Iraq
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Oct- 2018 -5 OctoberBusiness
US approves sale of 5 armed Bell 407GX helicopters to Iraq
The US approved the sale to Iraq of five Armed Bell 407GX utility helicopters for the Iraqi Security Forces, the DSCA said
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Sep- 2018 -19 SeptemberMiddle East
Iraq sentences senior ISIS leader to death
An Iraq court sentenced to death senior ISIS leader Ismail Alwaan al-Ithawi, also known as Abu Zeid al-Iraqi, who was in charge of the group's fatwas and education curriculum
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14 SeptemberAir
Netherlands to pull F-16 fighter jets from ISIS mission in Iraq and Syria
Dutch F-16 fighter jets will end bombing missions against ISIS in Iraq and Syria at the end of the year, the Netherlands government said
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13 SeptemberMiddle East
Iran says missile strike on Kurdish rebels was a warning to ‘arrogant’ foreign powers
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said a missile strike on a Kurdish rebel base in Iraq should serve as a warning to "arrogant foreign powers"
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10 SeptemberMiddle East
Iraq executes 7 men convicted of terrorism
Iraq executed by hanging seven of its citizens convicted of "terrorism," the head of the health ministry in the southern province of Dhi Qar said
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6 SeptemberMiddle East
French general predicts end of ISIS ‘physical caliphate’ by end of year
ISIS will have been driven from all its territory before the end of the year, French Chief of Defence Staff General Francois Lecointre said
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3 SeptemberMiddle East
Suspected ISIS insurgents in northern Iraq shoot elderly man to death
Suspected ISIS insurgents shot dead a man as he emerged from prayers at a mosque north of Baghdad and wounded three others, police said
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Aug- 2018 -29 AugustMiddle East
Iraq court clears German-Turkish woman of ISIS ties
An Iraqi judge on Wednesday cleared a German-Turkish woman of having ties to Islamic State, more than a year after she was detained
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29 AugustMiddle East
Suicide car bomber attacks western Iraq town of Qaim
A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle in the town of Al-Qaim in western Iraq, killing at least 11 people, five of them security personnel
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22 AugustMiddle East
Canadian Major-General Fortin named head of NATO training mission in Iraq
Canadian Armed Forces Major-General Dany Fortin will lead the new NATO training and capacity-building mission in Iraq
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