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After UAE, Key Iraqi Airport Bars Iranian Airlines To Enforce US Sanctions
Instead of a flight lasting only a few hours, passengers will have now to take a land journey of at least 12 hours, depending on the destination.
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Khamenei's Coffin Reaches Najaf As Six-Day Funeral Procession Crosses Into Iraq
Najaf's selection as a stop on the funeral route carries deep religious weight: the city is home to the shrine of Imam Ali, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammad, and ranks among the most sacred sites in Shi'ite Islam worldwide.
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Wadi Al-Salam: World's Largest Cemetery Where 6 Million Bodies Are Buried
In a submission to UNESCO, Iraq estimated its area at 917 hectares - the equivalent of more than 1,700 football fields.
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Rajnath Singh Flags Off Inaugural Flight From Lucknow To Najaf
Union Home minister Rajnath Singh Thursday flagged off the inaugural flight from Uttar Pradesh's capital city to Najaf in Iraq.
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Islamic State Claims Suicide Attack on Iraq Police That Killed 47
The Islamic State (IS) group claimed a suicide attack on an Iraqi police base north of Baghdad that officials said today had killed at least 47 people.
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Iraqi Sacred City Gains Prominence as Baghdad Founders
The holy Shiite city of Najaf has gained prominence as a centre of political and military power since the start of a crisis that has raised the spectre of Iraq breaking up along sectarian and ethnic lines.
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Iraqi Slaughter Swells Crowded Shiite Cemetery
Responding to an appeal from Shi'ite clerics, Salah al-Wa'ili signed up earlier this month with a militia near Baghdad fighting the Islamist insurgents who have swept through northern Iraq and threatened the capital.
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Another 200 Indian Nationals Return From Iraq
A day after 46 Indian nurses returned to Kochi in Kerala from war-torn Iraq, a special chartered flight carrying 200 more Indians from Najaf landed at the Delhi International Airport this morning.
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Nearly 600 Indians to Come Back From Iraq by Monday
Nearly 600 Indians will come back from conflict-hit Iraq over the next two days of whom 200 will return by an Iraqi Airways special chartered flight from Najaf to Delhi tonight, External Affairs Ministry said today.
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94 Indians Leave Iraq; Nearly 600 to Return This Week
As many as 94 Indians on Monday left Iraq after a "pro-active approach" initated by the Indian officials there that would see nearly 600 nationals leaving the war-hit country to safety this week.
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Kuwait-Iraq flights to resume after 20 years
Iraq has approved a request from Kuwait's Jazeera Airways to operate services to Baghdad and Najaf, more than 20 years after direct flights between the neighbours were halted, officials said today.
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After UAE, Key Iraqi Airport Bars Iranian Airlines To Enforce US Sanctions
Instead of a flight lasting only a few hours, passengers will have now to take a land journey of at least 12 hours, depending on the destination.
-
Khamenei's Coffin Reaches Najaf As Six-Day Funeral Procession Crosses Into Iraq
Najaf's selection as a stop on the funeral route carries deep religious weight: the city is home to the shrine of Imam Ali, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammad, and ranks among the most sacred sites in Shi'ite Islam worldwide.
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Wadi Al-Salam: World's Largest Cemetery Where 6 Million Bodies Are Buried
In a submission to UNESCO, Iraq estimated its area at 917 hectares - the equivalent of more than 1,700 football fields.
-
Rajnath Singh Flags Off Inaugural Flight From Lucknow To Najaf
Union Home minister Rajnath Singh Thursday flagged off the inaugural flight from Uttar Pradesh's capital city to Najaf in Iraq.
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Islamic State Claims Suicide Attack on Iraq Police That Killed 47
The Islamic State (IS) group claimed a suicide attack on an Iraqi police base north of Baghdad that officials said today had killed at least 47 people.
-
Iraqi Sacred City Gains Prominence as Baghdad Founders
The holy Shiite city of Najaf has gained prominence as a centre of political and military power since the start of a crisis that has raised the spectre of Iraq breaking up along sectarian and ethnic lines.
-
Iraqi Slaughter Swells Crowded Shiite Cemetery
Responding to an appeal from Shi'ite clerics, Salah al-Wa'ili signed up earlier this month with a militia near Baghdad fighting the Islamist insurgents who have swept through northern Iraq and threatened the capital.
-
Another 200 Indian Nationals Return From Iraq
A day after 46 Indian nurses returned to Kochi in Kerala from war-torn Iraq, a special chartered flight carrying 200 more Indians from Najaf landed at the Delhi International Airport this morning.
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Nearly 600 Indians to Come Back From Iraq by Monday
Nearly 600 Indians will come back from conflict-hit Iraq over the next two days of whom 200 will return by an Iraqi Airways special chartered flight from Najaf to Delhi tonight, External Affairs Ministry said today.
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94 Indians Leave Iraq; Nearly 600 to Return This Week
As many as 94 Indians on Monday left Iraq after a "pro-active approach" initated by the Indian officials there that would see nearly 600 nationals leaving the war-hit country to safety this week.
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Kuwait-Iraq flights to resume after 20 years
Iraq has approved a request from Kuwait's Jazeera Airways to operate services to Baghdad and Najaf, more than 20 years after direct flights between the neighbours were halted, officials said today.
