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Washington, 08 February 2012 -- The United States on Tuesday urged the 3,400 residents of Iraq's Camp Ashraf to relocate immediately, as it is "no longer a viable home for them".
08 February 2012 -- With wide participation of sheikhs and notables of the Syrian and Iraqi clans, the religious, popular and civil activities at Salim village in Sweida held on Tuesday "the Tent of ...
08 February 2012 -- Leader of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (SIIC), Ammar al-Hakeem, stressed the importance for having a Canadian Embassy in Baghdad, as do other countries, because of Canada’s ...
Baghdad, 08 February 2012 -- Ministers from the secular Iraqiya bloc on Tuesday ended a cabinet boycott that began in December amid a crisis with the Shiite-led government, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri ...
Sulaimaniya, 08 February 2012 -- A spokesman for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) said his party is not aware if Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi has left Dokan city for an unknown location.
08 February 2012 -- Victims of a Turkish airstrike exactly 40 days ago in Sirnakprovince, south east of Turkey, in which 36 civilian Kurds were killed, werecommemorated in a ceremony in Erbil city, ...
Baghdad, 08 February 2012 -- Ministers from Iraq's Sunni-backed bloc ended their boycott of the Cabinet on Tuesday, a move that could restore some stability to the war-ravaged nation that has been ...
Baghdad, 08 February 2012 -- The Women's Affairs minister has found herself in trouble again for alleged "unconstitutional" and sexist remarks.
Diyala, 08 February 2012 -- Iraqiya List is to hold a conference to choose a new governor and deputy governor for Diyala Provincial Council after reports that current governor Abdul Nasser al-Mahdawi ...
Sulaimaniya, 08 February 2012 -- Five earthquakes within two days have been reported across the Sulaimaniya area.
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