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Ten fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were killed, Iraqi Kurdish authorities said Thursday, as Turkey said it launched renewed air strikes on northern Iraq. Turkey has intensified its cross-border air raids against Kurdish targets in northeastern Syria and northern Iraq in retaliation for an October 1 suicide bombing in Ankara which injured two…
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Raghad Saddam Hussein, the daughter of executed ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. | Photo Credit: AFP A Baghdad court on Sunday sentenced in absentia the exiled daughter of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to seven years in prison for “promoting” her father’s outlawed Baath party. The party was dissolved and banned after Hussein was toppled during…
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An exchange of fire began in Rajouri’s Kalakote between hiding militants and security forces. File representative image | Photo Credit: PTI Jammu encounter: Army launches major anti-militancy operation in Rajouri An exchange of fire started on Monday night in Rajouri’s Kalakote between hiding militants and security forces, led by the Army who launched a major…
The convict has the right to appeal the verdict. (Representational) Baghdad, Iraq: An Iraqi court on Thursday sentenced an Islamic State group member to death after convicting him of involvement in a 2014 suicide bombing that killed 17 pilgrims, the judiciary said. The attack in Taji district north of Baghdad targeted a “mawkeb”, one of…
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