Report: Hamas planning to leave Qatar for Iraq
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Arutz Sheva ^
| 24/6/24 | Tziki Brandwine
Hamas leaders are planning to leave Qatar for Iraq, due to Washington's insistence that Qatar increase pressure on the terror group to agree to a prisoner swap deal. According
to The National, the Iraqi government has approved the move, as well as the opening of new Hamas offices in Baghdad. The report noted that Iran will take responsibility for the safety of the Hamas officials in Iraq. In recent weeks, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh held talks with officials in Iran and Iraq, consulting about that matter, which United Arab Emirates reports say is expected to come to fruition. .....
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Iraq is dying (and that is a global problem)
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https :// www . youtube . com / watch ? v = OqH _ Wi5rcfw ^
| 6/11/2024 | CaspianReport
Decades of armed #conflicts, water scarcity, extreme population growth, and poor infrastructure have pushed #Iraq to the brink.
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John Kirby likens Israeli airstrike that killed civilians to US bombings in Iraq, Afghanistan: ‘We did the same thing’
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NY Post ^
| May 28, 2024 | Steven Nelson
White House spokesman John Kirby defended Israel amid international outrage after an airstrike reportedly killed dozens of civilians in the Gaza Strip — saying the US military “did the same thing.” “We
have conducted airstrikes in places like Iraq and Afghanistan where, tragically, we caused civilian casualties,” he said — adding that the US responded the same way as Israel in the aftermath. “We owned up to it, we investigated it, and we tried to learn from it to make changes,” Kirby said at Tuesday’s regular White House briefing. He noted that Israel said it used precision bombs and that...
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Knesset advances bill to commemorate Iraq’s Farhud pogrom. (Arab-Nazi atrocities June/1941)
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JNS ^
| May 27, 2024
Israeli lawmakers on Monday advanced a government proposal to designate June 1 as a day to commemorate the Farhud, the 1941 pogrom in Iraq coordinated by Palestinian leader Haj Amin al-Hussein. The Commemoration Day for the Farhud Events Bill, sponsored by Likud Party lawmaker Ofir Katz, was approved for first reading and
will be discussed by the Knesset Education, Culture and Sports Committee ahead of future votes. Katz’s bill calls for the pogrom to be commemorated in educational institutions across the Jewish state in order to preserve the memory of the events and the victims and pass it on to...
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Olympus Has Fallen-From mishandling the Iraq War to flawed nuclear deals, US leadership has faltered, leaving the world stage in disarray
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THE MEDIA LINE ^
| MAY 21, 2024 | ROMY LEIBLER
Action movie buffs will recall Olympus Has Fallen, a 2013 film in which the White House is attacked and taken over by Korean terrorists seeking to unify the Korean Peninsula. The sequel London Has Fallen, in which radical Islamic terrorists plagued the UK capital, followed in 2016. While
the plots are fantastical, the underlying message behind both films unfortunately resonates more than ever in 2024. The White House has not been physically attacked, but its current occupant has succeeded in undermining and eroding America’s standing on the global stage to a degree that was unimaginable when the Cold War ended,...
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Iraq criminalizes same-sex relations, sets 10-15 year sentence (also transgender 'care')
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TimesOfIsrael.com ^
| 4/28/2024 | AFP
New law also makes it illegal to undergo or perform gender-affirming treatment for transgender people...
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Five rockets fired from Iraq towards U.S. military base in Syria, security sources say
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Reuters ^
| 4/21/24 | Reuters
MOSUL, Iraq, April 21 (Reuters) - At least five rockets were launched from Iraq's town of Zummar towards a U.S. military base in northeastern Syria on Sunday, two Iraqi security sources told Reuters. The attack against U.S. forces is the first since early February when Iranian-backed groups in Iraq stopped their attacks
against U.S. troops.
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Multiple Strikes Target Iranian Backed Groups in Iraq
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Rumble ^
Recent airstrikes near Baghdad with one hitting the Kalsu Hashd al-Shaabi base Another strike possibly hit Mada'in, causing material damage without casualties. Fires
continue at these military sites
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Explosions heard in Iran, Syria, Iraq - report
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J Post ^
Syrian reports indicated airstrikes targeted sites belonging to the Syrian Army in the As-Suwayda and Daraa Governorates of southern Syria. Explosions were heard in Isfahan in central Iran, in the As-Suwayda Governorate of southern Syria, and in the Baghdad area and Babil Governorate of Iraq early Friday morning, according to initial reports.
There was no official confirmation of the explosions in Iraq and Iran or of their cause as of early Friday morning. iPhone Users: MONOPOLY GO! Is The Hottest Game of 2024 (Try For Free) Sponsored by MONOPOLY GO! What is Outbrain Reports of strikes on sites belonging to...
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Explosions heard in Iran, Syria, Iraq - report
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Jerusalem Post ^
| 4/19/24 | Tzvi Joffre
Explosions were heard in Isfahan in central Iran, in the As-Suwayda Governorate of southern Syria, and in the Baghdad area and Babil Governorate of Iraq early Friday morning, according to initial reports.
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Initial Reports of an Attack on U.S. Forces at Erbil International Airport in Northern Iraq as well as Al-Asad Airbase in Western Iraq.
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OSINTdefender ^
| April 14 2024
Initial Reports of an Attack on U.S. Forces at Erbil International Airport in Northern Iraq as well as Al-Asad Airbase in Western Iraq.
