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Saturday, 20 April

14:04
Pope Francis starts his historic Iraq visit despite the virus and security risks
Pope Francis has arrived in Iraq for the first-ever papal Iraqi visit. The visit serves as the Pope's first international trip since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, as BBC agency reports.

13:45
Rocket attack in Iraq kills a US military contractor, 5 servicemen injured
On Monday, February 15, a rocket attack on U.S.-led forces in northern Iraq killed a civilian contractor and injured five servicemen in what appears to be the deadliest attack in almost a year, as was reported by Reuters.

23:25
Katyusha rockets struck American military base in Iraq
The US Balad military base in Iraq was targeted by a rocket attack. The strike hit the Taji military camp, located north of Baghdad.

22:59
Trump threatens to target Iran's cultural sites as Iran calls for retaliation
Thousands of mourning Iranians came to the funeral of Qasem Soleimani, head of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force and the country's most powerful general.

11:08
US airstrike kills a high-ranking Iranian general Qasem Soleimani
Head of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force and Iran's top general, Qasem Soleimani, was killed in the American airstrike in Baghdad.

18:03
ISIS leader al-Baghdadi urges supporters to continue attacks
On Monday, the Islamic State released an audio recording in which purportedly the militant group’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi prompts the extremists to double their efforts, continue attacks and free terrorists from prisons.