Iraqi Kurdistan

'KRG referendum provoked by US'

Oct 31, 2017 13:22

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri revealed that a team of US advisors had coaxed the officials of the Iraqi Kurdistan region into holding an independence referendum.
Iraqi army takes control of Turkey border gate from Kurds: Turkish PM

Oct 31, 2017 12:30

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildrim says Iraqi army forces have taken control of a key border crossing with Turkey in the Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
Iran will lift border restrictions with Iraq’s Kurdistan soon: Baqeri

Oct 30, 2017 14:29

A senior Iranian commander says the country will remove its border restrictions with Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region “in the coming days,” lifting curbs imposed after last month’s independence referendum.
Iraqi premier calls on Kurdish people to abide by law after outbreak of riot

Oct 30, 2017 14:27

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has called for “calm” and “adherence to law” in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region following an outbreak of riot there after Massoud Barzani, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)’s president, announced that he would effectively step down early next month.
Protesters storm Iraqi Kurdistan's parl. as Barzani resigns

Oct 29, 2017 14:01

Angry demonstrators, some carrying clubs, have reportedly stormed the parliament of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region in the region’s capital city of Erbil as the Kurdish lawmakers approved a request by president of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government, Massoud Barzani, to step down early next month.
Iraqi army seizes control over 40 oil wells in northwestern Nineveh

Oct 29, 2017 13:33

Iraqi army troops have taken control over 40 oil wells West of Mosul city, an army officer reported on Sunday, adding that the wells were previously under the control of Masood Barzani's fighters.
Barzani won’t extend term beyond Nov. 1: Kurdish official

Oct 29, 2017 03:12

President of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Massoud Barzani will not extend his presidential term beyond November 1, says a Kurdish government official.
UN Security Council reaffirms support for Iraq’s integrity after Kurdish vote

Oct 27, 2017 02:06

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has "reaffirmed" support for Iraq's territorial integrity amid tensions between the central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in the wake of a highly controversial referendum the semi-autonomous region held last month in open defiance of Baghdad.
Kurdistan’s offer to freeze referendum result will not redress damage: Turkey

Oct 26, 2017 13:56

Turkish authorities say an offer by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to freeze the results of last month’s independence referendum is not enough, saying the move would not compensate for the damage caused by the controversial vote.
Iraqi prime minister calls for total annulment of Kurdish independence vote

Oct 26, 2017 10:35

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has called for the total annulment of the recent Kurdish secession referendum in northern Iraq, apparently rejecting the Kurdish leader’s recent decision to merely freeze the results of the unconstitutional vote.