Iraq

Lebanon airline to halt Erbil flights

Sep 27, 2017 11:56

Lebanon says it plans to halt flights by its flagship carrier airline to Iran’s Kurdish region from Friday in a major sign that may show an international air traffic embargo called by Iraq against the region is already being put into place.
Iraqi forces thwart Daesh attack in Ramadi

Sep 27, 2017 11:23

Iraq’s army, police, and Popular Mobilization forces have foiled a push by the Takfiri terrorist group of Daesh to stage a comeback in Ramadi, the capital of the western Iraq Anbar Province.
Russia, Iran, France warn Iraqi Kurds against repercussions of secession

Sep 27, 2017 10:43

Russia, Iran and France have warned that a controversial secession referendum held in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region could lead to further instability in the entire Middle East, a region already rife with numerous conflicts and terror threats.
Iraq's premier gives Kurdish officials 3 days to hand over control of airports

Sep 27, 2017 02:26

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has given the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) three days to hand over control of its airports if it seeks to avoid an international air embargo, a retaliatory move the Iraqi government says will take against the independence-seeking region in the wake of a highly controversial referendum.
Iraqi Kurdistan's push could spark ethnic war: Turkey’s Erdogan

Sep 26, 2017 13:33

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Massoud Barzani, the president of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), that the current push of the KRG could spark an “ethnic war” in northern Iraq.
'Closing Iran's airspace message to officials in Iraqi Kurdistan region'

Sep 26, 2017 11:21

Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami underlined that sealing his country's airspace to the Iraqi Kurdistan region was just a message to the Kurdish officials for their insistence on holding the referendum.
'Iraqi Kurdistan referendum orchestrated by US, Israel'

Sep 26, 2017 11:15

The Leader's top aide for international affairs Ali Akbar Velayati blasted the US and Israel for attempts to stir tension among the regional nations by orchestrating a referendum in the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
US ‘deeply disappointed’ by Kurdish secession vote, warns of instability

Sep 26, 2017 02:48

The United States says it is “deeply disappointed” by the Iraqi Kurdistan’s “unilateral” independence referendum, adding it would increase “hardships” for people living in the region.
Kurdish Independence may have regional destabilizing effects: UN

Sep 26, 2017 01:52

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has voiced his worries over the “potentially destabilizing effects” of a controversial referendum on the independence of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region from Iraq’s central government.
Kirkuk governor declares overnight curfew after Kurdish independence vote

Sep 26, 2017 01:45

The head of police department in Iraq’s northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk says the governor has imposed a curfew following the closing of polls in a controversial referendum on the independence of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region from the central government in Baghdad.