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19 July 2018

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Babylon Reports – Kirkuk blasts, Turkey ends state of emergency, #InMyFeelings creator meets Drake

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Sad news out of Kirkuk as a series of explosions hit the city in multiple locations last night. A vehicle allegedly drove through a crowd, throwing bombs and grenades in a commercial district of Kirkuk. One death was reported and 11 people were injured, including women and children. No group has claimed responsibility for the […]

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22 February 2018

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Babylon Reports – Eastern Ghouta crisis, Kirkuk security incident, US soldier dies in Baghdad

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The UN Secretary General has demanded an immediate end to fighting in the Eastern Ghouta in Syria, describing the rebel enclave as a “hell on earth”.  The UN security council is being urged to consider a resolution which calls for a 30-day ceasefire in Syria. The Eastern Ghouta has been under fierce bombardment from government […]

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8 February 2018

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Babylon Reports – France condemns Syrian conflict, ISIS removed from Khurmatu, Lana del Rey gets emotional

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France’s Foreign Minister on Wednesday called on Iranian militias and the Lebanese Hezbollah to withdraw from Syria and accused Turkey, Iran, and the Syrian regime of violating international law in the war-torn country. Jean-Yves Le Drian said France was demanding the withdrawal of “all those who have no business in Syria,” and also accused “the […]

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7 February 2018

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Babylon Reports – UN calls for ceasefire in Syria, Assassination in Kirkuk, Kendrick Lamar music video drops

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The United Nations called on Tuesday for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Syria of at least a month, as heavy air strikes were reported to have killed scores of people in the last major rebel stronghold near Damascus. U.N. officials in Syria called for fighting to stop to enable aid deliveries and the evacuation of […]

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9 January 2018

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Babylon Reports – Baghdad bans Kar group in Kirkuk, Iran bans English in schools, The Weeknd quits H&M

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The Iraqi Parliament on Monday voted to ban Kurdish engineering company Kar Group from operating oilfields in Kirkuk as a crackdown on the Kurdistan Region continues following the independence referendum held last September. The vote came after lawmakers in the Iraqi Parliament claimed the Kurdish firm “refused to cooperate” with Iraq’s state-run North Oil Company […]

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20 November 2017

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Babylon Reports – Gunmen kidnap NOC employee, Ankara bans gay festivals, Syria retake Al-Boukamal

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  Unidentified gunmen on Sunday kidnapped an employee of the state-owned North Oil Company (NOC) in Kirkuk. The gunmen, driving a car with no license plate, kidnapped a young employee of NOC in Asra/Mafqudeen neighborhood, south of Kirkuk. A few days ago, four employees of the same company were reported kidnapped, but local authorities claimed […]

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19 November 2017

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Babylon Reports – Protests in Rojhalat, Kirkuk IDPs remain, ISIS caliphate in Iraq defeated

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Crowds of mourners paid their respects to a volunteer who was killed delivering aid to earthquake victims. Abubakr Maroufi was driving a vanload of aid to earthquake victims in Sarpol-e Zahab when he died in a car accident. His death has sparked protests by people accusing the Iranian government of failing to help those affected by […]

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8 November 2017

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Babylon Reports – Sadr orders withdrawal from Kirkuk, Abadi says no to 17%, Syria to sign Paris agreement

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Influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr yesterday ordered his brigade to shut down their offices in Kirkuk and withdraw their forces within three days. Saraya al-Salam, or Peace Brigade was sent to Kirkuk by the Baghdad-based cleric during the October 16 assault. The order to withdraw  came two days after twin bombings targeted Shia militia offices in […]

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6 November 2017

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Babylon Reports – Kirkuk blasts, Car bomb in Syria, Saudi Prince killed in helicopter crash

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Shock in Kirkuk as two explosions ripped through the city on Sunday, killing five people and wounding 10 others. The first explosion was a suicide bomber targeting a government building in the city’s Atlas neighborhood. The second explosion targeted the Hashd al-Shaabi currently based inside an old KDP office in the city. It’s the first […]

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18 October 2017

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Babylon Reports – Coalition says Kirkuk was planned, Turkish soldiers killed in Iraq, Kurdish MP dies.

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The international anti-ISIS coalition has declared the events in Kirkuk were meant to be a coordinated handover of control, but that ended with one incident that resulted from a “miscommunication.” This situation, for most, still remains unclear. Meanwhile, Four Turkish soldiers were killed in northern Iraq in two separate attacks blamed on the PKK on […]

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