KurdishmediasaysIraq'sautonomousKurdishregionhassent6,000reinforcementstothedisputed,oil-richcityofKirkuk.RudawNews,quotingKurdishVicePresidentKorsatRasul,sayst
TensionsescalatedbetweenIraq'sKurdsandBaghdadonThursdayaswarningsofa"majorattack"bygovernmentforcespromptedKurdishpeshmergafighterstotemporarilyblockroadsfromot
TheIranian-TurkishrapprochementovertheKurdishissueofindependencecouldpossiblybodewellforSyria,withashiftoftheTurkishstancetowardDamascusexpected,notforthesakeof
TheIraqigovernmentonMondaysaiditwillnotholdtalkswiththeKurdistanRegionalGovernment(KRG)untilthelattercancelstheresultsofthecontroversialindependencereferendum."
Iraq’smilitarypreparedSaturdaytotakecontroloftheinternationalbordersofthenorthernKurdishregion.Themoveispartofthecentralgovernment’sstepped-upeffortstoisolateth
Originaltitle:NewsAnalysis:Turkey'sresponsetoIraqiKurdishindependencevotelimitedduetostrongeconomiclinksTurkeycontinuestorattlesabersaftertheindependencereferen
ThelastinternationalflightleftErbilairportonFridayastheBaghdadgovernmentimposedanairbaninretaliationforanindependencevotebyIraqiKurdsthathasdrawnwidespreadoppos
IraqiKurdishleaderMasoudBarzanisaidonTuesdaythatKurdshadvoted“yes”toindependenceinareferendumheldindefianceofthegovernmentinBaghdadandwhichhadangeredtheirneighb
Undeterredbystrongoppositionfromseveralquarters,thedecisionbyIraqiKurdstoholdareferendumisacalculatedmovetodeterminetheultimatepoliticalfutureoftheirethniccommu
TheIraqiKurdshavecalledforanindependencereferendumfromIraqwhichiswhattheysayafirststepinthedecades'longaspirationofindependenceamongKurds.TheU.S.,supposedlythes
IranianPresidentHassanRouhaniandhisTurkishcounterpartRecepTayyipErdoganonMondaydiscussedtheIraqiKurdistanindependencereferendumonthephone,stateIRIBTVreported.Th
VotersareheadingtothepollsinacontroversialindependencereferendumintheKurdistanRegionofIraq.Iraq'sprimeministerhaswarnedhewilltake"necessarymeasurestopreservethe
TheUnitedStatesproclaimedonWednesdayitmaynotbeabletohelpIraq'sKurdsnegotiateabetterdealwiththeIraqigovernmentiftheygoaheadwiththeirplannedindependencevote.Iraq'
IraqiPresidentFuadMasumonSaturdaylaunchedaninitiativebetweenthepoliticalleadersinBaghdadandErbiltoresolvethecrisisofholdingreferendumontheindependenceoftheKurdi
WesternpowerspressedIraqiKurdishleaderstoditcha"veryrisky"independencevoteonThursday,asBaghdadattemptedtoremovetheKurdishindependence-supportinggovernorofKirkuk
AnkarawelcomedanIraqiparliamentmovetorejectareferendumonKurdishindependenceandwarnedthesemi-autonomousKurdishregionthatinsistingontheplebiscitewouldhaveacost,th
Iraq’sKurdsvotethismonthonwhetherornottheysupportindependencefortheirenclaveinthecountry’snorth,asteptowardtheirlong-helddreamofstatehood.Theoutcome,almostcerta