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Iraqi PM demands suspension of Kurdish polls
Sep 18, 2017 11:55Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has formally demanded suspension of the upcoming Kurdish polls amid the central government’s strong opposition to the planned vote.
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UN chief urges Kurdistan to scrap secession vote plan
Sep 18, 2017 07:24The UN chief has urged Iraq’s Kurdish leaders to scrap an upcoming secession vote, saying it would undermine the ongoing battle in the Arab country against Daesh terrorists.
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‘No shortage at home as Iran answered Iraq power needs’
Sep 18, 2017 04:38Iran says it has been producing enough electricity throughout summer that it was able to satisfy a significant portion of Iraq’s power needs without causing shortages at home.
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Iraq vice president: Baghdad won't tolerate creation of ‘second Israel’
Sep 18, 2017 02:41Iraqi Vice President Nouri al-Maliki has denounced a planned Kurdish independence referendum in northern Iraq, warning that Baghdad would not tolerate the establishment of “a second Israel,” after the occupying regime became the only entity to support the so-called plebiscite.
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Russia, Iraq restore air travel after 13-year freeze
Sep 17, 2017 13:44Russia and Iraq restored scheduled commercial airline services on Sunday for the first time since 2004, in what officials hailed as a sign of stability returning to the war-torn country.
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Turkey’s Erdogan, Iraq’s Abadi to discuss planned Kurdistan polls
Sep 17, 2017 13:40Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that he will discuss with the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi a controversial plan in the Arab country’s autonomous Kurdistan region for holding polls on September 25.
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Iran only recognizes integrated, federal Iraq: Shamkhani
Sep 17, 2017 09:14A senior Iranian official warns that any “illegal” separatist move in Iraq would escalate insecurity in the country and across the region, saying that the Islamic Republic only recognizes an integrated and federal Iraqi government.
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UN plans to help Iraq bring Daesh criminals to justice
Sep 17, 2017 07:36The United Nations Security Council is drawing up a resolution that will authorize UN investigators to help Iraq collect evidence to prosecute Daesh terrorists for committing war crimes in the Arab country.
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Iraqi Kurdish secession vote ‘playing with fire’: Prime Minister Abadi
Sep 17, 2017 01:18Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says Kurdish authorities are “playing with fire” by planning to hold a referendum on the independence of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
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Car bomb kills 3 in Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk
Sep 17, 2017 01:09A car bomb explosion has killed three civilians and wounded nine in Iraq’s Kirkuk.