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Iraqi Kurdish people check for their names outside a polling center during the referendum on independence from Iraq in Irbil, Iraq, Monday, September 25, 2017. (AP)

Iraq’s Sunnis Welcome Request of Establishing their own Region

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 2, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad – Sunni leaders in Iraq plan to meet with Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi to suggest establishing their own region as they follow in the footsteps of Kurds, who last week voted for their own independence. They will “propose establishing several regions in...

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Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi. (Reuters)

Abadi Urges Suspension of Kurdish Independence Vote as Turkey Holds Drills by Iraqi Border

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 18, 2017 | Middle East

Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi formally demanded on Monday the Iraqi Kurdistan Region to suspend its independence referendum set for September 25 as Turkey conducted military drills near the border with Iraq. The Iraqi Supreme Federal Court approved...

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (AFP)

Erdogan Warns Kurdish President against Going through with Independence Vote

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Sep 17, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Friday Kurdish President Masoud Barzani of going ahead with the independence referendum on September 25. He said in a television interview: “Barzani will clearly see how sensitive we are to the vote after the...

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Kurdish people celebrate to show their support for the upcoming September 25th independence referendum in Irbil, Iraq September 8, 2017. (Reuters)

Barzani: It’s too Late for an Alternative to Kurdistan Independence Referendum

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 17, 2017 | Middle East

Irbil, Baghdad – Even though Kurdish President Masoud Barzani confirmed that it was too late for an alternative for the independence referendum, senior Kurdish official of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Mala Bakhtiyar asked Kurdish authorities to seriously...

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Iraqi Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani. (Reuters)

Barzani: Maliki’s Crime against Kurdish Region Worse than Saddam’s Anfal Operation

by Ghassan Charbel | Aug 30, 2017 | Interviews

Irbil – President of the Kurdish Iraqi Region Masoud Barzani expressed his disappointment and “bitterness” towards former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Baghdad’s treatment of Kurds during his time in office. Barzani told Asharq Al-Awsat on Wednesday that...