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Iraqi premier orders hoisting of national flag in Kirkuk, other Kurdish regions
Oct 16, 2017 16:20Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ordered the hoisting of Iraqi national flag in the country’s oil-rich northern province of Kirkuk as well as other areas under the control of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
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Iraqi forces retake military base, strategic sites in Kirkuk
Oct 16, 2017 16:15Iraqi forces have gained control of the main military base in Kirkuk as well as other strategic locations in the oil-rich province from Kurdish fighters.
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Iraqi govt.: PKK presence in Kirkuk amounts to declaration of war
Oct 15, 2017 20:18The Iraqi government has accused authorities of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of bringing militants from Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to the disputed oil province of Kirkuk, saying it considered the move as a "declaration of war."
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US defense chief urges Iraq, Kurdish forces for restraint amid rising tensions
Oct 15, 2017 08:20US Secretary of Defense James Mattis has urged Iraqi military and Kurdish Peshmerga forces against facing each other and rather focus on overcoming the Daesh (ISIL) terror group amid surging tensions between the two over the disputed, oil-rich Kirkuk region in northern Iraq.
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Kurdish Peshmerga refuse calls to evacuate Iraq’s Kirkuk
Oct 15, 2017 05:54Kurdish troops in Iraq have rejected a call from governmental forces to withdraw from a strategic location in Kirkuk’s southern region.
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Iraqi premier rejects army, allies plan attack on Kurdish Peshmerga forces
Oct 12, 2017 16:35Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has rejected an attack plan against the positions of Kurdish Peshmerga forces amid ongoing tensions between the central government in Baghdad and Kurdish authorities over the September 25 referendum.
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Iraqi court issues arrest warrants for Kurdish referendum organizers
Oct 11, 2017 20:16A top Iraqi court has issued arrest warrants for the elections and referendum commission chairman of the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region and his two aides over the controversial September 25 referendum on Kurdish vote from the rest of the Iraqi territory.
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Iraqi govt. to put Kurdistan-based mobile networks under control
Oct 09, 2017 17:55The Iraqi government has decided to impose control over mobile phone operators in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and to relocate their headquarters to Baghdad as part of punitive measures taken in response to last month’s secession referendum in the region.
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Iraqi parliament speaker meets with Kurdish leader
Oct 08, 2017 14:48The speaker of Iraq's parliament has met with Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani, two weeks after the Kurdistan region held a controversial referendum on secession from the mainland.
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US, Zionist entity behind treacherous Iraq disintegration plot: Ayatollah Shahroudi
Oct 07, 2017 16:16Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi warns the United States and the Israeli regime are behind a “dangerous and treacherous” plot to partition Iraq, following an referendum held in the West Asian country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.