by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 13, 2017 | Middle East
Baghdad, Irbil – Signs of a confrontation between Baghdad and Irbil are starting to emerge ahead of the September 25 independence referendum vote in the Iraqi Kurdistan region after the Iraqi parliament rejected the vote on Tuesday and forced the government to take...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 12, 2017 | Middle East
The Iraqi Kurdistan Region will hold its contentious independence referendum on September 25 despite misgivings by the United States. “The date is standing, September 25, no change,” said Hoshyar Zebari, a close adviser to Kurdistan Regional Government...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 20, 2017 | Middle East
London- More than 40,000 civilians were killed in the devastating battle to retake the northern Iraqi city of Mosul from ISIS, according to intelligence reports revealed to Britain’s The Independent – a death toll far higher than previous estimates. Many bodies are...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 8, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat/Reuters—Iraq’s Kurdish political bloc is heading back to Iraqi Kurdistan for a final meeting on Monday to decide whether to participate in the next national government, the Kurds’ top negotiator Hoshyar Zebari told Reuters....
by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Jul 20, 2014 | Interviews
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—With Iraq’s Kurds set to nominate their candidates for the Iraqi presidency on Sunday, there are hopes of a breakthrough in negotiations to form a new government following legislative elections on April 30. Agreement on a prime minister, who...
