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Iraq authorities shut down news channel for covering ‘sensitive topics’
JURIST
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July 4, 2025
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on Iraqi authorities Wednesday to immediately reverse the unexplained suspension of Iraq AlHadath, a privately owned news channel based in Baghdad, after a surprise government raid forced it off...
I'm a female solo traveller who's been to more than 60 countries - here's how I stayed safe in Iraq
Daily Mail
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July 5, 2025
An American woman who grew up next to the Twin Towers in New York, and was just five when 9/11 happened, says she was forced to 'face her own biases' head on during an unexpected trip to Iraq – and details the extraordinary measures she took to...
Iraqi, Coalition Forces Detain 15, Destroy Cache, Thwart Attack
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 05.23.2007 Courtesy Story Iraqi and coalition forces seized 15 suspected terrorists, destroyed a weapons cache and thwarted an attack on a State Department convoy in Iraq over the past two days. During an operation in...
Iraq Rebuilding Progress Should Be Taken in Context, General Says
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 05.23.2007 Courtesy Story U.S.-led reconstruction efforts in Iraq are making a tangible difference on the ground, but cannot quickly undo 25 years of systemic neglect of the country’s infrastructure, the officer in charge...
Iraqi Government Considers Adding Security Forces
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 05.22.2007 Courtesy Story The Iraqi government may add as many as 15,000 more troops to its current 348,000-person security force to help decrease the country’s dependence on coalition forces, a top U.S. Army officer...
Iraq Infrastructure Needs Maintenance, Operations Procedures
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 11.26.2007 Courtesy Story Establishing proper maintenance procedures and operations processes is as important as providing power plants, hospitals and other infrastructure in Iraq, a senior U.S. military engineer said...
Iraqi Government Wants Continued U.S. Troop Presence
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 11.27.2007 Courtesy Story The government of Iraq appreciates the efforts and sacrifices of U.S. servicemembers engaged in the country’s fight against insurgents, and it desires a continued American troop presence as Iraqi...
Iraqi Targeting Success Now Equals Coalition Efforts
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 11.26.2007 Courtesy Story Iraqi forces can now gather intelligence and go after targets as successfully as U.S. units there, a senior intelligence advisor in the region said today. Iraqi intelligence gathering and...
Iraqi Cardinal Warns Against Regime Change in Iran: «It Only Makes Things Worse»
Zenit
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July 4, 2025
(ZENIT News / Baghdad, 07.03.2025).- As tensions in the Middle East teeter between escalation and uneasy calm, an Iraqi cardinal has offered a pointed reminder of the heavy cost of foreign-imposed regime change. Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, head...
Jordan imports 1.6 million barrels from Iraq in 5 months
Ammon News
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July 3, 2025
Ammon News - Jordan imported more than 1.6 million barrels of Iraqi oil during the first five months of 2025. Iraq’s oil exports to Jordan in January, February, March, April, and May reached 1.64 million barrels, a 10.4 percent decline compared to...
Iraqi, U.S. Forces Work Together Toward Success
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.20.2008 Courtesy Story Iraqi soldiers and police and U.S. soldiers who live and work together at the Joint Security Station in Diwaniya, Iraq, are dedicated to one goal: a self-sustaining and independently secure Iraq....
Iraq Status of Forces Draft Protects U.S. Servicemembers, Gates Says
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.21.2008 Courtesy Story The draft status of forces agreement between the governments of the United States and Iraq contains adequate protections for U.S. military members, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said during a...
Iraqi militias kept quiet in the Israel-Iran war. Will it last?
The New Arab
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July 3, 2025
In Iraq, where US and Iranian interests exist in uneasy proximity, escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran are often felt on the ground. During last month’s 12-day Israel-Iran war, which entailed Israeli and American strikes on Iranian...
Iraq Makes First Payment for 18 F-16 Fighters
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 09.27.2011 Courtesy Story The Iraqi government has transferred its first payment for 18 F-16C fighter aircraft, bringing Iraq closer to independently securing its airspace, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said...
Iraq strengthens US ties to harness energy potential
Shafaq News
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2025-07-03T15:57:51+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad As Iraq faces regional turbulence and the growing influence of foreign powers, the country is moving decisively to align its internal development goals with strategic...
Iraq secures Turkish water boost as drought crisis deepens
The New Arab
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July 3, 2025
The deal comes amid one of Iraq’s most severe water crises in decades. [AFP] Iraq has secured a pledge from Turkey to increase water discharges to 420 cubic metres per second in a bid to ease a worsening drought that has strained the country's...
Tanker Market: Iraq Crude Oil Exports Down So Far in 2025
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 4, 2025
Iraq crude oil exports have kept on retreating during the first five months of 2025, continuing the downward trend of 2024 at a heightened pace. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Banchero Costa said that “in Jan-Dec 2024, global crude oil...
Iraq's drilling success: 113 new oil wells completed in H1 2025
Shafaq News
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2025-07-03T09:01:38+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News - Baghdad On Thursday, Iraq’s Ministry of Oil reported that the Iraqi Drilling Company completed drilling and rehabilitating 113 oil wells during the first half of 2025. In a...
Iraq ships +1.6M oil barrels to Jordan in 5 months
Shafaq News
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July 3, 2025
2025-07-03T13:39:30+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad/Amman Iraq exported more than 1.6 million barrels of crude oil to Jordan in the first five months of 2025, according to data released by the State Organization for...
Iraq's crime rate plummets 13% in early 2025
Shafaq News
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2025-07-03T12:10:32+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad A 13% decrease in criminal incidents was recorded in Iraq during the first half of 2025 compared to the last six months of 2024, the Interior Ministry announced on...