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Iraq PM to visit Turkey on Wednesday, discuss Northern Iraq referendum: Turkish sources
Middle East
October 23, 2017
Iraq PM to visit Turkey on Wednesday, discuss Northern Iraq referendum: Turkish sources
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi will visit Turkey on Wednesday to discuss potential joint steps against northern Iraq’s Kurdish Regional…
Iraq’s Kurdistan region delays elections
Middle East
October 23, 2017
Iraq’s Kurdistan region delays elections
Elections for Iraq’s Kurdistan region’s presidency and parliament set for Nov. 1 will be delayed because political parties failed to…
US pushes Saudi Arabia, Iraq on united front to counter Iran
Middle East
October 22, 2017
US pushes Saudi Arabia, Iraq on united front to counter Iran
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday promoted a Trump administration goal of uniting Saudi Arabia and Iraq in…
Tillerson’s Mideast aim is a Saudi-Iraqi axis against Iran
Middle East
October 22, 2017
Tillerson’s Mideast aim is a Saudi-Iraqi axis against Iran
As US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visits the Middle East this weekend, he’ll hope to achieve something that has…
100,000 Kurds flee Kirkuk since Iraqi army takeover: Kurdish officials
Middle East
October 19, 2017
100,000 Kurds flee Kirkuk since Iraqi army takeover: Kurdish officials
About 100,000 Kurds have fled Kirkuk for fear of sectarian reprisals since Iraqi government forces took over the city after…
Uncertainty as Mideast turns a page with IS defeat in Raqqa
Middle East
October 19, 2017
Uncertainty as Mideast turns a page with IS defeat in Raqqa
The Middle East may have turned a page with the defeat of the Islamic State group in its self-declared capital…
Turkey’s Erdogan says may shut Iraqi border any moment: Hurriyet
Middle East
October 19, 2017
Turkey’s Erdogan says may shut Iraqi border any moment: Hurriyet
President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey may shut its border with northern Iraq “at any moment” after closing its air space…
Iraq says captures positions south of Kirkuk including airbase
Middle East
October 16, 2017
Iraq says captures positions south of Kirkuk including airbase
Iraqi forces captured several positions south of Kirkuk from Kurdish fighters on Monday in their bid to regain control of…
Kurdish VP : Thousands of troops sent to Kirkuk to face ‘Iraqi threat’
Middle East
October 13, 2017
Kurdish VP : Thousands of troops sent to Kirkuk to face ‘Iraqi threat’
Kurdish authorities have sent thousands more troops to the oil region of Kirkuk to confront “threats” from Iraq’s central government,…
Kurds offer talks with Baghdad over airport, banks ban
Middle East
October 12, 2017
Kurds offer talks with Baghdad over airport, banks ban
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) offered to hold talks with Iraqi authorities on the status of Kurdish airports, border posts…