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Iran’s top Sunni cleric backs Iraq’s integrity, unity
Sep 30, 2017 01:42Iran’s prominent Sunni cleric Molavi Abdul Hamid has voiced his objection to the potential secession of the northern Kurdistan region from Iraqi mainland, urging the Kurdish people to maintain their unity.
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Kurdistan refuses to relinquish border crossings to Iraq amid referendum tensions
Sep 29, 2017 12:46The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has refused to relinquish control of its border crossings to the Iraqi government as Arab-Kurd tensions simmer in light of Monday’s referendum of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region from the rest of the Iraqi territory.
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Grand Ayatollah Sistani opposes Kurdistan’s secession
Sep 29, 2017 10:58Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali al-Sistani has voiced opposition to the secession of the northern Kurdistan region from the mainland, warning of the negative repercussions of such “unilateral steps.”
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Superpowers failed to advance own plots in Iraq: Jahangiri
Sep 29, 2017 09:13A senior Iranian official says superpowers have failed to advance their personal agendas in Iraq, emphasizing that Iran and Turkey should help the neighboring Arab state protect its borders against destabilizing acts.
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Turkey won’t shy away from harshest response if border threatened: Yildirim
Sep 28, 2017 17:08Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says his country’s military forces will not hesitate to give a stinging response to a national security threat on the border with Iraq in reaction to Monday’s referendum of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
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Turkey agrees to ‘only deal with Baghdad’ over oil exports
Sep 28, 2017 10:49In a major U-turn, Turkey has agreed to solely deal with the central Iraqi government over crude oil exports, following a contentious secession referendum held by Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, the Baghdad government says.
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Iraqi PM demands invalidation of Kurdish referendum
Sep 27, 2017 14:24Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has demanded the annulment of this week’s referendum of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region amid soaring tensions between the central government in Baghdad and local Kurdish authorities.
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Lebanon airline to halt Erbil flights
Sep 27, 2017 11:56Lebanon 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.
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Russia, Iran, France warn Iraqi Kurds against repercussions of secession
Sep 27, 2017 10:43Russia, 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.
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Iraq's premier gives Kurdish officials 3 days to hand over control of airports
Sep 27, 2017 02:26Iraqi 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.