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June 2022 - Iraq Special Weapons News
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- Attacks on Iraqi Kurdistan Region US Dept. of State 26 Jun 2022 -- The United States stands with our partners in condemnation of the repeated rocket and mortar attacks directed at the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, including three attacks in Sulaimaniya in the last four days on oil and gas infrastructure.
- Iraqi top politician Khazali calls for new parliamentary elections Press TV 25 Jun 2022 -- Iraq's senior politician Qais al-Khazali has called for new parliamentary elections after dozens of legislators loyal to influential leader Muqtada al-Sadr withdrew from the assembly.
- Iraqi PM Traveling To Iran, Saudi Arabia In Bid To Revive Talks Between Bitter Rivals RFE/RL 25 Jun 2022 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi is traveling to Saudi Arabia and Iran in an effort to broker new talks between the two bitter rivals, officials said.
- Sadr: Iran neither meddled in Iraqi politics nor put pressure on any Shia party Press TV 22 Jun 2022 -- Prominent Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday said the Islamic Republic of Iran has never meddled in the internal political affairs of Iraq and has not put pressure on any Shia group in the Arab country, dismissing insinuations fanned by rabble-rousers.
- UN, Experts Warn of Serious Water Problems for Iraq VOA 20 Jun 2022 -- Azzam Al Wash teaches at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani and is the founder of the environmental organization, Nature Iraq, that helped revive the drained marshes in Iraq's south.
- Iraq says gas imports from Iran at 40 mcm per day Press TV 18 Jun 2022 -- Iraqi authorities have reported a major increase in the supply of natural gas from neighboring Iran two days after the Arab country settled nearly $1.7 billion of arrears it owed Iran for previous gas imports, according to a report by Iraq's NINA news agency.
- Iraq decries latest Turkish drone strike in Kurdistan region, vows response after investigation Press TV 18 Jun 2022 -- Baghdad has condemned Turkey for its deadly drone strike in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, pledging "necessary steps" in response to the attack.
- Iraq's political crisis: Sadr bloc resigns Press TV 17 Jun 2022 -- The Sadr bloc has resigned to pave the way for another set of elections in Iraq. But what guarantee is there that history will not repeat itself with more political paralysis?
- Iraq pays back $1.6bn of its natural gas arrears to Iran: Owji Press TV 16 Jun 2022 -- Iran has received from Iraq a sum of $1.6 billion the Arab country owed to Iran for imports of natural gas in the past years, according to remarks by the Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji.
- Iraqi parliament speaker accepts Sadr bloc's resignation Press TV 12 Jun 2022 -- Iraq's Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi has accepted mass resignation of lawmakers faithful to influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
- Drone attack targets US consulate in Iraq's northern city of Erbil Press TV 09 Jun 2022 -- A drone exploded near the US consulate in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, the latest in a series of attacks in the area amid growing anti-American sentiments in the country.
- Drone Filled With Explosives Blows Up in Iraqi Kurdistan's Erbil Sputnik 09 Jun 2022 -- In March of this year, Iran's Revolutionary Guards launched about a dozen ballistic missiles at the Kurdish region's capital, an unprecedented strike on the city that appeared to be aimed at an "Israeli strategic center," although some of the ballistic missiles reportedly fell near the US consulate.
- Delivering justice for the victims and survivors of ISIL atrocities UK FCDO 09 Jun 2022 -- Statement by Fergus Eckersley, UK Political Coordinator at the UN, at the UN Security Council briefing on Iraq
- Iranian military products can assist Iraq with ensuring security, defense chief says Press TV 07 Jun 2022 -- Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani says Iran's military achievements could effectively help neighboring Iraq to beef up security.
- Dozen terrorists killed in northern Iraq as resistance fighters strike Daesh positions Press TV 07 Jun 2022 -- At least a dozen Daesh terrorists have been killed in northern Iraq in a sweeping operation by the Arab country's resistance fighters, as the Iraqi army and its allies strive to flush the last remnants of the foreign-sponsored outfit out of the Arab country.
- Iraqi forces capture 14 Daesh terrorists after deadly terrorist attack in Diyala Press TV 06 Jun 2022 -- Iraqi security forces have captured more than a dozen Daesh terrorists, including a number of top commanders, hours after five civilians were killed and several others injured in an attack in the eastern province of Diyala.
- Iraqi Kurdistan rejects federal ruling over oil delivery to Baghdad amid dealings with Israel Press TV 05 Jun 2022 -- The judicial council of Iraq's Kurdistan has vehemently opposed a ruling from the Iraqi federal court to hand over the region's crude supplies to the central government in Baghdad amid secret dealings with Israel.
- Iraqi PMU strikes heavy blow on Daesh terrorists near Iran borders IRNA 03 Jun 2022 -- The Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) - known as the Hashd al-Shaabi- announced on Friday that Iraqi PMU arrested six wanted and notorious Daesh (ISIS) terrorists in Diyala Governorate near the borders of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- UN report finds 'limited progress' on human rights protections for Iraqis UN News 02 Jun 2022 -- A UN report issued on Thursday, describes "limited progress" towards justice for human rights violations and abuses committed against dissenters exercising their right to free speech in Iraq.
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