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US Reaffirms Commitment to Strategic Framework Agreement with Iraq

US President Joe Biden reaffirmed Washington's commitment to Iraq in a phone call with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. Biden stressed the US commitment to the Strategic Framework Agreement with Baghdad and commended the Prime Minister’s efforts to strengthen Iraq’s sovereignty and independence.

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Violence in some Chicago neighborhoods puts young men at greater risk than U.S. troops faced in Iraq, Afghanistan war zones, study finds

The researchers say their findings point to a need for more trauma-related health care in those places, especially in the West Side ZIP code 60624.

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Dad who strangled daughter to death told police he killed her to 'wash away the shame'

Taiba Alali fled her homeland in 2017 to start a new life in Turkey and had planned to wed her Syrian-born boyfriend. But when she returned to support the Iraq football team her family kidnapped her

Daily Mirror

Iraqis Protest in Baghdad as Currency Crisis Continues

Iraqi protesters rallied Friday in Baghdad, demanding the government take action to stop the economic crisis and the slide of the national currency after the Iraqi dinar plunged further. Measures taken by the United States in recent months to stamp out money laundering and the channeling of dollars to Iran…

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Iraqis protest in Baghdad as currency crisis continues

Iraq's currency has continued its slide and protesters are asking the government to take action to stop the crisis

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia, Iraq to Confidently Deepen Coordination, Cooperation

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah stressed on Thursday that relations shared by the Kingdom and Iraq are recently witnessing positive momentum thanks to the directives of the leaderships of the two countries. “Saudi Arabia and Iraq are working closely to continue the momentum in bilateral relations,…

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UN Envoy: Iraq’s New Leaders Must Keep Fighting Corruption

The UN special envoy for Iraq urged the country’s new government Thursday to keep fighting corruption and move quickly on much-needed economic, fiscal and financial reforms. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert told the UN Security Council many other areas also need immediate government attention, among them ensuring human rights, resolving issues with the…

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Biden stands by Jerusalem status quo in meeting with Jordan king

The US president praised Jordan for its ‘crucial role’ as the custodian of Muslim holy places in Jerusalem.

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Job: 'Sniper': Accused Islamic State fighter on trial in US

The ongoing trial of a U.S. citizen charged with serving as a sniper and weapons trainer for the Islamic State group is a reminder of the enduring and far-reaching fallout of a war that drew tens of thousands of foreign fighters to Syria and Iraq

The Independent UK

Biden Reaffirms US Support for Jordan, Iraq in Meeting, Phone Call

President Joe Biden on Thursday underlined his support for the legal "status quo" of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound in a meeting at the White House with Jordanian King Abdullah II. Biden, the king and Crown Prince Hussein had a private lunch in which the US president "reaffirmed the close, enduring…

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The Loop: State premiers told to 'grow up' over health funding, Nick Kyrgios set to appear in ACT court, and Angelina Jolie visits Iraq — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

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Iran Accuses Kurdish Opposition of Isfahan Attack

The Iranian Supreme National Security Council accused Kurdish opposition factions based in Iraq of being "involved" in a drone attack that targeted a military facility in Isfahan. Nournews, a news agency affiliated with the Council, reported that parts of the drones that were used to carry out the hostile action…

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Targeting Iran, US tightens Iraq's dollar flow, causing pain

In recent weeks, Iraq’s currency has taken a plunge, largely as a result of newly imposed measures that have restricted dollar transfers from the United States

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The Guardian - UK

Share your memories of the 2003 Iraq war march

Ahead of the protest’s anniversary on 15 February, we would like to speak to people who attended the rally in London as well as other UK cities

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Iran ‘Recently’ Traded Dollars that Iraq Received from the US

The Iraqi government tried establishing a European lobby to pressure the US to ease its restrictions on dollar sales in Iraq, but Baghdad's diplomatic channels failed in those efforts, according to reliable Iraqi sources. The sources confirmed that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani tried to establish a lobby during his…

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Report Accuses Iran’s Quds Force of Smuggling Millions of Dollars from Iraq

A report published by Iran International news channel accused on Tuesday the Quds Force, the foreign arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), of smuggling millions of dollars from Iraq to the Guard's accounts in Iran, in cooperation with the Iranian embassy in Baghdad. The channel, based in London, said…

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Kurdish Officials: Rockets Hit Turkish Base in Northern Iraq

A cluster of rockets targeted a Turkish military base in northern Iraq on Wednesday, officials from northern Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish region said. An Iranian-backed militia promptly claimed responsibility for the attack. A Turkish defense ministry official said there was no damage or injury at the base but did not provide…

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Reuters

Eight rockets fired at Turkish base in Iraq - Kurdish security group

Unidentified attackers fired eight rockets at a Turkish military base in northern Iraq on Wednesday, two of which landed inside the facility, said the Counter-Terrorism Group, a security organisation in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region.

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OPEC Oil Output Falls as Iraqi Exports Decline

OPEC oil output fell in January, a Reuters survey found on Tuesday, as Iraqi exports declined and Nigerian output did not recover further while Gulf members maintained strong compliance with an OPEC+ deal on production cuts to support the market. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) pumped 28.87…

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Iraqi PM Says Banking Reforms Reveal Fraudulent Dollar Transactions

Iraq's premier said Tuesday that new banking regulations had revealed fraudulent dollar transactions made from his country, as the fresh controls coincide with a drop in the local currency's value. Iraq has in recent months been making efforts to ensure its banking system is compliant with the international electronic transfer…

The Independent UK

Queen Consort visits Grenadier Guards for first time as battalion colonel

She presented operational service medals to 10 officers and soldiers to honour their efforts in Iraq.

Reuters

Turkey's push into Iraq risks deeper conflict

Looming over the deserted village of Sararo in northern Iraq, three Turkish military outposts break the skyline, part of an incursion that forced the residents to flee last year after days of shelling.

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Winter Rains Revive Iraq's Famed Marshlands

Black buffaloes wade through the waters of Iraq's Mesopotamian marshes, leisurely chewing on reeds.

The Guardian - UK

Bath’s slavery past, an exiled Iraqi and Britain’s first celebs – the week in art

Early photographs are put in the frame, Günther Förg revels in colour, Alberta Whittle probes Bath, and sculptor Barbara Chase-Riboud gets an extended run

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