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Twin blasts kill dozens in Baghdad
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Twin blasts kill dozens in Baghdad

Two suicide bombers detonated explosive vests at a busy square in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 26 and wounding…
Iraq plans new Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline
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Iraq plans new Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline

Iraq on Sunday invited companies to submit statements of interest in building a new pipeline from the northern city of…
Iraq reaches initial deal with China’s Zhenhua to develop East Baghdad oilfield
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Iraq reaches initial deal with China’s Zhenhua to develop East Baghdad oilfield

Iraq reached an initial deal with China’s state-run Zhenhua Oil to develop the southern portion of the East Baghdad oil…
Iraqi Kurdish ministers resign amid violent protests
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Iraqi Kurdish ministers resign amid violent protests

Two political parties have withdrawn from Iraq’s Kurdish regional government amid street protests over delayed salaries, poor services and rampant…
Protests rage in Iraqi Kurdistan
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Protests rage in Iraqi Kurdistan

Protesters took to the streets for the second time in as many days across semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan  on Tuesday to show their…
Iraq threatens to resume military operations against Kurds
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Iraq threatens to resume military operations against Kurds

Iraqi forces threatened on Wednesday to resume operations to capture northern Kurdish-held territory after accusing authorities there of delaying handing…
Kurds offer joint border deployment as Iraq threatens to resume military operations
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Kurds offer joint border deployment as Iraq threatens to resume military operations

Iraq’s Kurdistan region said on Thursday it has offered a joint Kurdish-Iraqi deployment at a strategic crossing into Turkey, with…
Saudi Airlines to operate first Baghdad flight in 27 years
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Saudi Airlines to operate first Baghdad flight in 27 years

State-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines will launch its first flight to Baghdad in 27 years on Monday, state media said, amid…
Iraqi PM Abadi insists outcome of Kurdish independence referendum be canceled
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Iraqi PM Abadi insists outcome of Kurdish independence referendum be canceled

Iraq’s prime minister insisted on Thursday that the Kurdish independence referendum be declared void, an apparent rejection of the Kurdistan…
Russia says Iraqi Kurds must act in concert with Baghdad
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Russia says Iraqi Kurds must act in concert with Baghdad

Russia respects the desire of Iraqi Kurdistan to seek to assert its identity but this must be done in dialogue…
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