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Row breaks out in Iraq over Kurd flag on Talabani coffin
Oct 07, 2017 (AFP)
Social media is abuzz with chatter over the choice of flag at Friday's funeral in Sulaimaniyah, Talabani's fiefdom in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern ...
'We don't want armed confrontation with Kurds says Iraqi PM; Turkey will soon close borders
Oct 05, 2017 (AFP)
"We don't want armed confrontation, we don't want clashes but federal authority must prevail," he said after a meeting in Paris with French President Emmanuel M...
Indian cross-border firing kills two in Pakistan: officials
Oct 04, 2017 (AFP)
The incident took place in a village in Abbaspur sector on the Line of Control, the de facto border dividing Kashmir between Pakistan and India. "A brother and ...
Afghanistan pull-out would be 'to our ultimate peril': Mattis
Oct 03, 2017 (AFP)
"Based on intelligence community analysis and my own evaluation, I am convinced we would absent ourselves from this region at our peril," he said, testifying be...
Jalal Talabani: veteran Kurdish leader and Iraqi president
Oct 03, 2017 (AFP)
The veteran pragmatist was elected by parliament to the largely ceremonial role in 2005, two years after the US invasion that toppled his sworn enemy Saddam Hus...
Iran, Iraq hold exercises near Iraqi Kurdistan; Kurdish govt open to talks
Oct 02, 2017 (AFP)
Iraqi Kurds voted 92.7 percent in favour of independence on September 25 in a non-binding referendum held in defiance of the central government, which quickly r...
Iraq allows foreigners to leave Kurdistan via Baghdad
Oct 02, 2017 (AFP)
Foreigners who had entered the northern autonomous region on regional visas not recognised by Baghdad could previously not travel to other parts of Iraq. "Any p...
Afghan airstrike kills 10 in Helmand; Turkish soldier killed in northern Iraq
Oct 01, 2017 (AFP)
At least nine Afghan police were wounded in the "erroneous" airstrike in the southern province's Gereshk district and an investigation is under way, Helmand gov...
Israel denies Turkish claim of involvement in Kurd vote
Oct 01, 2017 (AFP)
On Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Israel's intelligence agency played a role in the September 25 referendum, citing as proof the waving o...
Kurds face growing isolation; Flights to Iraq Kurd capital to stop Friday
Sep 28, 2017 (AFP)
Official results showed 92.73 percent of voters backed statehood in Monday's non-binding referendum, which Iraq's central government has rejected as illegal. Re...
Turkey wants summit with Iran and Iraq; Kurds reject 'collective punishment'
Sep 28, 2017 (AFP)
"We are planning to come together in the near future to coordinate the steps to be taken for the next period with regard to these issues," Yildirim told reporte...
Baghdad cranks up pressure on Kurds with flight ban
Sep 28, 2017 (AFP)
The cut in foreign air links, Baghdad's first retaliatory measure for Monday's 92-percent "yes" vote, drew condemnation from the Kurds' regional government as "...
US airstrike in Kabul causes casualties as Mattis, NATO chief visit
Sep 27, 2017 (AFP)
The US strike was launched in support of Afghan security forces who had confronted militants after they fired a volley of rockets near the capital's internation...
Iraqi Kurdish independence poll: How far will Turkey go?
Sep 26, 2017 (AFP)
After Monday's non-binding poll, which is expected to deliver a resounding "yes", Ankara fears a declaration of independence by the Kurdistan Regional Governmen...
Iraq PM gives Kurdistan 72 hours to give up airports
Sep 26, 2017 (AFP)
Speaking at a news conference, Abadi said his government would ban "international flights to and from Kurdistan" in three days unless the airports are placed un...
Erdogan warns of 'ethnic war' risk over Iraqi Kurdish independence
Sep 26, 2017 (AFP)
In his latest barrage of warnings to Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani, Erdogan even warned that his region risked going short on food and clothing if Turkish...
Iraq PM, Kurdish chief in war of words over independence vote
Sep 26, 2017 (AFP)
Abadi said in Baghdad, a staunch opponent of the Kurdish move, that he would not negotiate on the back of the referendum result -- expected to be a resounding "...
Curfew lifted in Iraq's Kirkuk after Kurds defy Baghdad in vote
Sep 26, 2017 (AFP)
Police said the curfew, imposed during the vote on Monday, had been lifted at 5:00 am (0200 GMT) and an AFP journalist saw heavy traffic and shops opening as no...
Iraq Kurds in historic independence vote in defiance of Baghdad
Sep 25, 2017 (AFP)
The non-binding vote on the Kurds' long-cherished dream of independence, initiated by veteran leader Massud Barzani, has angered not only the federal government...
Erdogan threatens Iraqi Kurds with border closure, oil block
Sep 25, 2017 (AFP)
Despite enjoying strong ties with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Turkey fears Monday's vote could stoke separatist aspirations among its own Kurdish m...
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