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Iraqi parliament demands troops be deployed to areas disputed with Kurds
Sep 25, 2017 12:59Iraqi lawmakers have demanded deployment of government troops to areas disputed with Kurds amid rising tensions between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government over a controversial independence referendum.
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Iran, Russia presidents voice support for territorial integrity of Iraq
Sep 25, 2017 12:59The presidents of Iran and Russia have expressed their support for Iraq’s territorial integrity and national unity amid a highly controversial referendum on independence of the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region.
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Leader’s aide warns of new US, Israeli plot to partition Iraq
Sep 25, 2017 12:59A senior Iranian official says a highly controversial referendum of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region is a new US-Israeli plot in the Middle East to partition the country, warning that the Kurds will suffer as a result of the plan.
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Kurdish independence vote lacking logic: Qassemi
Sep 25, 2017 12:07Iran has once again reaffirmed its opposition to the Kurdish referendum in Iraq, underlining the need for maintaining the Arab country’s national sovereignty at a time that Baghdad is making great strides against terrorists.
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Iraqi Kurdistan holds referendum in defiance of intl. community
Sep 25, 2017 03:53Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region head is holding an independence referendum in the face of strong objections from the central government in Baghdad and in defiance of urgent calls from the international community to scrap the vote.
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Iraq urges world countries not to buy oil from Kurdish region
Sep 25, 2017 03:06Iraq's central government has called on the world countries not to purchase oil from the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in response to a highly controversial referendum on independence, which the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is set to hold on Monday in clear defiance of Baghdad.
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Iraq does not allow creation of ethnic govt. in country: Abadi
Sep 24, 2017 14:34Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says Baghdad will not allow the creation of an “ethnic government” in the Arab country as the Iraqi Kurdish region prepares for a highly controversial planned referendum on its independence on Monday.
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Hashd al-Sha’abi not waiting for Peshmerga's permission to free Daesh-held areas: Cmdr.
Sep 24, 2017 11:52A high-ranking commander of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units says the pro-government fighters will not wait for the permission of Kurdish Peshmerga forces to liberate areas still under control of Daesh, including the town of Hawijah in the country’s oil-rich province of Kirkuk.
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Iran closes airspace to all flights to and from Iraqi Kurdistan
Sep 24, 2017 11:44Iran has closed its airspace to all flights to and from the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq at the request of the country's federal government, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says.
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Storm clouds gather over Iraqi Kurdish referendum
Sep 24, 2017 09:31There are conflicting reports as to whether a referendum on possible secession of the Iraqi Kurdistan on Monday will go ahead as planned after several regional officials warned the vote could have serious consequences.