Iraq
Pompeo welcomes new Iraq government, extends Iran sanctions waiver
Recognising Iraq's fragility, the Trump administration has given Iraq a series of waivers on US sanctions to let it keep buying gas from Iran.
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Iraq protester gunned down in second night of violence
The anti-government demonstrations rocking the Iraqi capital and the Shiite-majority south since October had abated in recent weeks amid spiralling tensions between Iraq's key allies, the United States and Iran.
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Hundreds mourn reporters shot dead after covering Iraq protests
Ahmad Abdessamad, a 37-year-old correspondent for local television station Al-Dijla, and his cameraman Safaa Ghali, 26, were killed late Friday, the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory said.
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Trump pulls back from war with Iran
In a televised address to the nation from the White House, Trump emphasised there were "no Americans harmed" in the ballistic missile salvo aimed at two bases.
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Airlines avoiding flying through Iran and Iraq airspace
Iran launched a series of missiles at bases housing US troops in the early hours, officials in Washington and Tehran said.
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Iran fires missiles at US troop bases in Iraq
Iranian state television reported an attack on one base housing US personnel, saying it was in response to Friday's killing in a US drone strike of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, one of the most important figures in the country's government.
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CARTOON: Trump Plays His Card
By Dr Jack & Curtis.
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US defence chief denies decision to leave Iraq
The official letter from US Brigadier General William Seely, the commanding general of Task Force Iraq, indicated clearly that US forces were readying for departure.
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Dirco ready to help South Africans in Iraq after Qasem Soleimani killed by US
International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor has called for calm after the US drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani.
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Nigerian police on heightened alert after US killing of Iranian commander
Nigeria is split roughly evenly between Christians and Muslims, the latter of which are mostly Sunni. The government last year banned the country’s largest Shi’ite Muslim group, the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), after violent clashes between its members and police.
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Trump warns Iran of 'major retaliation,' threatens sanctions on Iraq
The twin threats came as Iran announced it was further reducing compliance with a tattered international nuclear accord, ending limitations on numbers of centrifuges used to enrich uranium.
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Iran: US asked for proportionate response to general's killing
Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Quds Force foreign operations arm, was killed on Friday in a US drone strike in Baghdad, along with nine others, in an attack Tehran has vowed to avenge.
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Iraqi militia commander Amiri calls for expelling foreign troops - state TV
Iraqi militia commander Hadi al-Amiri called on all Iraqi factions to unite and expel foreign troops, hours after the US killed Iranian Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in an air strike on Baghdad airport.
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US vice president visits troops in Iraq - security source
Pence's unannounced landing at Ain al-Asad base - his first visit to Iraq as vice president - came nearly a year after President Donald Trump made his own surprise trip to the sprawling complex.
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ANALYSIS: Why aren’t today’s protests leading to revolutions?
People get angry far more often than they rebel. And rebellions rarely become revolutions. An expert on the French Revolution explains why today's protest movements are different.
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UN chief condemns live fire at Iraqi protesters as 'disturbing'
The demonstrations broke out on 1 October in anger over corruption and unemployment but have morphed into demands that the entire ruling system be upended.
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Iraqis pour into streets for biggest protest day since Saddam
Protests in which 250 people have died over the past month have accelerated dramatically in recent days, drawing huge crowds from across Iraq’s sectarian and ethnic divides to reject the political parties in power since 2003.
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Nearly 50 dead as Iraq protests take new violent turn
The demonstrations first erupted on 1 October, with protesters railing against government corruption and unemployment, while a second wave broke out late Thursday.
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Two dozen dead as thousands renew Iraq anti-government protests
The protests represent a second phase of a week-long movement in early October that ended with more than 150 people dead.
