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11 April 2018

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Babylon Reports – Zuckerberg grilled in hearing, KRG won’t impose alcohol tax, Barcelona out of Champions League

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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was in the hot seat yesterday as he spent 5 hours answering US senators question in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data collection scandal. Mr. Zuckerberg said the company would learn from its mistakes and when pressed, the 33-year-old billionaire tech titan said he would welcome regulation, if it was […]

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26 March 2018

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Babylon Reports – Iraqi Forces in Sinjar, KRG austerity measures to change, Egypt votes

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The Iraqi Army was deployed to the Yezidi town of Sinjar yesterday to provide security alongside the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)-affiliated Sinjar Protection Units hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of his own operation in the north of Iraq. The PKK has been withdrawing since its umbrella group, the KCK, announced […]

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7 November 2017

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Babylon Reports – Military buildup at Peshmerga frontlines, Saudi arrests just the start, Turkey-US visa services resume

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Still no resolution in sight as the KRG’s Minister of Peshmerga warned on Monday that Iraqi forces and Hashd al-Shaabi continue military buildup close to the Peshmerga frontlines. A delegation of Peshmerga commanders met with the US-led Coalition to discuss military cooperation and the ongoing situation between Peshmerga and the Iraqi forces. The KRG once again asked Baghdad […]

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18 May 2017

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Babylon Reports – KRG to get helicopters, Iran nuclear sanctions relief, Japanese Princess to lose status

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Chief of Staff of the Peshmerga Ministry Jabar Yawar has announced that a main point of the Peshmerga project under the oversight of the US, the UK and Germany is a provision for obtaining helicopters. The creation of an air wing for the Ministry would be used to transfer wounded soldiers and attend to the […]

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9 May 2017

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Babylon Reports – South Korea votes, KRG debt payments, Bill Clinton novel

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Two days after the French elections, South Koreans are now heading to the polls in a presidential election, called early after a huge corruption scandal brought down their former leader. Left-leaning Moon Jae-in is the clear front-runner with the centrist candidate as his nearest challenger. The election is being closely watched at a time of […]

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18 April 2017

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Babylon Reports – Trump congratulates Erdogan, Baghdad Health Budget, North Korea missiles

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US President Donald Trump has congratulated President Erdogan on his victory in Sunday’s referendum that gave him sweeping new powers. In a phone call, Trump also thanked Erdogan for supporting America’s missile strike on a Syrian government airbase on 7 April. In the poll, 51.4% of Turkish voters backed the changes. Erdogan rejected criticism from […]

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12 April 2017

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Babylon Reports – Borrusia Dortmund, KRG, Ed Sheeran

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Three explosions have hit a bus carrying the Borussia Dortmund football team to their home Champions League quarter-final match against Monaco. In a news conference, the head of Dortmund police said it was a targeted attack on the team. Player Marc Bartra underwent an operation after breaking a bone in his wrist. No other players […]

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