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Iraqs southern crude oil exports dropped in January from a record high a month before as the country implements output cuts agreed by OPEC and other major producers to curb the global glut. The nations exports decreased 187,000 barrels a day to 3.323 million barrels a day in January from the previous month, according to a person familiar with the matter, who did not want to be identified because the data is not public, Bloomberg reported. Shipments in January from the South Oil Co. were 3.278 million barrels a day and exports from the North Oil Co. 45,000 barrels a day, the person said. Iraqs exports from the south had risen to a record average of 3.51 million barrels a day in December, Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaibi said last month. OPEC and 11 other oil producing countries including Russia agreed late last year to cut a combined 1.8 million barrels a day of output for six months starting from January, with Iraqs share set at 210,000 bpd. Some analysts have expressed doubts on whether Iraq would deliver its share of the cuts, potentially undermining the drive to rebalance the market and drain inventories bloated by two years of unfettered production that helped to crash prices. During the months of negotiation that led to Novembers OPEC agreement, Iraq had insisted repeatedly that it should be exempted from cuts as it battles the so-called Islamic State insurgency and rehabilitates its oil industry after years of war and sanctions. The country also disputed the data to be used in any discussions, insisting that numbers compiled by OPEC underestimated Iraqi production by about 5%. Iraq ultimately agreed to reduce its output. The Arab nation was close to implementing its share of the agreed production cuts and would be in full compliance by the end of the month, al-Luaibi said on Jan. 23. The N0.2 OPEC producer had already reduced output by 180,000 barrels a day and would cut another 30,000 bpd soon, the minister said in a Bloomberg television interview.

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SOUTHWEST ASIA, Feb. 4, 2017 U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Iraq and Syria yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.

Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports.

Strikes in Syria

Attack, bomber and fighter aircraft and rocket artillery conducted 31 strikes in 45 engagements in Syria:

-- Near Abu Kamal, seven strikes destroyed 14 oil wellheads and two oil refinement stills.

-- Near Bab, three strikes engaged two ISIL tactical units; destroyed two tactical vehicles, two heavy machine guns and two fighting positions; and damaged a command and control node.

-- Near Idlib, a strike destroyed a fighting position.

-- Near Raqqa, 20 strikes engaged four ISIL tactical units; destroyed 11 oil tanker trucks, six oil barrels, three oil refinement stills, two fighting positions, two tunnels, two vehicles, an ISIL headquarters, an oil storage tank and a command and control node; and damaged 16 supply routes.

Strikes in Iraq

Attack, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft and rocket artillery conducted seven strikes in 18 engagements in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraqs government:

-- Near Huwayjah, a strike destroyed an improvised explosive device factory.

-- Near Irbil, a strike destroyed a front-end loader and a dump truck.

-- Near Mosul, five strikes engaged two ISIL tactical units; destroyed eight watercraft, three vehicle bombs, two barges, a vehicle and an artillery system; damaged three supply routes; and suppressed a mortar team.

Task force officials define a strike as one or more kinetic events that occur in roughly the same geographic location to produce a single, sometimes cumulative, effect. Therefore, officials explained, a single aircraft delivering a single weapon against a lone ISIL vehicle is one strike, but so is multiple aircraft delivering dozens of weapons against buildings, vehicles and weapon systems in a compound, for example, having the cumulative effect of making those targets harder or impossible for ISIL to use. Accordingly, officials said, they do not report the number or type of aircraft employed in a strike, the number of munitions dropped in each strike, or the number of individual munition impact points against a target. Ground-based artillery fired in counterfire or in fire support to maneuver roles is not classified as a strike.

Part of Operation Inherent Resolve

The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the ISIL terrorist group and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, and the wider international community. The destruction of ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq further limits the terrorist group's ability to project terror and conduct operations, officials said.

Coalition nations that have conducted strikes in Iraq include the United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Jordan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Coalition nations that have conducted strikes in Syria include the United States, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, France, Jordan, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.

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Airstrikes Continue Against ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq > U.S. ... - Department of Defense

Mr Mercer, a former Army captain, told The Telegraph: I have made my distaste for the methods and behaviour of Ihat - and the MoDs complicity in it - very obvious over the last year.

The evidence has been clear and I look forward to publishing our report a week Wednesday.

And in a withering attack on Whitehall mandarins, he added: I am pretty clear where the problems lie.

"There is a rotten core of civil servants in the MoD who have made decisions without Ministers or military input, and have in the process demonstrated a disturbing lack of understanding or respect for the more subtle qualities that bind an army together and make men fight for each other or a cause.

Things have improved this year but, prior to my investigation, there was no heed whatsoever paid to how this process has affected our people. That is a deep regret of mine.

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Revealed: MPs to demand end to witch hunt of British troops in Iraq after 10-month inquiry - Telegraph.co.uk

Truck Hit By Train In Murfreesboro

Reports stated a red pickup truck was hit by a train between Smyrna and Murfreesboro.

Police have still been searching for who's responsible for gunning down a man in East Nashville.

Three children were injured when a vehicle overturned on Interstate 65 in Davidson County.

A Tennessee lawmaker has been hoping to change some minds about the use of medical marijuana in the state.

Crews have been searching for the body of a man who has been missing for more than a week.

Nashville has been set to welcome a former interpreter for the U.S. government and his family to town following President Donald Trump's

A Mount Juliet mother and her son have nothing more than the clothes on their backs after their home was hit by not one, but two fires in 24 hours.

Emergency crews responded to the scene of a house fire in East Nashville that displaced a family of five.

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Family Heading To Nashville From Iraq - NewsChannel5.com

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NATO to Start Training Soldiers in Iraq - WSJ Wall Street Journal The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will begin its training effort in Iraq on Sunday, as the alliance looks to step up its efforts to assist in the fight against Islamic ... and more »

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