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kurdish referendum
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Political parties eye Kurdish vote ahead of Iraqi elections
Iraqi parliamentary elections are scheduled for May 2018, while the crisis in relations between Baghdad and Erbil — which was the result of the ... Features -
Iraq’s top court declares Kurd referendum unconstitutional
Iraq's supreme court on Monday declared that September's referendum on independence in the autonomous Kurdish areas in the north of the country was ... Middle East -
Kurdish journalist stabbed to death in Iraq’s disputed Kirkuk
A Kurdish video journalist with a channel backing Iraqi Kurdistan’s leader Massud Barzani was stabbed to death at his home overnight in disputed ... Television & Radio -
Kurdistan government puts forward initiative to stabilize region
In a tactic to ease the tension between Erbil and Baghdad, the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq requested in a statement on Wednesday, ... Middle East -
Kurdish parties call for Barzani’s removal, formation of interim government
Several parties in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, including the Gorran Movement, the Islamic Group and the Alliance for Democracy and Justice, issued a ... Middle East -
Catalonia and Iraqi Kurdistan: A time of disenchantment
Obviously, the circumstances of the separatists in Catalonia and Iraqi Kurdistan have nothing in common since the political and geographical ... Middle East -
Referendums: The dangers of direct democracy
“Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention: have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of ... Middle East -
Kurdistan never intended to engage in war with Iraq, foreign minister says
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) never intended to engage in a war with the Iraqi army, Kurdish foreign minister Falah Mustafa Bakir told ... Middle East -
Did Kurdistan’s referendum decrease the Region’s earnings?
“We firmly reject that the blue line defines Kurdistan’s borders,” said Iraqi Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani before the ... Features -
Iraqi president Masum calls for urgent Baghdad-Kurdish dialogue
Iraqi President Fuad Masum gave a televised speech on Tuesday on the latest developments on the ground in Kirkuk where he said that any Peshmerga ... Middle East -
Iran and Turkey, unrest and its aftermath
A while ago, the Iranians declared that they do not want the region to be called the Arab Mashriq. No one talks about Arabs in zones which Tehran ... Middle East -
Scrutinizing the Kurdish referendum
It was really significant that the coffin of Jalal Talebani, the ex-Iraqi president, was wrapped by the national flag of Kurdistan rather the flag of ... Middle East -
Iraq court orders arrest of Kurd referendum vote organizers
An Iraqi court on Wednesday ordered the arrest of the chairwoman and two other members of the commission that organized last month's vote for Kurdish ... Middle East -
Assyrian behind ‘voter fraud’ report warns of ‘romanticized image’ of Kurdistan
On September 25, the day Kurds cast their historic ‘yes’ vote for the independence of their autonomous province from Iraq, a Chicago-based ... Features -
Kurdish parliament rejects all of Baghdad’s decisions taken against referendum
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)’s parliament has held a session on Saturday rejected the decisions taken by the central government of Iraq ... Middle East -
Kurdish unilateral independence and a deadly impasse
Despite many efforts to stop or postpone it, the Iraqi Kurdistan referendum has become a fait accompli and must be taken into account in shaping ... Middle East -
Iranian, Iraqi government forces to hold joint border drills
Iranian and Iraqi central government forces are to hold joint military exercises near their borders, Iran’s state television reported on ... Middle East -
Fix Baghdad to stop Iraq’s partition
Give the Kurds a real stake in Baghdad’s government, only then they dispense the separation plea. Right now, they are imitating honorary ... Middle East -
Iraqi military preparing to take control of Kurdish borders
Iraq's military is preparing to take control of the international borders of the northern Kurdish region. The preparations are part of the central ... Middle East -
Iraqi parliament demands Barzani be tried for ‘holding unconstitutional vote’
Iraq’s parliament has asked the country’s Council of Ministers to take measures against the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) following ... Middle East -
Iraqi PM calls on Kurds to cancel independence referendum result
Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi demanded on Wednesday that Kurdish authorities “cancel” the outcome of the independence ... Middle East -
Iraq’s PM Abadi refuses talks with Kurds over independence vote results
The Iraqi government will not hold talks with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) about the results of the “unconstitutional” ... Middle East -
Iraqi Kurd leader Barzani: Majority of Kurdistan voted ‘yes’ for independence
Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani Tuesday urged Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to begin talks on the issues dividing them a day after the Kurdish ... Middle East -
Erdogan tells Iraqi Kurds they will go hungry if Turkey imposes sanctions
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Iraqi Kurds would go hungry if his country halts the flow of trucks and oil across the border with northern Iraq ... Middle East -
Turkey’s Erdogan threatens Iraqi Kurds with army
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is threatening a military intervention in Iraq in response to the Iraqi Kurdish region’s referendum on ... Middle East -
Iran says land border with Iraqi Kurdistan remains open
Iran’s foreign ministry said Monday that its border with Iraqi Kurdistan remained open despite its independence referendum, reversing an earlier ... Middle East -
Turnout high as Iraqi Kurds defy threats to hold independence vote
Kurds voted in large numbers in an independence referendum in northern Iraq on Monday, ignoring pressure from Baghdad, threats from Turkey and Iran, ... Middle East -
Morphing the Kurdish referendum into a mistake
What is the first thing you should do when you have dug yourself into a hole?The obvious answer is: stop digging. This is the advice that those ... Middle East -
Barzani: Referendum first step for Kurds to express their will
Iraqi Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani has held a press conference in Erbil and told reporters that the scheduled referendum on independence ... Middle East -
Iraqi PM accuses Kurdish leaders of corruption ahead of referendum
Iraq’s Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi held a concurrent press conference on Sunday in which he warned that a planned Kurdish referendum on ... Middle East