by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 18, 2017 | Saudi Arabia
Riyadh – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz held a telephone call Monday evening with Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi, in which he stressed the Kingdom’s support for the unity of Iraq, its security and stability and the adherence of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 17, 2017 | Middle East
Baghdad, Washington, Irbil – Iraqi government forces and members of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) seized control on Monday of the city of Kirkuk and pulled down the Kurdish flag from the province headquarters, amid reports of the displacement of Kurdish...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 16, 2017 | Middle East
Iraqi government forces launched on Monday an offensive to retake territory seized by Kurds in Kirkuk in what is seen as response to last month’s Kurdish independence referendum, which was rejected by Baghdad. The forces have so far seized a swathe of countryside...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 9, 2017 | Middle East
The Iraqi government announced in a statement on Monday new measures against the government in the Iraqi Kurdistan region in wake of last month’s independence referendum. In a sign that the crisis is escalating between the two sides, Iraq’s government committee for...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 3, 2017 | Middle East
Baghdad – The Iraqi government on Monday responded to calls by Kurdistan to engage in dialogue, by calling on the province to cancel the results of the independence referendum, which was held last month. In a brief statement, Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi’s...
