Govt. leaving no stone unturned to try to free ISIS-held Indian hostages:
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 6 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today met the families of 39 Indian nationals held captive in Iraq, and assured them that they are alive. She said the government is leaving no stone unturned to reach out to the stranded people there.
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Six killed, 18 injured in suicide attack in Iraq
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept. 25 (ANI): Six people have been killed and 18 others injured after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt on Sunday in Iraq's capital city Baghdad.
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US bombs ISIS chemical weapons plant in Iraq
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept. 14 (ANI): A top US Air Force commander said that they have bombarded an ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) chemical weapons plant that was housed in a converted Iraqi pharmaceutical factory.
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M. J. Akbar to travel to Lebanon, Syria, Iraq between Aug.17-23
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 17 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs M. J. Akbar will be on an official visit to Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq from August 17 to 23 to strengthen bilateral ties with the West Asia region.
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M. J. Akbar to travel to Lebanon, Syria, Iraq between August 17-23
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 12 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs M. J. Akbar will be on an official visit to Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq from August 17 to 23 to strengthen bilateral ties with the West Asia region.
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ISIS fighters reduced to 15,000 amid 'retreat on all fronts', cl
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington, Aug. 11 (ANI): A top US commander has claimed the military campaigns in Iraq and Syria have eliminated around 45,000 enemy combatants and reduced the total number of Islamic State fighters to as few as 15,000.
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Pak, Iran to collaborate against Islamic State
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug. 7 (ANI): Pakistan and Iran have agreed to cooperate in countering threats posed by an extremist Middle Eastern terrorist outfit, which has set up a self-styled caliphate across large swathes of land in Syria and Iraq.
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ISIS captures about 3,000 people fleeing violence in Iraq: UN report
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York, Aug. 6 (ANI): The United Nations has said the ISIS militants have captured up to 3,000 people displaced from their homes trying to flee conflict zones in northern Iraq, reportedly killing 12 of them.
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After son, Pakistani-origin man convicted in Norway for joining ISIS
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug. 4 (ANI): An Oslo court in Norway sentenced a Pakistani-origin man to six years in prison for joining the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
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Obama pulls up Trump, says 'tired of folks trash-talking America'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London, Aug. 2 (ANI): Taking on Donald Trump for his criticism of the Muslim couple whose son was killed in Iraq, US President Barack Obama has said he is tired of some folks trash-talking America's military and troops.
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Four workers killed as gunmen attack energy facilities in northern Iraq
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kirkuk (Iraq), July 31 (ANI): Unidentified gunmen attacked two energy facilities in Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk on Sunday, killing at least four workers in one facility and detonated explosives in the other.
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Fresh blast in Iraq kills at least 12 people
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Baquba ( Iraq), July 25 (ANI) : Up to 12 people were killed and 25 others wounded on Monday in a suicide car bomb attack in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala.
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