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2022-08-21: News Headlines

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-08-21). Explosion reported inside UK embassy in Baghdad. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) — Iraqi media reported Sunday that an explosion was heard from inside the British Embassy in Baghdad.

____ (2022-08-21). Plundering oil and food in Syria makes U.S. a world robber. ecns.cn U.S. forces have stolen 398 tankers of Syrian oil since Aug. 11 and sent them to bases in Iraq, the Syrian state news agency SANA reported on Tuesday.

Staff (2022-08-21). US convoy targeted in Iraq's Saladin. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) — An Iraqi security source on Sunday reported that a US logistics convoy was targeted in the country's Saladin province.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-08-21). Five Arab states' leaders to meet in Egypt. en.mehrnews.com EHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) — According to local Iraqi media, the heads of the five Arab countries including the Prime Minister of Iraq will hold a summit on Tuesday in the city of Cairo, the capital of Egypt.

Thomas Schmitz, Muriel Doret-Dion, Loic Sentilhes, Olivier Parant, Olivier Claris, Laurent Renesme, Julie Abbal, Aude Girault, HéloàØse Torchin, Marie Houllier, Nolwenn Le Saché, Alexandre J Vivanti, Daniele De Luca, Norbert Winer, Cyril Flamant, Claire Thuillier, Pascal Boileau, Julie Blanc, Véronique Brevaut, Pierre-Emmanuel Bouet, Géraldine Gascoin, Gaà´l Beucher, Valérie Datin-Dorriere, Stéphane Bounan, Pascal Bolot, Christophe Poncelet, Corinne Alberti, Moreno Ursino, Camille Aupiais, Olivier Baud, BETADOSE trial study group, Groupe de Recherche en Obstétrique et Gynécologie (2022-08-20). [Articles] Neonatal outcomes for women at risk of preterm delivery given half dose versus full dose of antenatal betamethasone: a randomised, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority trial. thelancet.com Because non-inferiority of the half-dose compared with the full-dose regimen was not shown, our results do not support practice changes towards antenatal betamethasone dose reduction.

Anonymous669 (2022-08-20). US-led Coalition Base In Syria's Al-Omar Oil Fields Attacked Again. southfront.org Early on August 20, an indirect fire attack targeted the US-led coalition's Green Village base in al-Omar oil fields in the southeastern countryside of Syria's Deir Ezzor, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | The London-based monitoring group said that an unidentified projectile landed in the vicinity of the base. The projectile was alleged launched from the government-held part of Deir Ezzor across the Euphrates River, where Iranian-backed Syrian and Iraqi forces are present. | No ca…

Staff (2022-08-20). Turkey launches new drone attack on Erbil. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) — Iraqi media sources reported a drone attack by Turkey on one of the areas near Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

Staff (2022-08-20). Iraqi forces kill ISIL chieftain, 5 more terrorists. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) — Iraq's counter-terrorism forces killed the ISIL chieftain Abu Maryam al-Qahtani and five other terrorists in Saladin province.

Staff (2022-08-20). Turkish army targets village in Iraqi Kurdistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) — Turkish army helicopters on Friday bombed a village in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Staff (2022-08-20). PMU repels ISIL attack on central Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) — Forces of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Unit, also known as Hashd al-Sha'abi, on Friday managed to repel an ISIL attack on central Iraq.

Anonymous669 (2022-08-20). Shadowy Iraqi Group Attacked Air Base Hosting US Forces In Kuwait To Avenge Iran's Soleimani (Video). southfront.org A shadowy Iraqi armed group that is thought to be affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has attacked…

Anonymous669 (2022-08-20). In Video: Iraqi Airstrike Hits Hideout Of Senior ISIS Leaders In Hamrin Mountains. southfront.org On August 20, a fighter jet of the Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) carried out a pinpoint airstrike on a hideout of ISIS in Hamrin mountains in the northern Iraqi province of Saladin. | In a statement, the Security Media Cell said that the hideout was targeted based on information provided by the Counter Terrorism Service and the Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency. | Senior leaders of ISIS were reportedly taking shelter in the hideout when it was struck. The Security Media Cell said that their nam…

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