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Friday 4 December 2020
The killing of Iran’s top general could draw forceful Iranian retaliation against American interests in the Middle East.
The Pentagon described the operation as a “decisive defensive action”.
US security forces inside the compound fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse the crowds.
Nearly 200 people have died and thousands have been wounded since the rallies first began earlier this mont.
Protesters have been angered by corruption and unemployment.
This has been the second attack on the capital in three days.
The US-led coalition against the Islamic State has urged the two sides to focus on fighting the extremists.
A Pakistani shrine was targeted, and a car bomb exploded in Baghdad today.
Many of the victims were labourers waiting for work.
Electrical fires are common in the Iraqi capital and elsewhere across the country because of shoddy maintenance and poor wiring.
An Isis suicide bomber detonated a lorry packed with explosives in the predominantly-Shia Karrada district of the Iraqi capital during preparations for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the bombing in a statement posted online.
More than 55 people have also died in a number of bomb blasts.
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The individuals were taken from an interpreter’s home in Baghdad.
Over 3,980 people have died in tragedies in the hajj since 1975.
A policeman said they were “so sophisticated that they destroyed everything”.
Last week Obama ordered a “relentless” war against the Islamic State.
30 diplomats met today in Paris on the issue.
It comes as the country’s prime minister said he would sue the president in a desperate bid to cling to his job.
At least five of the those killed were policemen, as were eight of those wounded.
Separately today, the Iraqi prime minister has accused the Kurdish government of protecting militants.
The US says that drones are purely to protect their military advisers.
There is an increasingly urgent diplomatic push to stop Iraq from tearing apart.
The US Secretary of State John Kerry made the remarks today during a visit Baghdad’s Green Zone.
The seizure of Al-Qaim leaves just one of three official border crossings with Syria in the hands of the central government.
He said that the US would be prepared to take targeted and precise military action.
President Obama has vowed not to approve “boots on the ground” in Iraq — three years after a large American force withdrew.
The agency warns that with the ongoing civil war in Syria, aid workers will be stretched.
The offer came as Iraqi commanders said the army had recaptured two towns north of Baghdad as they prepared a fightback.
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President Barack Obama’s comments come after the cities of Mosul and Tikrit fell to insurgents during lightning advances.
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Seven car bombs as well as several explosive belts were found the area.
Iraq lost control of Fallujah to Al-Qaeda-linked fighters, a city where US forces repeatedly battled insurgents.
Iraq Body Count, an NGO, said that around two-thirds of deaths occurred in the second half of 2013.
In an exclusive interview with AFP, Mowaffak al-Rubaie talks about the process of putting the Iraqi dictator to death.
A further 34 were injured in the attack, which happened in the Dura area of the Iraqi capital.
RESTAURANTS AND GASTROPUBS are allowed to reopen across the country from today.
Ireland entered Level 3 restrictions earlier this week after spending six weeks at Level 5.
Non-essential shops and services have reopened, cultural institutions like cinemas and museums are back open and from today, you can once again dine in a restaurant.
So, today we want to know: Do you plan on going to a restaurant/gastropub this weekend?
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