Head of the Kurdistan Regional Government Mosoud Barzani has told parliament in Erbil that he will step down as leader, following mounting criticism of the president. President Masoud Barzani has told the Kurdish parliament in [ More … ]
The Kurdistan Regional Government has announced that the results on a referendum on Kurdish independence will be put on ice to prevent the continued violence between peshmerga forces and Iraq. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) [ More … ]
By: Mohamed Abu Saada* The Kurdish-Zionist relations can be traced back to the era prior to the establishment of the occupation state (Israel) in 1948, where they significantly deepened and flourished after declaration of [ More … ]
Iraq, Iran and Turkey will meet in the capital Baghdad to discuss their response to the Kurdish referendum, The New Arab learned, sparking fears that crisis could escalate. The debate around the controversial Kurdish independence [ More … ]
The United States on Friday said it “does not recognize” the Iraqi-Kurdish referendum on independence, calling on all parties to reject the use of force and engage in dialogue. The United States on Friday said [ More … ]
Abdul Khaleq Abdulla, an Emirati academic close to the government, said the establishment of a Kurdish state is imminent. Abdul-Khaleq Abdulla published a map on Twitter showing what he said will be the future state [ More … ]
Tehran has imposed a ban on flights to and from Iraq’s Kurdish region and Iran in response to ‘the insistence’ of Kurdish leaders in going ahead with the independence referendum. Iran said on Sunday that [ More … ]
BY: YUSUF SELMAN İNANÇ* While Ankara and Tehran have declared their opposition to the Iraqi Kurdistan referendum in a rare instance of common political policy not seen since the Syrian civil war began, their motivations [ More … ]
Iraqi Ambassador to Russia Haidar Mansour Hadi said that Baghdad rejects the referendum in Kurdistan. Iraqi Delegate Praises Russia’s Position on Kurdistan’s Independence Referendum Baghdad rejects the referendum in Kurdistan, it is illegal from the UN viewpoint, [ More … ]
Iran’s notorious General Qassem Soleimani met with a number of Kurdish officials as well as the President of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani. The head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ elite Quds Force had recently [ More … ]
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