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kurds: stateless people across four countries

Kurds are non-Arab ethnic group of between 25 and 35 million people spread across Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey and without state of their own.. ... In Iraq, Kurds were persecuted under Sunni Arab-dominated of Saddam Hussein and rose up after Iraq's defeat in..

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TEHRAN - Two former prime ministers and the current National Security Council of Iraq went to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's Baghdad on Tuesday to voice their gratitude for all Tehran's supports in Arab war against terrorists... ..

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iraqis choose barham salih as new president and adel abdul-mahdi as

BAGHDAD — Iraqis named president and minister designate Tuesday, capping five months of halting negotiations that played out amid widening unrest and rivalry between United States and Iran for influence over Iraq's leadership.. The selection of the men showed how the sectarian loyalties..

iraq says inspectors can return

UNITED NATIONS -- Facing the threat of a U.S. military attack and sensing a shift even among its Arab allies, Iraq told U.N. ... Several key Arab states -- including Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia -- that had unanimously opposed military action against Iraq urged Saddam in..

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