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Turkey won’t shy away from harshest response if border threatened: Yildirim
Sep 28, 2017 20:38Turkish 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 14:19In 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 17:54Iraqi 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 15:26Lebanon 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 14:13Russia, 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 05:56Iraqi 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.
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Iraqi parliament demands troops be deployed to areas disputed with Kurds
Sep 25, 2017 16:29Iraqi 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 16:29The 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 16:29A 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 15:37Iran 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.