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By Idris Okuducu and Haydar Hadi BAGHDAD,ERBIL,KIRKUK, Iraq (AA): Clashes between Iraqi security forces and Peshmerga were reported in the Taza Khurmatu town south of Kirkuk on Monday. The Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Security Agency announced early Monday that their security forces began an operation to take military bases and oil wells from […]

17th Oct 2016

Iraq: Offensive begins to liberate Mosul from Daesh

BAGHDAD (AA): A much-anticipated Mosul offensive to liberate the city from Daesh began midnight Sunday, according to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. In an address on state television, Abadi said only the army and police would be in the city. He called on people in Mosul to be in solidarity with the security forces. However, […]

9th Dec 2015

US urges calm over Turkey’s troops inside Iraq without Iraq’s permission

NEW YORK (AA) – The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday urged political dialogue between Turkey and Iraq to defuse a row over the presence of Turkish troops in northern Iraq. Samantha Power told reporters in New York that it was important for all stakeholders to come together ahead of the next international Syria meeting in […]

16th Nov 2015

Iraq: Shia Muslim Turkmen, Peshmerga clash in Tuz Khormato

KIRKUK, (AA): Two people were killed Sunday in clashes between Shia Turkmen and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters — which have remained ongoing for the last four days — in the Tuz Khormato district of Iraq’s north-central Saladin province. According to an Anadolu Agency correspondent at the scene, clashes between Kurdish Peshmerga and Shia fighters from the […]

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