…
Protester killed in Basra during clashes with security forces
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Protester killed in Basra during clashes with security forces

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) – Hundreds of people gathered near a provincial government building in Iraq’s southern oil hub Basra on…
Israel signals it could attack Iranian weaponry in Iraq
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Israel signals it could attack Iranian weaponry in Iraq

(Reuters) – Israel signaled on Monday that it could attack suspected Iranian military assets in Iraq, as it has done…
Iraqi rival groups both announce parliamentary blocs to form new government
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Iraqi rival groups both announce parliamentary blocs to form new government

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Rival Iraqi political factions said on Sunday they had each formed alliances capable of forming a government…
Car bomb claimed by Islamic State kills 7 in western Iraq
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Car bomb claimed by Islamic State kills 7 in western Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — Seven people were killed Wednesday in a suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group in…
Iraq official: Suicide bomber kills 6 at checkpoint in Anbar
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Iraq official: Suicide bomber kills 6 at checkpoint in Anbar

BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi security official says a suicide bomber has targeted a security checkpoint in the western province…
Islamic State chief, in rare speech, urges followers to fight on
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Islamic State chief, in rare speech, urges followers to fight on

CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in his first purported speech in nearly a year, has called…
Suicide attack kills six Sunni fighters in northern Iraq: police
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Suicide attack kills six Sunni fighters in northern Iraq: police

TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) – A suicide attack on a former Iraqi lawmaker’s house killed at least six tribal militiamen and…
Baghdad gun shops thrive after Iraqi rethink on arms control
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Baghdad gun shops thrive after Iraqi rethink on arms control

  In the middle of Baghdad’s busy commercial neighborhood of Karrada, where most retail outlets sell home appliances, shoppers can…
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