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Turkey wants Iraq to designate PKK a ‘terrorist’ entity: Foreign minister

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Turkey expects the Iraqi government to officially recognize the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, PKK, as a “terrorist” organization, mirroring Ankara and its Western allies, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has stated.
Middle East

Iraq, Turkey discuss joint relations in oil and energy fields

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Iraq's oil minister and his Turkish counterpart have discussed joint cooperation in the oil and energy sectors at a meeting in Ankara, according to a statement from the Iraqi oil ministry on Tuesday.
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Iraq seeking Interpol alerts for ex-officials over $2.5 billion graft

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Iraq plans to ask Interpol to issue international alerts seeking the arrest of former senior officials including an ex-finance minister and an ex-intelligence chief over the suspected theft of more than $2.5 billion from the country's Tax Commission.
Middle East

UK acknowledges Daesh committed genocide against Yazidis in Iraq

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The UK government has formally acknowledged that the Daesh terror group committed acts of genocide against Yazidi people in northern Iraq in 2014.
Middle East

Iraq’s electric grid hit by fire, blasts amid scorching heat

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A fire at a power station in southern Iraq and several explosions have affected the country’s ailing national electricity grid as temperatures rise. The incidents led to power blackouts in a country that sees them regularly during summer heat.
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8 killed in fire, blast at textile warehouses in Iraq’s Karbala

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As many as eight people have been killed after a fire broke out triggering the explosion of fuel tanks at textile warehouses on a street leading to the holy shrine of Imam Hussain (AS) in the Iraqi city of Karbala.
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Iraqis attempt to storm Baghdad’s Green Zone over Quran burning

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Hundreds of people in Baghdad have attempted to storm the city’s Green Zone, a heavily fortified area with a number of foreign embassies and the seat of Iraq’s government, over the sacrilege of the Holy Quran in Denmark.
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Iraq expels Sweden envoy over Quran burning

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Iraq has expelled the Swedish ambassador hours after protesters angered by the burning of copies of the holy Quran in the European country, stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, scaling the walls of the compound and setting it on fire.
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Protesters storm Swedish embassy in Iraq over Quran burning

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Demonstrators angered by the recent burning of a copy of the holy Quran in Sweden, stormed the Swedish embassy in central Baghdad, scaling the walls of the compound and setting it on fire.
Middle East

US blacklists over a dozen Iraqi banks in dollar smuggling crackdown: Report

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The US has banned 14 Iraqi banks from conducting dollar transactions as part of its crackdown on corruption and “dollar smuggling to Iran.”
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Iraqi PM meets Syria’s president in Damascus

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Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has held talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus during the first trip of its kind to the war-torn country since the 12-year conflict began in 2011. The two leaders discussed fighting drugs, return of refugees and lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria.
Middle East

Iraqi PM shakes up intelligence and security services

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Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has announced a major shakeup of the country’s security and intelligence services. He has appointed an influential spymaster ostracized by his predecessor as the head of national security.
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Iraq probes kidnapping of Israeli academic

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Baghdad has opened an investigation into the kidnapping of Israeli academic Elizabeth Tsurkov. Tel Aviv blames Tsurkova’s kidnapping on an "Iran-backed" group, a claim denied by the movement.
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Israel claims academic kidnapped by Iran-backed group

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Israel has announced that Princeton University doctoral candidate Elizaveta Tsurkova has been taken hostage in Iraq by the Kataib Hezbollah.
Middle East

Iraq’s parliament passes record $153bn budget

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Iraq's parliament has endorsed the largest budget in the country’s history after months of political wrangling and four days of voting on individual articles. It approved on Monday a 2023 budget of 198.9 trillion dinars ($153 billion) that sets out record spending on a growing public wage bill and development projects to improve services and rebuild infrastructure ruined by neglect and war.
Middle East

Report: UK special forces operated secretly in several countries, including Iraq, Yemen

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Britain's special forces have carried out secret operations in 19 countries over the past 12 years, according to a report. Eleven out of the 19 target countries were Muslim nations.
Europe

Iraq says seeking to broker ceasefire in Russo-Ukrainian war

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Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein stated on Monday that Baghdad wants to be part of the solution to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine through dialogue.
Middle East

Iraq calls on Turkey to apologize over attack on Sulaymaniyah airport

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Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid has condemned the recent shelling of Sulaymaniyah airport in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region by the Turkish military. He has urged Ankara to cease hostilities and apologize for bombarding the area.
Middle East

UN says up to 1 million people ‘disappeared’ in Iraq over last 50 years

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The United Nations says up to one million people have "disappeared" in Iraq over the past five decades. The world body has urged Baghdad to take immediate action to end the enforced disappearances in the Arab country.
Middle East

Polls show most Americans see Iraq war a mistake, 2 decades after invasion

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Two decades after the US invaded Iraq, most Americans believe the war, which left about a million people dead and ruined the Arab country, was a mistake, a new poll shows.
Middle East

Investigators say ex-PM’s office at heart of Iraq’s ‘theft of the century’

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The investigative committee probing the theft of $2.5bn from an Iraqi state bank account has concluded the office of former Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi was instrumental in the conspiracy, a report seen exclusively by Middle East Eye has revealed.
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Pentagon chief arrives in Iraq on a surprise visit

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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has arrived in Iraqi capital Baghdad on an unannounced visit following meetings in Jordan.
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Turkish base in northern Iraq comes under rocket attacks

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Unidentified attackers fired eight rockets at a Turkish military base in northern Iraq on Wednesday, the Counter-Terrorism Group, a security organisation in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, has announced.
Middle East

Iraq stadium stampede leaves two dead, dozens injured

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Two people were killed and 80 more injured in a stampede ahead of a soccer match in the Iraqi city of Basra on Thursday. The stampede took place near the Jaza’a Al Nakhla Stadium, where Iraq and Oman were set to play in the Persian Gulf Cup final.
Middle East

Iraqi PM supports open-ended US troop presence, citing Daesh threat

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Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Sudani defended the presence of US forces in the country setting no timetable for their withdrawal.
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