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PM opens Baghdad’s Green Zone to public
BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi declared the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad open to all citizens on Sunday, part of a reform drive prompted by protests demanding greater transparency and openness. The 10-square-kilometer (four-square-mile) Green Zone on ...
PM opens Baghdad’s Green Zone to public
    BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi declared the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad open to all citizens on Sunday, part of a reform drive prompted by protests demanding greater transparency and openness. The 10-square-kilometer (four-square-mile) Green Zone on ...
Sistani for wider war against Daesh
    BAGHDAD — Iraq's most powerful Shiite cleric called for a global war against Daesh on Friday, a day after the prime minister said he would welcome Russian airstrikes against the group on Iraqi soil. Ali Al-Sistani, who has a huge ...
16 Turkish workers kidnapped in Iraq are released
    BAGHDAD — Sixteen Turkish workers kidnapped from a construction site in Baghdad and held for nearly a month were released on Wednesday, Turkey’s prime minister and Iraqi officials said. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said through his Twitter account that the workers ...
Four killed in suspected Iraq cholera outbreak
    Baghdad — A suspected cholera outbreak has killed four people west of Baghdad, where vulnerable displaced populations have been affected by the lack of clean water, health officials said Saturday. The health ministry strongly suspects the deaths, which occurred in ...
Suicide attacks in kill at least 21
    BAGHDAD — Two suicide attackers targeted Iraqi police checkpoints in commercial areas in central Baghdad during rush hour Thursday, killing at least 21 people, officials said. Both attacks were carried out by bombers on foot, wearing explosives-laden vests, two police ...
Sistani urges faster reforms
BAGHDAD — Iraq's top Shiite cleric Ali Al-Sistani, a leading advocate of reform, on Friday urged the government to speed up the pace of change. "We hope that the reform measures will be carried out at a faster pace," Sistani said ...
Iraq mounts air operation with F-16s
BAGHDAD — The Pentagon says Iraq’s Air Force has gone after the Daesh group for the first time using F-16 fighter planes bought from the US. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook commended Iraq for what he called “its successful use of ...
Iraq soldier killed in clashes
    BAGHDAD — An Iraqi soldier was killed in clashes with gunmen as security forces searched for a suspect behind the kidnappings of 18 Turkish workers, the military said Friday. The Turkish employees of construction company Nurol Insaat were seized Wednesday ...
Masked gunmen kidnap 18 Turkish workers in Baghdad
    BAGHDAD — Masked gunmen in military uniforms kidnapped 18 Turkish employees of an Ankara-based construction company in Baghdad early Wednesday, bundling them into several SUVs and speeding away, Iraqi and Turkish officials said. The 18 are employed by Nurol Insaat, a ...
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