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Kurdish forces in Iraq on Thursday removed barriers they had installed just hours earlier on roads from second city Mosul amid fears of an attack following last month’s independence referendum, AFP reports. “The two main roads connecting Irbil and Dohuk with Mosul were reopened to...

An Iraqi court has ordered the arrest of organizers of the Kurdistan secession referendum. An Iraqi judicial official says a court in the capital Baghdad has issued arrest warrants for the chairwoman and two other members of the referendum commission. The court has acted at...

The U.S. weapons for the PKK*1/PYD*2 terror group in Syria will be used to target Turkey once the fight against Daesh ends, National Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said Thursday, as cited by Turkish Anadolu. https://twitter.com/CNNTURK_ENG/status/918436763491807233 In remarks made in Georgia’s Batumi city, Canikli said: "The U.S....

Kurdistan Regional Government accuses Baghdad in Wednesday of preparing for massive offensive into Kirkuk. Iraqi government forces and Iranian-trained Iraqi paramilitaries are "preparing a major attack" on Kurdish forces in the area of Kirkuk, said the Kurdistan Regional Government on Wednesday. "We're receiving dangerous messages...

Iraqi court orders arrest of organizers of Kurdish independence referendum, AFP news agency reported on Wednesday citing the judicial sources. https://twitter.com/AlArabiya_Eng/status/918068174947483648 https://twitter.com/AFP/status/918068451352117249 https://twitter.com/aawsat_eng/status/918068581543415808 --- This is a breaking news, we are working and more details will be published as soon as they are available. Stay connected with , , ...

A top Iranian lawmaker slams the recent secession referendum in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, saying the disintegration of Iraq has been an American-Israeli strategic regional policy for years. Alaeddin Boroujerdi who is on an official visit to the Syrian capital Damascus accused the United States and...

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country will “soon” shut its border and airspace to the Iraqi Kurdistan Region in response to a controversial referendum on possible secession of the semi-autonomous region from the rest of the country. "Flights to northern Iraq have already...

Tehran and Ankara pledged Wednesday that they would ensure borders in the region remain unchanged after the recent Kurdish independence referendum in Iraq, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday. “We will not accept changing borders in the region,” Rouhani said at a news conference with...

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday after meeting Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Tehran that the two countries should prevent Iraq's Kurdistan region from declaring independence, reported Reuters citing state TV as saying. "Turkey and Iran must take necessary measures against the...

The Iraqi parliament has ruled out the issue of negotiations with the Kurdistan region over secession threatening to halt the region’s financial transactions. The announcement was made following a parliament session boycotted by Kurdish lawmakers. The parliament, however, has offered to hold talks with the...

Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan Region plans to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on November 1, Reuters reported. The news was announced by Erbil-based Rudaw TV said, which cited the election supervising body. Voters delivered an overwhelming yes for independence at a referendum held on September 25 in...

The Turkish president says Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad, had a role in the controversial referendum that took place in Iraq’s Kurdistan region on Monday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that Erbil will pay the price for holding the vote which as he said opened a wound...

Iraq’s central government is blocking all international flights to and from Kurdistan as tensions over the region’s secession vote escalate. Almost all foreign airlines have suspended flights to the airports in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, in compliance with a notice from Baghdad. Iraq’s central government, which...

US does not recognize Kurdistan regional government's unilateral independence referendum, said U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday. United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday that Washington "does not recognize" the Kurdish independence referendum held earlier in the week and called...

Iraqi Defense Ministry stated that it plans to take control of Iraqi Kurdistan's border posts 'in coordination' with Iran and Turkey, reported Sputnik. Earlier in the day, Baghdad said that three military convoys would be sent to Iraqi Kurdistan in order to establish control over...

Iraq’s Kurdistan region says 92 percent of the people have voted in favor of secession from Iraq. The announcement comes amid escalating tensions between Baghdad and the Kurdistan region. The Iraqi parliament has given Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi a mandate to deploy troops to the...

US Senator Chuck Schumer called on the Trump administration to back an independent Kurdish state Wednesday after 93% of Kurds voted Monday in favor of independence from Iraq, reported Reuters. "The United States should stand for self-determination for our strongest partners. The Kurds are one...

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi demanded on Wednesday that Kurdish authorities "cancel" the outcome of the independence referendum in northern Iraq, as a condition for dialogue to resolve an escalating crisis, told Reuters.

Moscow respects the desire of Kurds to have a national state, but believes the issue should be resolved through dialogue, not a unilateral declaration of independence, the Russian Foreign Ministry said after Iraqi Kurds voted for secession, as cited by Russian RT news. https://twitter.com/RudawEnglish/status/912942471579136000 The ministry...

The governorate of Kirkuk declared an overnight curfew in the Iraqi oil city as tension simmered following a referendum on independence organized by the local Kurdish authorities but rejected by the central government in Baghdad. The curfew was announced in statement from the Kurdish-led governorate...