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Dozen Ballistic Missiles Fired At Northern Iraq, US Facilities Targeted
A dozen ballistic missiles targeted Iraq's northern city of Arbil, including US facilities, causing damage but no major casualties early on Sunday, security forces in the autonomous Kurdistan region said.
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12 Including 3 Foreigners Killed In Flash Floods In Iraq
Twelve people including three foreigners died Friday in flash floods which swept through northern Iraq after torrential rains in Arbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, an official said.
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'Armed Drone' Attack On Iraq Airport, Near US Consulate
Armed drones attacked Arbil international airport, which lies near the US consulate in this northern Iraq city, Kurdish security forces said in a statement Saturday.
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Rocket Fire Targets Kurdish Iraq's Arbil Airport Near US Army Base
Rocket fire targeted an airport where US soldiers are based in Arbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, on Wednesday evening, Kurdish officials said.
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Foreign Contractor Killed, 5 Others Injured After Rockets Hit Iraq Airbase
A volley of rockets targeting an airbase in Iraq's Kurdistan region late on Monday killed a foreign civilian contractor and wounded five others and a US soldier, the US-led coalition said.
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Amid Iran Tensions, US Orders Partial Evacuation Of Embassy In Baghdad, Arbil
The US State Department on Wednesday ordered all non-emergency staff to leave its embassy in Baghdad and consulate in Arbil, as tensions mount between the United States and Iraq's neighbor Iran.
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Gunmen Storm Iraq Kurdish Governor's Office, Killing 1
Three gunmen on Monday stormed the governor's headquarters in Arbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, opening fire and killing one employee before being shot dead, officials said.
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Russian Strikes in Syria Again Halt North Iraq Flights
Flights to and from two northern Iraqi airports were suspended for 48 hours for the second time in roughly two weeks due to Russian strikes in Syria, officials said today.
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Iraq Suspends Northern Flights Due to Syria Strikes
Iraq's Civil Aviation Authority ordered all flights to and from two northern airports be suspended beginning on Monday due to danger from cruise missiles and bombers crossing to Syria.
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Islamic State Claims Deadly US Consulate Blast in Iraq
The Islamic State group claimed Saturday a bombing near the US consulate in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region a day earlier that killed two Turks.
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Iraqi Kurdistan Tourism in Tatters as IS War Drags on
Billboards still read "Welcome to Arbil, 2014 Arab Tourism Capital," but most of the visitors Iraq's Kurdistan region welcomed last year were people made homeless by a jihadist offensive.
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Pope Offers Christmas Phone Greetings to Iraqi Refugees
Pope Francis spoke by telephone to Iraqis living in a displaced people's camp near the main Kurdish city Arbil on Wednesday, assuring them they were in his Christmas thoughts.
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Iraq's Kurdistan Says to Deepen Ties With Iran
Iraqi Kurdistan plans to strengthen its relationship with Iran, the prime minister of the semi-autonomous region said on Wednesday in an acknowledgement of the deepening ties between Arbil and Tehran.
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Kurds Tighten Border as Displaced Iraqis Strain Resources
They used to be symbols of an oil-fuelled boom, but the unfinished buildings in Iraq's Kurdish north are now crammed with people fleeing violence in the rest of the country.
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IS Claims Suicide Bombing in Iraq's Arbil
The Islamic State jihadist group today claimed a rare suicide car bombing in the usually secure capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region that killed four people.
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Dozen Ballistic Missiles Fired At Northern Iraq, US Facilities Targeted
A dozen ballistic missiles targeted Iraq's northern city of Arbil, including US facilities, causing damage but no major casualties early on Sunday, security forces in the autonomous Kurdistan region said.
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12 Including 3 Foreigners Killed In Flash Floods In Iraq
Twelve people including three foreigners died Friday in flash floods which swept through northern Iraq after torrential rains in Arbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, an official said.
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'Armed Drone' Attack On Iraq Airport, Near US Consulate
Armed drones attacked Arbil international airport, which lies near the US consulate in this northern Iraq city, Kurdish security forces said in a statement Saturday.
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Rocket Fire Targets Kurdish Iraq's Arbil Airport Near US Army Base
Rocket fire targeted an airport where US soldiers are based in Arbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, on Wednesday evening, Kurdish officials said.
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Foreign Contractor Killed, 5 Others Injured After Rockets Hit Iraq Airbase
A volley of rockets targeting an airbase in Iraq's Kurdistan region late on Monday killed a foreign civilian contractor and wounded five others and a US soldier, the US-led coalition said.
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Amid Iran Tensions, US Orders Partial Evacuation Of Embassy In Baghdad, Arbil
The US State Department on Wednesday ordered all non-emergency staff to leave its embassy in Baghdad and consulate in Arbil, as tensions mount between the United States and Iraq's neighbor Iran.
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Gunmen Storm Iraq Kurdish Governor's Office, Killing 1
Three gunmen on Monday stormed the governor's headquarters in Arbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, opening fire and killing one employee before being shot dead, officials said.
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Russian Strikes in Syria Again Halt North Iraq Flights
Flights to and from two northern Iraqi airports were suspended for 48 hours for the second time in roughly two weeks due to Russian strikes in Syria, officials said today.
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Iraq Suspends Northern Flights Due to Syria Strikes
Iraq's Civil Aviation Authority ordered all flights to and from two northern airports be suspended beginning on Monday due to danger from cruise missiles and bombers crossing to Syria.
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Islamic State Claims Deadly US Consulate Blast in Iraq
The Islamic State group claimed Saturday a bombing near the US consulate in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region a day earlier that killed two Turks.
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Iraqi Kurdistan Tourism in Tatters as IS War Drags on
Billboards still read "Welcome to Arbil, 2014 Arab Tourism Capital," but most of the visitors Iraq's Kurdistan region welcomed last year were people made homeless by a jihadist offensive.
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Pope Offers Christmas Phone Greetings to Iraqi Refugees
Pope Francis spoke by telephone to Iraqis living in a displaced people's camp near the main Kurdish city Arbil on Wednesday, assuring them they were in his Christmas thoughts.
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Iraq's Kurdistan Says to Deepen Ties With Iran
Iraqi Kurdistan plans to strengthen its relationship with Iran, the prime minister of the semi-autonomous region said on Wednesday in an acknowledgement of the deepening ties between Arbil and Tehran.
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Kurds Tighten Border as Displaced Iraqis Strain Resources
They used to be symbols of an oil-fuelled boom, but the unfinished buildings in Iraq's Kurdish north are now crammed with people fleeing violence in the rest of the country.
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IS Claims Suicide Bombing in Iraq's Arbil
The Islamic State jihadist group today claimed a rare suicide car bombing in the usually secure capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region that killed four people.
