by Said Abdul Razzak | Oct 15, 2017 | Middle East
Ankara, Washington, Irbil – With the end of the 48-hour deadline given by Baghdad for the Kurdish Peshmerga forces to withdraw from the oil fields in Kirkuk, Washington decided to intervene with an attempt to defuse a possible confrontation between the two...
by Said Abdul Razzak | Oct 7, 2017 | Middle East
Sulaymaniyah, Ankara — Ankara plans to open an alternative border gate to replace the currently used Habur gate with Iraq’s Kurdistan and has asked Baghdad on Friday to help take the needed measures to prepare the new crossing border. Turkish Prime Minister Binali...
by Said Abdul Razzak | Sep 30, 2017 | World
Ankara – Washington said earlier it would be willing to facilitate talks between the Iraqi Kurdish authorities and Baghdad to calm escalating tensions over the 92-percent “yes” vote. Neighboring Turkey and Iran also strongly opposed the vote, fearing it would...
by Said Abdul Razzak | Sep 26, 2017 | Business
Ankara- Turkey’s central bank expects economic growth to remain robust in the third quarter following a 5.1 percent growth rate in the second quarter — Monetary Policy Committee decided to keep short-term interest rates steady. The one-week repo rate, also...
by Said Abdul Razzak | Sep 26, 2017 | Middle East
Ankara, Erbil, Baghdad- Iraq and the region entered on Monday the post-Kurdistan referendum phase as the popular vote held in the three Iraqi Kurdistan provinces tuned into a fait accompli. “The Kurdish political forces that were against the referendum or had some...
