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Iran-backed armed group denies Iraq rocket attack on US interests | News

Two rockets attacked US diplomatic and military facilities overnight, Iraqi security forces said Sunday, when a powerful Iranian-backed armed group denied responsibility for a series of such attacks. Since October, US diplomats and troops across Iraq have been the target of approximately three dozen rocket attacks that Washington attributed to …

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Iran records highest number of daily COVID-19 deaths

FILE PHOTO: Iranians in Protective Masks Ride the Subway, After the Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), in Tehran, Iran, June 28, 2020. WANA (Western Asia News Agency) via REUTERS (Reuters) – Iran recorded its highest number of deaths from COVID-19 in a 24-hour period, official figures from the Health Ministry …

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