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One killed, 91 wounded in Baghdad protests

Security forces killed a protester and wounded 91 others in Baghdad Saturday, security and medical sources said, as thousands of Iraqis continued to gather in mass anti-government protests. More than 250 people were killed in October, as security forces fired tear gas canisters and rubber...

Iran says cooperation plan sent to Gulf neighbors

Iran said Saturday it has sent Iraq and Arab states of the Gulf the text of its security and cooperation project first unveiled by President Hassan Rouhani at the UN in September. Rouhani "sent the full text [of the initiative] to the heads" of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Iraq and...

Egypt's Sinai Province swears allegiance to new Daesh leader

 Egypt's Daesh (ISIS) affiliate, Sinai Province, has sworn allegiance to the new leader named by the group following the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the affiliate said on Telegram Saturday. Sinai Province, which has waged an insurgency against the Egyptian state, posted pictures of...

Turkey says will send Daesh prisoners to home countries

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said Saturday Turkey would send captured Daesh (ISIS) members back to their home countries, and he complained about European inaction on the matter. "That is not acceptable to us. It's also irresponsible," he said of Europe leaving Turkey to deal with the...