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US Extends Restrictions For Commercial Flights Over Iraq Until 2027
The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday extended the restrictions on commercial airlines over Iraq for US flights for another three years citing risks to flights.
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Hundreds Of Migrants Arrive Back In Iraq On Flight From Belarus
Hundreds of Iraqis who failed to enter the EU from Belarus returned home Thursday, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that Belarus's attempt to "weaponise migration" had to stop.
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Air India To Keep Off Iran Airspace As Tensions Rise In Middle East
Hours after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 people crashed near Tehran and Iranian government conducted missile strikes against US military bases in Iraq, Air India said it is temporarily rerouting its flights and that of its subsidiary Air India Express which use Iranian airspace.
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Airlines Avoid Flying In Iran, Iraq Airspace After Missile Attack
A growing number of airlines said Wednesday they were avoiding Iranian and Iraqi airspace for flights to the region after Tehran fired ballistic missiles against bases housing US troops in Iraq.
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US Targets Some Iraqis For Deportation In Wake Of Travel Ban Deal
A US government official said today immigration agents are conducting targeted operations to arrest Iraqi immigrants who had been ordered deported after committing serious crimes, the result of a deal struck after Iraq was dropped from a list of countries targeted by President Donald Trump's travel ban.
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Planes Launched Off US Carrier In Gulf Pound ISIS
One after another, fighter jets catapult from the flight deck of the USS Eisenhower, a thousand-foot (305-meter) American aircraft carrier, afterburners glowing amber above the blue Persian Gulf, on their way northwest to join the fight in Iraq and Syria against the ISIS group.
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Grateful for US Strikes, Syrian Kurds Name Baby 'Obama'
Sultan Muslim, a Syrian Kurd, had no doubt what to name her seventh child when he was born, safely in Turkey, after a harrowing month-long flight from her home in Kobane: Obama.
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France Begins Spy Flights to Back US Iraq Air Campaign
France has joined Britain in carrying out reconnaissance flights in support of the US air campaign against jihadists launched in Iraq early last month, the defence minister said on Monday.
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Barack Obama Speaks Live: Comprehensive Strategy to Degrade and Destroy Islamic State
In the much anticipated address, US president Barack Obama announces a comprehensive strategy to flight Islamic State terror majorly in Iraq and Syria.
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Iraq Operations Cost $560 Million So Far: Pentagon
US military operations in Iraq, including airstrikes and surveillance flights, have cost about $560 million (30 billion rupees) since mid-June, the Pentagon said on Friday.
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Turkish Airlines Resumes Flights to Erbil in Iraq
Turkish Airlines says it has resumed its flights to the northern Iraqi city of Erbil, a day after suspending them for security reasons following US airstrikes against Islamic militants towing artillery outside the Kurdish regional capital.
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British Airways Suspends Flights over Iraq
British Airways (BA) suspended flights over Iraq today, as the US launched air strikes against Islamic militants fighting in the north of the country.
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US' Federal Aviation Administration Places New Restrictions on Flights Over Iraq
The Federal Aviation Administration is restricting US airlines from flying at or below 30,000 feet (9,145 meters) over Iraq because of what it calls "the potentially hazardous situation created by the armed conflict" there.
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US Woman Aimed to go to Syria For Jihad: Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI agents tried more than once to discourage a 19-year-old US woman who said she was intent on waging jihad in the Middle East before arresting her in April as she boarded a flight she hoped would ultimately get her to Syria, court documents unsealed Wednesday show.
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US trims Nigeria Surveillance Flights Seeking Abducted Girls
The United States said on Friday it had decreased its surveillance flights in the search for more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants in Nigeria, but added that the overall effort was unchanged due to more flights by other countries.
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US Extends Restrictions For Commercial Flights Over Iraq Until 2027
The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday extended the restrictions on commercial airlines over Iraq for US flights for another three years citing risks to flights.
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Hundreds Of Migrants Arrive Back In Iraq On Flight From Belarus
Hundreds of Iraqis who failed to enter the EU from Belarus returned home Thursday, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that Belarus's attempt to "weaponise migration" had to stop.
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Air India To Keep Off Iran Airspace As Tensions Rise In Middle East
Hours after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 people crashed near Tehran and Iranian government conducted missile strikes against US military bases in Iraq, Air India said it is temporarily rerouting its flights and that of its subsidiary Air India Express which use Iranian airspace.
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Airlines Avoid Flying In Iran, Iraq Airspace After Missile Attack
A growing number of airlines said Wednesday they were avoiding Iranian and Iraqi airspace for flights to the region after Tehran fired ballistic missiles against bases housing US troops in Iraq.
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US Targets Some Iraqis For Deportation In Wake Of Travel Ban Deal
A US government official said today immigration agents are conducting targeted operations to arrest Iraqi immigrants who had been ordered deported after committing serious crimes, the result of a deal struck after Iraq was dropped from a list of countries targeted by President Donald Trump's travel ban.
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Planes Launched Off US Carrier In Gulf Pound ISIS
One after another, fighter jets catapult from the flight deck of the USS Eisenhower, a thousand-foot (305-meter) American aircraft carrier, afterburners glowing amber above the blue Persian Gulf, on their way northwest to join the fight in Iraq and Syria against the ISIS group.
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Grateful for US Strikes, Syrian Kurds Name Baby 'Obama'
Sultan Muslim, a Syrian Kurd, had no doubt what to name her seventh child when he was born, safely in Turkey, after a harrowing month-long flight from her home in Kobane: Obama.
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France Begins Spy Flights to Back US Iraq Air Campaign
France has joined Britain in carrying out reconnaissance flights in support of the US air campaign against jihadists launched in Iraq early last month, the defence minister said on Monday.
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Barack Obama Speaks Live: Comprehensive Strategy to Degrade and Destroy Islamic State
In the much anticipated address, US president Barack Obama announces a comprehensive strategy to flight Islamic State terror majorly in Iraq and Syria.
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Iraq Operations Cost $560 Million So Far: Pentagon
US military operations in Iraq, including airstrikes and surveillance flights, have cost about $560 million (30 billion rupees) since mid-June, the Pentagon said on Friday.
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Turkish Airlines Resumes Flights to Erbil in Iraq
Turkish Airlines says it has resumed its flights to the northern Iraqi city of Erbil, a day after suspending them for security reasons following US airstrikes against Islamic militants towing artillery outside the Kurdish regional capital.
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British Airways Suspends Flights over Iraq
British Airways (BA) suspended flights over Iraq today, as the US launched air strikes against Islamic militants fighting in the north of the country.
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US' Federal Aviation Administration Places New Restrictions on Flights Over Iraq
The Federal Aviation Administration is restricting US airlines from flying at or below 30,000 feet (9,145 meters) over Iraq because of what it calls "the potentially hazardous situation created by the armed conflict" there.
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US Woman Aimed to go to Syria For Jihad: Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI agents tried more than once to discourage a 19-year-old US woman who said she was intent on waging jihad in the Middle East before arresting her in April as she boarded a flight she hoped would ultimately get her to Syria, court documents unsealed Wednesday show.
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US trims Nigeria Surveillance Flights Seeking Abducted Girls
The United States said on Friday it had decreased its surveillance flights in the search for more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants in Nigeria, but added that the overall effort was unchanged due to more flights by other countries.
