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4 July 2018

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Babylon Reports – ISIS son dead, Kurdish Iraqi suspect faces new allegations, Drake breaks records

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ISIS’ propaganda agency Amaq announced Hudhayfah al-Badri, son of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed during an attack by the jihadists in the central Syrian province of Homs. Al-Badri was killed in an operation against the Nussayriyyah and the Russians at the thermal power station in Homs, the group said in a […]

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3 July 2018

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Babylon Reports – Car crash on Koya Road, Explosion in Suli, Ben Stiller Goodwill ambassador

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Three people died, and others were injured Monday as a result of a traffic accident on Koya road connecting the cities of Erbil and Kirkuk.  A truck hit a jeep around noon, killing three people and injuring three others. Traffic police officials have called on drivers to respect speed limits and to drive carefully, especially if […]

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10 June 2018

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Babylon Reports – Murderer returned to Germany, Sadr calls for disarmament, Chef Bourdain dies

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An Iraqi man who reportedly confessed to raping and killing a German teenage girl has been deported back to Germany. Ali Bashar, a failed asylum seeker aged 20, disappeared after Susanna Maria Feldman, 14, was found strangled near the city of Wiesbaden near Frankfurt last month. He was detained on Friday in Iraqi Kurdistan and […]

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7 June 2018

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Babylon Reports – Twin blast in Baghdad, Qatar Airways boss sorry, Kim Kardashian wins in DC

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Sad news out of Iraq’s capital as an explosion in Baghdad’s al-Sadr district killed at least seven people. Initial reports indicated there were two explosions and a Shiite mosque was the target while security officials said there was an explosion at an arms depot near the mosque. The Iraqi Ministry of Interior, meanwhile, confirmed the explosions […]

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6 June 2018

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Babylon Reports – Iraqi Election recount, Argentina cancels Israel match, Miss America says bye to bikinis

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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday announced that the Council of Ministers has decided for a manual recount of 5 percent of votes across all polling stations and for IDP and diaspora votes to be scrapped. Directions have been given to national security and intelligence apparatus to find those complicit of committing fraud. Abadi […]

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5 June 2018

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Babylon Reports – Jordan’s PM steps down, Baghdad to send oil to KRG, 50 countries ban plastic

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Jordan’s Prime Minister Hani Mulki has resigned after days of protests against tax rises and austerity measures. The recent demonstrations in the country are the biggest in years. Protesters have chanted anti-government slogans and clashed with police, who have fired tear gas and blocked roads. The protests have continued for four consecutive nights, and police […]

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4 June 2018

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Babylon Reports – Assad North Korea visit, Iraq sentences French woman, Kanye drops album

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is reportedly planning on making a state visit to North Korea. It would be the first time North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has hosted a head of state since assuming power in 2011. He has undertaken a flurry of diplomatic activity recently, meeting China’s president in May, and is expected to […]

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3 June 2018

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Babylon Reports – Iraq faces water crisis, Jordan strikes, New Maroon 5 music vid special nod to women

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  Iraq and the Kurdistan Region face a serious water crisis as the governments of Turkey and Iran have been decreasing or cutting water supplies into the country’s rivers. The Iraqi Minister of Water Resources on Saturday said that the Turkish government had begun filling the newly-established Ileso Dam on the Tigris River. The move […]

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31 May 2018

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Babylon Reports – Iraqi Elections cancellations, Russian journalist resurfaces, BTS takes over US

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Iraq’s electoral commission nullified results from over 1,000 polling stations after receiving hundreds of complaints. At the same time, parliament is discussing a bill that would require a manual recount of all votes. Acting on nearly 2,000 complaints of voting irregularities, the Commissioners Council of the electoral commission cancelled election results from 1,021 polling stations from […]

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29 May 2018

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Babylon Reports – Syria heads disarmament group, Iraq votes for recount, Nicki and Em dating rumors

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Members of the UN have expressed dismay over Syria becoming president of the Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Geneva. The move comes just weeks after the latest reported chemical weapons attack, in which the Syrian authorities are widely believed to have used chemical agents against civilians. Syria takes over from Switzerland simply because it follows […]

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