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Iraq’s Kurdistan region president Massud Barzani (L) receives Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Abul Gheit on September 9, 2017 in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq. / AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED

Arab League Chief Visits Baghdad, Erbil in Search of ‘Compromise’ over Referendum Rift

by Sawsan Abu Husain and Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 10, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo, Erbil- The referendum on independence scheduled for September 25 in Iraq’s Kurdistan region was the main topic of discussion at the talks held by Arab League Chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit in Baghdad and Erbil on Saturday. Aboul Gheit spokesman said that the visit to...

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Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit speaks during a protest held in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Files

Abul Gheit to Visit Erbil, Convey Calls to Postpone Independence Referendum

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Sep 7, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo– Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit plans to visit Erbil soon to discuss the referendum to be held in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq on September 25, sources with knowledge of the matter told Asharq al-Awsat. The Arab diplomatic sources said that the...

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Arab foreign ministers meet in 2011, Reuters

Yemen’s Legitimate Government Urges Holding Emergency over Cholera Outbreak

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 25, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- Yemen’s internationally-backed government headed by President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi urged that an emergency Arab League session be held for tackling the growing cholera crisis in the war-torn country. Yemen’s Arab League Ambassador Riyad Al-Akbari delivered a...

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Arab Economic Committee Discusses Customs Union’s Developments

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Aug 22, 2017 | Business

Cairo- Committee of Arab Economic and Social Council – headed by Hussain bin Shuwaish al-Shuwaish, Director-General of the Arab and Islamic Economic Relations Department at the Saudi Ministry of Finance – commenced its activities on Monday with the participation of...

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President of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region Masoud Barzani speaks in Erbil on January 11, 2015 (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)

Barzani: Kurdistan Will not Accept Dependency, Exclusion

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 4, 2017 | Middle East

Erbil – The head of Kurdistan region, President Masoud Barzani, reiterated his commitment to hold the independence referendum on September 25, stressing that the region could not tolerate “dependency and exclusion”. He noted that maintaining the current framework of...