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Iraq Not Taking Sides in Dispute Between Saudi, Gulf States and Qatar - U.S. News & World Report Tue, 06 Jun 2017 16:57:46 GMT

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Iraq Not Taking Sides in Dispute Between Saudi, Gulf States and Qatar
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(Reuters) - Iraq is not taking sides in the dispute that pits Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries against Qatar, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told a news conference on Tuesday in Baghdad. "We are not part of these differences, we are keeping ...
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Will Iraq's Shia Militias Give Iran a 'Road to the Sea'? - The National Interest Online Wed, 07 Jun 2017 00:46:46 GMT

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Will Iraq's Shia Militias Give Iran a 'Road to the Sea'?
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On May 29, the Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), a group of Shia militias that are part of the Iraqi government's security forces, reached the Iraq-Syria border. Straddling this strategic corridor in northern Iraq, which stretches ...
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Iran heads toward the Iraq-Syria borderArab News
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Ramadan in Iraq - Aljazeera.com Tue, 06 Jun 2017 18:54:29 GMT

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Ramadan in Iraq
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An Iraqi man pushes a swing as Iraqi children celebrate Eid al-Fitr on October 13, 2007 in the Shiite Sadr city neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. (GETTY/WATHIQ ...
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Meridian Picks Up Kate Mara's Iraq War Drama 'Megan Leavey' for China - Hollywood Reporter Tue, 06 Jun 2017 16:00:44 GMT

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Meridian Picks Up Kate Mara's Iraq War Drama 'Megan Leavey' for China
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The Beijing-based company plans to release the film, about an American Marine and her lifesaving bond with a bomb-sniffing combat dog, this fall. Meridian Entertainment has scooped up China distribution rights to Iraq War drama Megan Leavey, starring ...

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Welch, Lynch Call for Oversight of Trump's Strategies in Afghanistan and Iraq - vtdigger.org Tue, 06 Jun 2017 14:29:26 GMT

Welch, Lynch Call for Oversight of Trump's Strategies in Afghanistan and Iraq
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WASHINGTON – As President Trump and his Administration reportedly weigh additional troop deployments and an expansion of the U.S. military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vermont) and Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D-Boston) called ...

Iraq reinforces its border with Saudi Arabia amid deepening Qatari – Saudi rift (VIDEO) - AMN Al-Masdar News (registration) Tue, 06 Jun 2017 08:44:41 GMT

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Iraq reinforces its border with Saudi Arabia amid deepening Qatari – Saudi rift (VIDEO)
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According to Sumeri, Iraqi authorities have already built a Najaf – Karbala – Saudi border defense line, and current deployment of PMU is the next stage of Iraq's security build-up near southern border. It is also noteworthy that Iraqi government ...

Iraq faces obstacles in efforts to lift output - The National Tue, 06 Jun 2017 15:53:06 GMT

Iraq faces obstacles in efforts to lift output
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An Iraq oil ministry spokesman says the appointment is one of several Mr Al Luaibi now wants to make as the country's industry comes through one of its most difficult periods, its finances generally start to stabilise, and with international oil ...

Army Captain Who Lied About Iraq War Injury To Commit Fraud Sentenced To Prison - Task & Purpose Tue, 06 Jun 2017 14:31:59 GMT

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Army Captain Who Lied About Iraq War Injury To Commit Fraud Sentenced To Prison
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After lying about a rocket in Iraq, post-traumatic stress disorder and a brain injury; after bilking 16 agencies out of more than $600,000; and after copping to two counts of fraud last year, former National Guard soldier Darryl Lee Wright is going to ...

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US still needed in Iraq, former State Dept. representative says - Universe.byu.edu Tue, 06 Jun 2017 19:04:36 GMT

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US still needed in Iraq, former State Dept. representative says
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Men in the Iraqi Army in Habbaniyah, Iraq gather together. Although the Iraq War officially ended in 2011, U.S. troops are still deployed there, according to J. Kael Weston, who spent seven years as a State Department representative with the military ...

ISIS surrenders another key town in Iraq - Axios Mon, 05 Jun 2017 20:17:30 GMT

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ISIS surrenders another key town in Iraq
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Why it matters: This is another indication that ISIS's control of northern Iraq is dissipating (after losing Falluja, Tikrit, Ramadi, and most of Mosul). ISIS held Baaj since mid-2014 and Islamic militants controlled it for 14 years. What it means: The ...
Iraq's pro-government forces retake Al-Baaj from ISILAljazeera.com
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Isis surrenders Iraqi hideout of leader Abu Bakr al-BaghdadiThe Guardian
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