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Egypt
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Tourism
3/27/2023 5:38:00 PM
Egypt has eased tourist visa requirements from China, Iran, India, Turkey, Morocco, Algeria and Israel as part of efforts to boost tourism in the country.
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World
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Region
3/27/2023 10:27:51 AM
Iraq's parliament voted Monday to restore electoral laws that were scrapped after 2019 anti-government demonstrations, sparking anger from independent lawmakers who see it benefiting larger parties.
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World
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Region
3/26/2023 7:26:55 PM
Authorities in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region announced on Sunday a November date for legislative elections which had been postponed by a year due to disputes between two major parties.
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World
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Region
3/26/2023 10:32:37 AM
Turkey stopped oil exports from Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region on Saturday following arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce, the Iraqi oil ministry said.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
3/24/2023 3:13:00 PM
The fortunes of Saadoun Street in Baghdad serve as an indicator of the history of Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion, writes Nermeen Al-Mufti in Baghdad.
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World
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International
3/23/2023 11:25:48 AM
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to continue congressional authorization for the use of military force in the global fight against terror, turning back an effort by Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul to repeal the 2001 measure.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
3/21/2023 11:22:01 PM
The normalisation of relations between Egypt and Turkey is in the interest of both countries, but Turkey must first reconsider its policies in the Middle East.
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World
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Region
3/21/2023 8:38:02 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged Tuesday to step up the flow of water along the Tigris River to drought-stricken Iraq for one month.
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World
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Region
3/20/2023 11:03:46 PM
A top Iranian official said Iran and Iraq have agreed on new mechanisms, enabling the former to use its frozen oil and electricity exports money in the latter's banks, official news agency IRNA reported on Monday.
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Books
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News
3/20/2023 5:15:08 PM
The literary world mourns the loss of Abdul Rahman Majeed Al-Rubaie, a renowned Iraqi writer who passed away at the age of 83 after battling an illness.
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World
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Region
3/20/2023 11:20:12 AM
Iraq on Monday marks 20 years since the start of the US-led invasion that toppled former president Saddam Hussein, but no official celebrations are planned.
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World
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Region
3/19/2023 7:15:47 PM
Iran's top security official on Sunday signed a deal with Iraqi authorities for "protection" of their common border, the Iraqi prime minister's office said, months after Tehran struck Kurdish opposition groups in Iraq's north.
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World
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Region
3/19/2023 11:44:33 AM
President George W. Bush and his administration put forward a variety of reasons to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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World
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International
3/18/2023 12:00:50 PM
Former UK prime minister Tony Blair is by turns pensive and defiant as he reflects on the upcoming anniversaries of two events that arguably defined the best and worst of his decade in power.
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World
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Region
3/17/2023 7:04:17 PM
A top commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces was among nine fighters killed when two helicopters crashed in Iraq earlier this week, the group said on Friday.
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World
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Region
3/16/2023 2:16:15 PM
Several people, including militants belonging to an outlawed Kurdish insurgency group, were killed in a mysterious helicopter crash in northern Iraq, according to a statement from the Iraqi Kurdish-run counterterrorism service on Thursday.
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World
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Region
3/15/2023 10:39:07 AM
Twenty years after the U.S. invaded Iraq — in blinding explosions of shock and awe — with the false claims that Saddam Hussein had secretly stashed weapons of mass destruction, American forces remain in the country in what has become a small but consistent presence.
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World
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Region
3/13/2023 6:51:07 PM
A total of 22 Islamic State militants, including some of the group's leaders, were killed in an operation in Iraq's western province of Anbar, the Iraqi military said on Sunday.
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World
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Region
3/12/2023 8:56:30 PM
The Islamic State group still has up to 500 active fighters in Iraq, a senior military official estimated Sunday in the country where jihadist cells continue to launch sporadic attacks.
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World
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Region
3/12/2023 8:20:36 PM
Iraq's prime minister Sunday promised sweeping measures to tackle climate change which has affected millions across the country including plans to meet a third of the country's electricity demands using renewable energy.
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