Iraqi Kurdistan

Iraq in talks to export Kirkuk oil to Iranian refinery

Nov 08, 2017 10:37

Iran and Iraq have reportedly started talks over the shipment of crude oil from the fields around Kirkuk to the Kermanshah refinery inside the Iranian territory.
Abadi calls on Kurdistan govt. to stand committed to Iraq’s unity

Nov 06, 2017 13:23

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has called on the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to clearly announce its firm committed to the national unity following tensions between Baghdad government and Kurdish authorities over a non-binding Kurdish independence vote.
Iraq's top court bans any secession after Kurdish crisis

Nov 06, 2017 12:26

Iraq's Supreme Federal Court has ruled that no region or province could secede from the homeland after an unconstitutional Kurdish referendum that ended in failure but brought the country to the brink of a new crisis.
'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.