PKK fighters committed no crimes, do not need amnesty: KCK

“Differentiation between the members and compartmentalizing them in different groups has no relation whatsoever with the solution process,” KCK spokesperson Zagros Hiwa told The New Region, denouncing the move as “subversive action to jeopardize the process.”

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Iraq security chief says restricting weapons top priority for next government

“The issue of weapons control will be of paramount importance” to the next government, Araji said during a live session on security by the Washington-based Atlantic Council.

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Iraqi parliament to vote on Zaidi’s cabinet Thursday

The agenda published by the parliament’s media office includes only one item: “Voting on the ministerial program and the government of the Prime Minister-designate, Mr. Ali Falih Al-Zaidi.”

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Iran executes another alleged Mossad spy

Ehsan Afrashteh, aged around 32, had his death sentence carried out on Wednesday after being arrested in 2024 on espionage charges and held in the notorious Evin prison, with the judiciary’s Mizan Online website accusing him of being “a spy trained in Nepal by the Mossad and sold sensitive information to Israel.”

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Iraq deploys armed drone

“As part of developing technical and intelligence capabilities, we announce the introduction of the SARA 1 multi-mission drone system to support field security monitoring and operations,” the Iraqi National Security Service (INSS) said in a statement.

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Iraq says collaborated with Germany to thwart ‘major terrorist plot’ in Hamburg

“The international judicial cooperation and information exchange with Germany contributed to thwarting a dangerous terrorist plot in Hamburg,” Iraq’s judiciary communication center said in a statement.

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Kuwait summons Iranian ambassador over IRGC incursion

Deputy Foreign Minister Hamad Suleiman al-Mashaan summoned Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Tutunji to “deliver a protest note” and “express Kuwait’s strong condemnation of this hostile act, demanding that the Islamic Republic of Iran immediately and unconditionally cease such actions.” 

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Iran files complaint against US over June war, attacks on nuclear facilities

Tasnim news agency, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said that Tehran has filed a complaint against Washington at The Hague over “military aggression against Iranian nuclear facilities,” the “imposition of economic sanctions,” and “threats of resorting to force.”

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Hawraman’s Biyara among seven Iraqi entries for UN Tourism award

Biyara offers a beautiful resort and breathtaking scenery and nature, particularly in the spring season.

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