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Iraqi Kurds send reinforcements to disputed Kirkuk

KurdishmediasaysIraq'sautonomousKurdishregionhassent6,000reinforcementstothedisputed,oil-richcityofKirkuk.RudawNews,quotingKurdishVicePresidentKorsatRasul,sayst

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Iraq tensions rise after Kurds warn of attack

TensionsescalatedbetweenIraq'sKurdsandBaghdadonThursdayaswarningsofa"majorattack"bygovernmentforcespromptedKurdishpeshmergafighterstotemporarilyblockroadsfromot

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Turkish-Iranian rapprochement over Kurds' issue could be good for Syria

TheIranian-TurkishrapprochementovertheKurdishissueofindependencecouldpossiblybodewellforSyria,withashiftoftheTurkishstancetowardDamascusexpected,notforthesakeof

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Iraq rejects talks with Kurdistan unless referendum results cancelled

TheIraqigovernmentonMondaysaiditwillnotholdtalkswiththeKurdistanRegionalGovernment(KRG)untilthelattercancelstheresultsofthecontroversialindependencereferendum."

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Iraqi military preparing to take control of Kurdish borders

Iraq’smilitarypreparedSaturdaytotakecontroloftheinternationalbordersofthenorthernKurdishregion.Themoveispartofthecentralgovernment’sstepped-upeffortstoisolateth

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Turkey's response to Iraqi Kurdish independence vote limited

Originaltitle:NewsAnalysis:Turkey'sresponsetoIraqiKurdishindependencevotelimitedduetostrongeconomiclinksTurkeycontinuestorattlesabersaftertheindependencereferen

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Last flight departs as Iraq imposes ban for Kurdish independence vote

ThelastinternationalflightleftErbilairportonFridayastheBaghdadgovernmentimposedanairbaninretaliationforanindependencevotebyIraqiKurdsthathasdrawnwidespreadoppos

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Iraqi Kurdish leader claims victory in independence referendum

IraqiKurdishleaderMasoudBarzanisaidonTuesdaythatKurdshadvoted“yes”toindependenceinareferendumheldindefianceofthegovernmentinBaghdadandwhichhadangeredtheirneighb

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Opinion: The long and short of Kurdish referendum

Undeterredbystrongoppositionfromseveralquarters,thedecisionbyIraqiKurdstoholdareferendumisacalculatedmovetodeterminetheultimatepoliticalfutureoftheirethniccommu

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Kurdish independence question puzzles international community

TheIraqiKurdshavecalledforanindependencereferendumfromIraqwhichiswhattheysayafirststepinthedecades'longaspirationofindependenceamongKurds.TheU.S.,supposedlythes

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Rouhani, Erdogan discuss Iraqi Kurdish referendum by phone

IranianPresidentHassanRouhaniandhisTurkishcounterpartRecepTayyipErdoganonMondaydiscussedtheIraqiKurdistanindependencereferendumonthephone,stateIRIBTVreported.Th

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Iraq's Kurdistan region holds independence vote

VotersareheadingtothepollsinacontroversialindependencereferendumintheKurdistanRegionofIraq.Iraq'sprimeministerhaswarnedhewilltake"necessarymeasurestopreservethe

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The US warns Kurds no chance of Iraq talks if vote holds

TheUnitedStatesproclaimedonWednesdayitmaynotbeabletohelpIraq'sKurdsnegotiateabetterdealwiththeIraqigovernmentiftheygoaheadwiththeirplannedindependencevote.Iraq'

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Iraqi president launches initiative to resolve Kurdish referendum crisis

IraqiPresidentFuadMasumonSaturdaylaunchedaninitiativebetweenthepoliticalleadersinBaghdadandErbiltoresolvethecrisisofholdingreferendumontheindependenceoftheKurdi

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West warns against ‘very risky’ Kurdish independence vote

WesternpowerspressedIraqiKurdishleaderstoditcha"veryrisky"independencevoteonThursday,asBaghdadattemptedtoremovetheKurdishindependence-supportinggovernorofKirkuk

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Turkey warns Iraqi Kurdish referendum move will have a cost

AnkarawelcomedanIraqiparliamentmovetorejectareferendumonKurdishindependenceandwarnedthesemi-autonomousKurdishregionthatinsistingontheplebiscitewouldhaveacost,th

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Iraqi Kurds to vote on independence despite region’s fears

Iraq’sKurdsvotethismonthonwhetherornottheysupportindependencefortheirenclaveinthecountry’snorth,asteptowardtheirlong-helddreamofstatehood.Theoutcome,almostcerta