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Month: September 2017

28 September 2017

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Babylon Reports – Flight ban, 92% Yes, Iraqi Parliament 13 decisions

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Better check your tickets. The Government of Iraq has confirmed it will move ahead with its international flight ban over the Kurdistan Region on Friday. Baghdad has demanded the Kurdistan Region hand over control of the airports and borders. In response, the KRG has said it prepared to talk, including allowing members of the Iraqi […]

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27 September 2017

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Babylon Reports – Barzani says ‘Yes’ wins, Baghdad threatens airport closure, Damascus-Kurds to negotiate

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President Masoud Barzani has claimed the victory for ‘yes’ vote in the independence referendum as he delivered a televised speech to the nation. He called on Baghdad and neighboring countries to respect the will of millions of people who voted yes on Monday. Addressing Baghdad, he said, “There is no need to be angry and issue […]

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21 September 2017

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Babylon Reports – ISIS days ‘counted’, Death toll in Amedi rises, Turkey won’t go to war

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The Islamic State’s days are counted. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces say they have driven ISIS militants out of 80% of the northern Syrian city of Raqqa. The SDF announced that its three-month-old assault was now in its “final stages”. Meanwhile in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, the operation to retake Hawija has begun today. […]

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20 September 2017

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Babylon Reports – Anbar offensive, Twin bomb in Salahuddin, Female Peshmerga gets award

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The end is near. Iraqi forces have launched an operation to recapture the last stronghold of so-called Islamic State in the country’s western desert. The Iraqi army, Anbar provincial police and Sunni Arab tribal fighters began moving on the town of Anah near the border with Syria on Tuesday. Coalition airstrikes were conducted in the […]

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19 September 2017

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Babylon Reports – Shots in Kirkuk, Turkish jets shell Bradost, Myanmar speeches

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Festivities gone wrong. One person has died after shots were fired during a pro-referendum event in Kirkuk on Monday evening. Shots were reportedly fired at people riding motorcycles and flying Kurdistan flags, raising security concerns. Despite that, the Kurdistan elections commission has announced Peshmerga fighters, security forces, and others will vote with the rest of the […]

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18 September 2017

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Babylon Reports – Iran Referendum threats, Makhmour ISIS attack, Catalonia Referendum

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Iran threatens to close its borders and withdraw its diplomatic mission in Erbil should the Kurdistan Region proceed with the referendum. Supreme National Security Council explained that the relationship between Tehran and Erbil only exists as part of a united Iraq. The Kurdistan Region’s High Council for the Independence Referendum on Sunday however announced the […]

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17 September 2017

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Babylon Reports – Kirkuk blast, Baghdad warning against violence, Kurds and Chaldeans on hunger strike

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An explosion in Kirkuk shocked the city last night. A car bomb exploded in Kirkuk’s al-Adan neighborhood on Saturday evening, killing at least two people and wounding 10 others. It went off on the main Kirkuk-Baghdad road and security forces cordoned off the area out of fear there might be another rigged vehicle. Meanwhile, Iraqi PM […]

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16 September 2017

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WATCH TAYLOR SWIFT TRANSFORM INTO A ZOMBIE!

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There’s still six more weeks until Halloween, but Taylor Swift’s already giving us some major costume inspiration. If you’ve seen Taylor’s wild video for “Look What You Made Me Do”, you know that she emerges from a grave as a zombie, ready to stake her revenge and defend her reputation. Now, in a new behind-the-scenes […]

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14 September 2017

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ADAM LEVINE AND BEHATI PRINSLOO HAVE ANOTHER BABY ON THE WAY

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Not only is Maroon 5’s sizzling new single with SZA, “What Lovers Do,” climbing the charts, but the singer and his wife, Behati Prinsloo, are expecting their second child together. Prinsloo announced the exciting news on Wednesday (September 13) with an Instagram post captioned “ROUND 2…..”. In the pic, the Victoria’s Secret model wears a bikini and proudly […]

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