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IRAN-IRAQ EARTHQUAKE DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO MORE THAN 400
More than 70,000 people were in need of emergency shelter, the Iranian Red Crescent said... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDISTAN LEADER BARZANI WILL HAND OVER PRESIDENTIAL POWERS ON NOVEMBER 1
Iraqi Kurdistan's veteran leader Masoud Barzani will not extend his presidential term beyond Nov. 1, a Kurdish government official said on Saturday... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES COMPLETE TAKEOVER OVER OIL-RICH KIRKUK PROVINCE FROM KURDS
An Iraqi military spokesman accused the peshmerga of using rockets supplied by Germany... READ MORE›
KURDISH OFFICIALS SAY UP TO 100,000 HAVE FLED KIRKUK SINCE IRAQI ARMY TAKEOVER, FEARING REPRISALS
Iraqi armed forces also took control of Kurdish-held areas of Nineveh province north of Kirkuk, including the Mosul hydro-electric dam, after the peshmerga pulled back... READ MORE›
BAGHDAD IMPOSES INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT BAN ON IRAQI KURDISTAN AFTER REFERENDUM
The Kurds say the referendum acknowledges their contribution in confronting Islamic State after it overwhelmed the Iraqi army... READ MORE›
IRAN AND IRAQ TO HOLD JOINT BORDER DRILLS
The Iranian and Iraqi armies will hold joint drills at several crossings on Iran's border with the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan, according to officials... READ MORE›
LAST FLIGHT DEPARTS AS IRAQ IMPOSES BAN FOR KURDISH INDEPENDENCE VOTE
They say the referendum acknowledges their contribution in confronting Islamic State after it overwhelmed the Iraqi army... READ MORE›
IRAQ HALTS FLIGHTS TO KURDISTAN REGION
Mr Abadi vowed to impose Iraq's rule and reaffirmed his threat to stop direct international flights to and from the Kurdistan Region... READ MORE›
BAGHDAD IMPOSES FLIGHT BAN ON KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ
Baghdad has imposed a ban on direct international flights to and from the Kurdistan region of Iraq in retaliation for Monday's September 25 controversial referendum... READ MORE›
LAST FLIGHT DEPARTS AS IRAQ IMPOSES BAN FOR KURDISH INDEPENDENCE VOTE
Foreign airlines suspended flights to Erbil and Sulaimaniya in the Kurdish region, obeying a notice from the government in Baghdad, which controls Iraqi air space... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES PLAN TAKEOVER OF KURDISH REGION'S BORDERS
Iraq plans to take control of the borders of its autonomous Kurdistan region in coordination with Iran and Turkey, the Iraqi defence ministry has said... READ MORE›
IRAQ IMPOSES FLIGHT BAN ON KURDISH REGION AFTER POLL
Foreign airlines suspended flights to the region's Erbil and Sulaimaniya, obeying a notice from the government in Baghdad, which controls Iraqi air space... READ MORE›
BAGHDAD SAYS ERBRIL AIRPORT OFF LIMITS FOR INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS FROM FRIDAY EVENING
The director of Erbil airport in Iraqi Kurdistan says she has been told by Baghdad that all international flights will be banned from six pm... READ MORE›
HAIDER AL-ABADI VOWS TO USE LAW TO CONTROL KURDS
Turkey, also home to a large Kurdish minority, is especially concerned and has threatened a series of measures to isolate the Iraqi Kurds... READ MORE›
BAGHDAD PILES PRESSURE ON IRAQI KURDS TO REVERSE OVERWHELMING INDEPENDENCE VOTE
Iran and Turkey also oppose any move toward Kurdish secession and their armies have started joint exercises near their borders with Iraqi Kurdistan in recent days... READ MORE›
IRAQ ESCALATES DISPUTE WITH KURDS THREATENING MILITARY ACTION
All three countries have been conducting military exercises near the border of Iraqi Kurdistan this week... READ MORE›
IRAQ: KURDISH LEADER BARZANI CLAIMS WIN IN INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM
They have enjoyed autonomy in the north of Iraq since 2003 but Kurdish leaders have repeatedly accused Baghdad of violating agreements on oil and revenue sharing... READ MORE›
BAGHDAD PILES PRESSURE ON IRAQI KURDS TO REVERSE OVERWHELMING INDEPENDENCE VOTE
Iran and Turkey also oppose any move toward Kurdish secession and their armies have started joint exercises near their borders with Iraqi Kurdistan in recent days... READ MORE›
TURNOUT HIGH AS IRAQI KURDS DEFY THREATS TO HOLD INDEPENDENCE VOTE
Iraqi Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barxani said he hoped to maintain good relations with Turkey and the referendum was not a threat to Ankara... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDS CAST INDEPENDENCE VOTE IN DEFIANCE OF THREATS AND OPPOSITION FROM ANKARA, BAGHDAD, TEHRAN
Yahya Rahim Safavi, a top military adviser to the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, said Iran regarded the referendum as treason against the Iraqi Kurds... READ MORE›
KURDISH MPS SAY YES TO INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM
Three months ago, top officials and political parties in the Kurdistan Regional Government agreed to hold an advisory referendum on independence... READ MORE›