{"id":40628,"date":"2019-08-26T16:23:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T16:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=40628"},"modified":"2019-08-26T16:23:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T16:23:36","slug":"erdogan-says-turkish-troops-will-enter-planned-syria-safe-zone-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=40628","title":{"rendered":"Erdogan says Turkish troops will enter planned Syria safe zone \u201csoon\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"50\">\n<p>\nBAGHDAD: Iraq\u2019s military said Monday it has launched an investigation into a purported Israeli strike that killed one paramilitary fighter and severely wounded another near the country\u2019s western border with Syria.<br \/>The attack on Sunday hit a position near the border town of Al-Qaim held by Brigade 45, a unit belonging to the powerful Hashed Al-Shaabi paramilitary force.<br \/>\u201cAn investigation is ongoing now to determine what happened with the strike,\u201d Iraq\u2019s military spokesman Yehya Rasool told AFP.<br \/>The Hashed blamed Israel on Sunday, saying Israeli drones targeted the position with US air cover.<br \/>\u201cAs part of the string of Zionist attacks on Iraq, the evil Israeli crows have returned to target the Hashed Al-Shaabi, this time with two drones inside Iraqi territory,\u201d the statement said.<br \/>The attack killed Kazem Mohsen, Brigade 45\u2019s \u201clogistical support chief\u201d and a member of its rocket squad, also known by his nom de guerre Abu Ali Al-Dabi.<br \/>Hundreds mourned at a funeral procession for him in Baghdad on Monday morning, including Ahmad Assadi, a member of parliament and spokesman for the Hashed\u2019s parliamentary bloc \u201cFatah.\u201d<br \/>\u201cWe will work in the coming days to hold an emergency parliamentary meeting to discuss this issue and take the appropriate decisions,\u201d he said in a video published by the Hashed.<br \/>The attack was the latest in a string of blasts and drone sightings at Hashed bases across Iraq, for which no one has claimed responsibility.<br \/>The Iraqi government has carried out investigations into some of those incidents, blaming an unidentified drone for at least one and saying another was a \u201cpremeditated\u201d act without making specific accusations.<br \/>Meanwhile, a powerful bloc in Iraq\u2019s parliament is calling for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq following the series of airstrikes.<br \/>The Fatah Coalition said on Monday it holds the United States fully responsible for this Israeli aggression, \u201cwhich we consider to be a declaration of war on Iraq and its people.\u201d<br \/>The coalition is a parliament bloc representing Iran-backed paramilitary militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces.<br \/>The statement adds that US troops are no longer needed in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>(With AP and AFP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAGHDAD: Iraq\u2019s military said Monday it has launched an investigation into a purported Israeli strike that killed one paramilitary fighter and severely wounded another near the country\u2019s western border with Syria.The attack on Sunday hit a position near the border town of Al-Qaim held by Brigade 45, a unit belonging to the powerful Hashed 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