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 ...

Kurdish parties opposed to Barzani report attacks on offices overnight

Iraqi Kurdish political parties opposed to regional leader Masoud Barzani reported attacks on their offices in several cities overnight, hours after ...

Iraqi Kurdistan leader Barzani will hand over presidential powers on Nov. 1

Iraqi Kurdistan’s veteran leader Masoud Barzani will not extend his presidential term beyond Nov. 1, a Kurdish government official said on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Barzani demands alternative to referendum be presented within three days

Iraq's Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said on Tuesday that Erbil's union with Baghdad has come to an end.The president called for Iraq and the Iraqi ...

Saudi minister praises Barzani’s ‘wisdom’ amid tensions over Kurdish referendum

Saudi Minister of State for Gulf Affairs Thamer al-Sabhan on Tuesday praised Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani’s “wisdom” in accepting ...

Al Arabiya sits down with Iraqi Kurdistan region’s Barzani ahead of referendum

Iraqi-Kurdish leader urges independence vote

Chaos created by ISIS's occupation of swathes of Iraq and Syria has given Kurds a chance to further their long-held dream of independence

Exclusive interview: Barzani blames Maliki for Iraq army collapse

The president of Iraq’s northern Kurdish region, Masoud Barzani, blamed on Monday former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for the collapse ...

Exclusive: Barzani blames Maliki for Iraq army collapse

In an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya's Rima Maktabi, Barzani expressed Kurdish readiness to liberate Mosul from ISIS