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Iranian artillery shells rebel positions in northern Iraq

Iran & IraqBaghdad - Iranian artillery Tuesday shelled villages in northern Iraq where Ira

Iraq's al-Maliki delays school exams for Mosul operation

IraqBaghdad  -  Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki postponed on Tuesday school exams until June due t

Al-Sadr calls upon his followers to stop fighting in Sadr City

Baghdad  - The radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday called upon his followers to abide by an agreement, signed between Sadrist movement and the United Iraqi Alliance, to stop fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City.

Al-Sadr urged his Shiite followers to implement the agreement, which encapsulates 16 articles and should last for only four days, according to a statement written in his handwriting.

Khalid Attiya, an official in the United Iraqi Alliance, told the media on Tuesday that the governmental-Sadrist agreement achieved peace on both sides and settled tensions in Sadr City, in eastern Baghdad.

Curfew lifted in north Iraq; US soldier killed in attack

IraqBaghdad  - Iraqi authorities lifted a curfew Monday in northern Nineveh, allowing people to leave t

US military, Sadrists battle over Baghdad barrier

BaghdadBaghdad - A violent contest of will is taking plac

US air strike on Baghdad's Shiite area ahead of ceasefire

IraqBaghdad  -  The stronghold of the Shiite Mahdi Army militia in Baghdad's Sadr City has been bombed

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