Iraq
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Aug- 2019 -26 AugustMiddle East
Iraq investigating strike on Kataib Hezbollah near Syria border
The Iraqi military is investigating an alleged airstrike that killed a Hashd al-Shaabi fighter near a desert border crossing with Syria
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22 AugustMiddle East
Iraq PMU leaders blame ‘external’ forces for mysterious base explosions
The deputy leader of Iraq's Hashd al-Shaabi militias said the US bore responsibility for a series of recent explosions at their bases
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21 AugustMiddle East
Hashd al-Shaabi ammunition cache explodes in Iraq, fourth in recent months
The head of Iraq's Civil Defense said that a "materiel stockpile" belonging to a Hashd al-Shaabi militia exploded at an airbase in northern Iraq
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12 AugustMiddle East
UN special rapporteur calls on France to repatriate citizens sentenced to death in Iraq
A UN special rapporteur called on the French government to repatriate and try seven French nationals sentenced to death in Iraq
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Jul- 2019 -29 JulyMiddle East
UN ISIS investigator calls for Nuremberg-style international tribunal
The head of the UN probe into ISIS crimes has called for trials like those at Nuremberg of Nazi leaders to ensure victims are heard
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19 JulyMiddle East
Hashd al-Shaabi militia bombed in northern Iraq
A drone bombed a base belonging to a Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units) militia in Tuz Khurmatu, northern Iraq
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19 JulyMiddle East
Turkey carries out airstrikes in Iraqi Kurdistan after diplomat’s murder
Turkey launched an airstrike in Qandil, Iraqi Kurdistan in response to the killing of a Turkish diplomat in the region
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17 JulyMiddle East
Turkish diplomat killed in shooting in Iraqi Kurdistan capital
A Turkish diplomat was shot and killed in a restaurant in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq
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12 JulyMiddle East
Iran strikes militants in Iraqi Kurdistan
Iran's IRGC said it launched strikes against militants in Iraqi Kurdistan in response to attacks against Iranian forces this week
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11 JulyCommentary
Why America’s limited conflicts become ‘forever wars’
Interview with Donald Stoker, Naval War College professor and author of "Why America Loses Wars: Limited War and US Strategy from the Korean War to the Present"
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