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'Operation True Promise'Iran launches cruise missiles on Israel alongside 'Shaheed' drones as the war in Middle East escalates
According to two security sources in Iraq, numerous drones were observed departing from Iran towards Israel via Iraqi airspace.
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.businesstoday.in ^
| .businesstoday.in
Iran launched a significant drone attack on Israel on Saturday, which is expected to take hours to reach its targets, as reported by Israel's military and confirmed by Iranian state media quoting Iran's revolutionary guards. Iran's
Revolutionary Guards have stated that Operation 'True Promise' is a response to Israeli actions and is part of their strategy to punish Israel for its perceived crimes. According to a report by Israel's Channel 12 TV, Iran has also launched cruise missiles at Israel, with a shorter flight time than a drone. According to two regional security sources, Jordan has positioned its air defences...
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Orf vs. the Memory Hole: Biden Repeatedly Confuses Ukraine, Russia, and Iraq
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MATT TAIBBI AND MATT ORFALEA ^
| FEB 22, 2024 | MATT TAIBBI AND MATT ORFALEA
Orf vs. the Memory Hole: Biden Repeatedly Confuses Ukraine, Russia, and Iraq It's not that the president confuses war zones, it's why he does it, and what the confusion suggests Not long ago, in the wake of the release of special counsel Robert Hur’s devastating report describing our president as an “elderly
man with a poor memory,” an angry Joe Biden went on TV in an effort to show fitness and forgot a series of things, among them calling Abdel Fattah El-Sisi the president of Mexico. The forgetting in itself was painful, but it happens. Donald Trump and other politicians...
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If we fail to act on climate change, Iraq will be doomed
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Arab News ^
| February 15, 2024 | DR. MAJID RAFIZADEH
While much of the attention in discussions about climate change often focuses on areas such as the Arctic or small island nations, the effects on regions such as the Middle East, and particularly Iraq, is often overlooked. Yet,
the consequences of climate change in Iraq are profound and far-reaching, affecting not only the environment but also exacerbating existing social, economic and political challenges. As the world grapples with the wider existential threat, it is critical that we shed light on the plight of Iraq and outline the actions both the country and the international community must take to address this...
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Italy Donates Replica of Bull of Nimrud Destroyed by Isis to Iraq
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THE ART NEWSPAPER ^
| 9 February 2024 | James Imam
The 3D-printed reproduction of the Assyrian statue was previously displayed at the Colosseum in Rome and the Unesco headquarters in ParisItaly has donated a reconstructed Assyrian statue to Iraq in what has been described as a “miracle of Italian cultural diplomacy”. Constructed
in the ninth century BC, the 5m-tall Bull of Nimrud was destroyed by Isis fighters in 2015, before Italian artisans made a copy of the monument using 3D-printing technology. The replica, which was previously displayed at the Colosseum in Rome and the Unesco headquarters in Paris, has now been permanently relocated outside the entrance to the Basrah Museum....
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Biden’s action in Iraq and Syria is merely delayed reaction
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The Spectator ^
| 3 Feb 2024 | Roger Kimball
He doesn’t do, he dithersWhat do you think of the apothegm “Better late than never?” I
think it is often dubious. For confirmation, I adduce the airstrike the Biden administration just conducted against eighty-five targets in Iraq and Syria. The attacks, against infrastructure associated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, are billed as the opening salvo in response to last week’s drone attack by Iranian assets in Jordan that left three Americans dead and more than forty injured. Taking a page from an earlier, square-jawed time, officials from the administration tersely commented that America’s “multi-tiered” response would continue at a “time and...
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Russia condemns US strikes in Iraq, Syria
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Jerusalem Post ^
| 1/3/2024 | Reuters
Russia condemns US airstrikes in Iraq and Syria and the situation needs to be considered by the UN Security Council, Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday.
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What we know about US strikes on Iran-linked targets in Iraq and Syria
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France 24 ^
... The US military said the air strikes hit more than 85 targets inside Iraq and Syria targeting both the elite Quds force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards and affiliated militia groups. The
US strikes in the west of Iraq killed at least 16 people, including civilians, Iraqi government spokesman Bassem al-Awadi said on Saturday. "The security of Iraq and the region will find itself on the brink of an abyss" because of the strikes, Awadi said in a statement, and denied "false allegations" that there had been "prior coordination" with Washington over the strikes. The US strikes overnight in eastern...
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CENTCOM Statement on U.S. Strikes in Iraq and Syria
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Centcom ^
| 2/2/24 | Centcom
At 4:00 p.m. (EST) Feb. 02, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups. U.S.
military forces struck more than 85 targets, with numerous aircraft to include long-range bombers flown from United States. The airstrikes employed more than 125 precision munitions. The facilities that were struck included command and control operations centers, intelligence centers, rockets, and missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicle storages, and logistics and munition supply chain facilities of militia groups and their IRGC sponsors who facilitated attacks against U.S. and Coalition forces.
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US set to strike Iraq and Syria over multiple days in response to Jordan drone strike that killed three troops: Biden administration approves plans to target Iranian personnel
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Daily Mail ^
| February 1, 2024 | Rob Crilly
The United States is poised to launch strikes in Iraq and Syria against targets that include Iranian personnel and facilities, according to senior U.S. officials. President
Joe Biden said Tuesday he had made up his mind on how to respond to the drone strike in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border that killed three American soldiers and wounded more than 40. The U.S. blamed the drone attack on Iran-backed militants. On Thursday, CBS News reported that plans for days of strikes had been approved. Biden's top diplomat, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, said on Monday the U.S. response 'could be...
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