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Western report: Iran ships arms, personnel to Syria via Iraq
By: Louis Charbonneau Iran has been using civilian aircraft to fly military personnel and large quantities of weapons across Iraqi airspace to Syria to aid President Bashar al-Assad in his attempt to...
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Syria receiving Iranian arms ‘almost daily’ via Iraq
By: Matthew Weaver and Brian Whitaker • A helicopter has come down near Damascus after reports of heavy aerial bombardment of the city. State media claimed the helicopter crashed in Douma, a...
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Iraq bans NKorean plane from its airspace on suspicion it’s carrying weapons...
BAGHDAD, Iraq — An Iraqi government official says Baghdad has banned a North Korean plane from using its airspace on suspicion it is carrying weapons to war-torn Syria. Iraqi spokesman Ali al-Moussawi...
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Syrian War’s Spillover Threatens a Fragile Iraq
The civil war in Syria is testing Iraq’s fragile society and fledgling democracy, worsening sectarian tensions, pushing Iraq closer to Iran and highlighting security shortcomings just nine months after...
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Syria refugees to reach 700,000 by year’s end – UNHCR
The UN’s refugee agency has warned that as many as 700,000 people could have fled Syria by the end of the year, a huge increase on its previous estimate. This boy is one of thousands living in refugee...
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Iraq to check Syria-bound Iran flights for arms: Zebari
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Iraq will ask Syria-bound Iranian planes passing through its airspace to land for random inspections after Washington said they could be ferrying arms to Damascus, the...
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Iraq searches Syria-bound Iran plane
Iraq stopped and searched a Syria-bound Iranian cargo plane for weapons on Tuesday, but allowed it to continue as no prohibited items were found, Iraqi officials said. Washington has been pressuring...
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Syria: Iraqi Shiites join forces with Assad
IRAQI Shiite militants, loyal to Iran’s religious leader, are fighting in Syria, alongside president Bashar al-Assad’s troops, according to sources in Iraq. Iraqi Shiite militia involvement in Syria’s...
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Iraqi Sects Join Battle in Syria on Both Sides
Militant Sunnis from Iraq have been going to Syria to fight against President Bashar al-Assad for months. Now Iraqi Shiites are joining the battle in increasing numbers, but on the government’s side,...
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Official: Iraq Searches Syria-Bound Iranian Plane
By: Sameer N. Yacoub Iraqi authorities forced an Iranian cargo plane heading to Syria to land for inspection in Baghdad to ensure it was not carrying weapons, an Iraqi official said Sunday. The...
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