Protests Rock Iraqi Kurdistan for Second Day
Protesters in Iraqi Kurdistan torched a mayor's office and stormed a party building as anger raged for a second day ...
Tag: Kurdistan Independence Referendum
Iran Reopens Border Posts with Iraqi Kurdistan
Iran has reopened all its border crossings with Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region after their closure over a controversial independence vote.
Abadi: Iraq Rejects Offer to ‘Freeze’ Kurdistan Referendum
Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Thursday rejected an offer by the Kurdistan Regional Government to freeze the results of the ...
Kurdistan Gov’t Freezes Referendum Results, Calls for Dialogue
The Kurdish regional government has announced that it will freeze results of the independence referendum to "avoid war" with the ...
Iraqi Troops Recapture Kurdish-held Towns Along Iranian Border
The brewing feud between Kurdistan and Iraq's central government culminated this week after Iraqi troops, backed by Shiite militias, overrun oil-rich ...
Iraqi Troops Seize Key Kirkuk Sites as Tensions Rise Over Kurdish Independence
The Iraqi government asserted control over the disputed city of Kirkuk, sending troops to seize key locations in and around ...
Iraqi Court Warrants Arrest of Kurdish Independence Vote Supervisors
Iraq's Rusafa Investigation Court issued arrest warrants on Wednesday for members of the Kurdistan Region’s High Electoral and Referendum Commission who ...
French President Macron Offers to Mediate Between Baghdad and Erbil
French President Emmanuel Macron met with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Paris on Thursday and offered to mediate talks ...
Kurdistan Representative: Sanctions, Threats Don’t Work on Us
With hundreds of pages of documents piled up on her desk, emblematic of an official representing a place that has ...
US Declines to Recognize Kurdistan’s Independence Referendum
Washington does not recognize the independence referendum held by Iraqi Kurdistan on Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a ...
Iran Blocks Shipping of Oil Products to, from Iraqi Kurdistan
The government of Iran has banned the transportation of oil products to or from the Kurdistan Region in Iraq over ...
Election Commission: 92% of Voters Said ‘Yes’ to Kurdistan Referendum
The election commission of the Kurdistan Regional Government said Wednesday that more than 92 percent of people who voted in ...
Iraqi Kurdistan Leader Calls for Dialogue Amid Threats from Baghdad
The leader of Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday called for dialogue after an independence referendum that officials say received more than ...
Kurdistan Referendum to Go Ahead as Planned, KRG Official Says
The planned independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan will be held on September 25 despite claims to the contrary, Hemin Hawrami, ...
With Kurdistan Gas Deal, Moscow Bets on Its Strength in the Region
On Monday, the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq announced a deal with Russian oil giant Rosneft for a pipeline that ...
Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament Approves Independence Referendum
In its first session in nearly two years, the parliament of the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq voted to hold ...
Minister Falah Mustafa: Independent Kurdistan Will Be a Good Neighbor
Falah Mustafa wants to be a good neighbor. The minister, who has headed the Kurdistan Regional Government Department of Foreign ...
US May Cut Ties With Peshmerga if Kurdistan Referendum Goes Ahead
The United States is seeking to postpone the upcoming Iraqi Kurdistan referendum and may end ties with the region, including ...
Kurdistan Referendum Finds Little Support Amid Warnings of Regional Instability
On Friday, Kurds living outside of the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq can register online to cast a ballot in ...
Kurdistan Independence Referendum To Destabilize Region, Turkey Warns
As Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is finalizing its plans for an independence referendum in September, Turkey expressed its strongest objection ...
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