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Direct Foreign Air Links Restored with Iraqi Kurdistan
2018-03-21
Direct international flights resumed Tuesday from Sulaimaniyah airport in Iraqi Kurdistan, a week after Baghdad lifted an almost six-month-long blockade on the region's foreign air links.
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Iraqi Parliament Approves Budget, Kurdish Lawmakers Boycott Vote
2018-03-06
Iraq’s parliament approved a long-delayed budget on Saturday, the first since declaring victory over Islamic State after three years of war, but Kurdish lawmakers boycotted the vote over their region’s diminished allocation.
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Baghdad Reports 'Atmosphere of Trust' in talks with Kurdistan Region
2018-01-16
Iraq's central government said "an atmosphere of trust" marked talks held on Monday with the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region to resolve a conflict that triggered armed clashes in October.
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Three People killed as Protests Turn Violent again in Iraqi Kurdistan
2017-12-20
Three people were killed and more than 80 wounded on Tuesday when Kurdish demonstrators joined a second day of protests against years of austerity and unpaid public sector salaries amid tensions between their region and Baghdad.
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Iraq Kurds Seek International Help to Lift Sanctions Imposed by Baghdad
2017-11-21
Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government on Monday called on the international community to intervene and help lift sanctions imposed by the central government in Baghdad in retaliation for a September referendum on Kurdish independence.
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Iraqi Federal Court Rules Kurdish Referendum Unconstitutional
2017-11-20
Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court ruled on Monday that the Sept. 25 Kurdish independence referendum was unconstitutional and the results void, a court spokesman said.
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Iraq Federal Court Rules no Region Can Secede after Kurdish Independence Bid
2017-11-07
Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court ruled on Monday that no region or province can secede from the country, reacting to a Kurdish vote for independence, a court spokesman said.
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Kurds Offer Joint Border Deployment as Iraq Threatens more Military Operations
2017-11-03
Iraq's Kurdish region said on Thursday it had offered a joint Kurdish-Iraqi deployment at a strategic crossing into Turkey with the participation of U.S.-led international forces as part of a compromise aimed at ending a stand-off with Baghdad.
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Iraq Threatens to Resume Military Operations against Kurds
2017-11-02
Iraqi forces threatened on Wednesday to resume operations to capture northern Kurdish-held territory after accusing authorities there of delaying handing over control of Iraq’s borders with Turkey, Iran and Syria.
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Iran Seen as Winner after Iraq's Kurds Lose Referendum Gamble
2017-11-01
There are no winners among Iraq’s Kurds, just weeks after Kurdish president Masoud Barzani gambled away his people’s autonomy in a defiant independence referendum.
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Iraq to Pay Kurdish Peshmerga, Civil Servants, Says PM
2017-11-01
The Iraqi government plans to soon start paying the salaries of Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and civil servants working for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday.
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Iraqi Authorities Gain First Foothold at Kurdish Frontier with Turkey
2017-11-01
Iraqi troops deployed on Tuesday at one of the main land crossings with Turkey, gaining a foothold at the Kurdish-held frontier for the first time in decades and imposing one of Baghdad’s central demands on the Kurds.
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Iraqi Military Preparing to Take Control of Crossing between Kurdistan Region and Syria
2017-10-31
An Iraqi military delegation is preparing to take control of the Kurdistan region border with Syria, an Iraqi military statement said on Tuesday.
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Iraqi Preparing to Take Control of Crossing between Kurdistan region and Syria
2017-10-31
An Iraqi military delegation is preparing to take control of the Kurdistan region border with Syria, an Iraqi military statement said on Tuesday.
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US Welcomes Iraq-Kurd Leader Barzani’s Resignation
2017-10-31
The United States on Monday commended former Iraqi-Kurdish president Massud Barzani’s decision to step down, pledging to work closely with his nephew and prime minister Nechirvan Barzani.
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Iran to Lift Border Curbs with Iraq's Kurdish Region in Coming Days
2017-10-31
Iran will reopen all its border crossings with Iraq’s Kurdistan region in the coming days, lifting restrictions imposed after last month’s Kurdish vote in favor of independence, its chief of staff said on Monday.
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Iraqi Forces and Kurdish Fighters Reach Agreement to Deploy Soldiers to Key Border Crossing in North
2017-10-31
Iraqi government forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters reached an agreement on Sunday to deploy Iraqi Federal Police forces to a key border crossing with Turkey in the country’s north.
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"Nobody Stood with the Kurds" Says Bitter Barzani
2017-10-30
Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani gave a bitter speech on Sunday to announce his resignation, saying no one outside the Kurds’ home region had stood up to support their right of self-determination.
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Iraq PM Visits Ally Iran as War on IS, Kurd Dispute Hot up
2017-10-26
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi held talks with key ally Iran on Thursday as his forces launched an offensive against the Islamic State group's last bastion in the country.
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Kurds Offer to Suspend Independence Drive, Seek Talks with Baghdad
2017-10-25
Kurdish authorities in Iraq offered on Wednesday (October 25, 2017) to put an independence drive on hold, stepping up efforts to resolve a crisis in relations with Baghdad via dialogue rather than military means.