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Kurdish Peshmerga forces celebrate Newroz Day, a festival marking spring and the new year, in Kirkuk March 20, 2017. (Reuters)

Northern Iraq’s Kurdish Region to Hold Referendum this Fall

by Dalshad Abdullah | Apr 13, 2017 | Middle East

Erbil – A referendum will be held this fall to decide on the political fate of northern Iraq’s Kurdish region, revealed the media advisor of Iraq Kurdistan presidential office, Kifah Mahmoud. In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat, Mahmoud said: “The leaderships of the...

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Police secure the area after an explosion outside a courthouse in Izmir, Turkey, January 5, 2017. REUTERS/Hakan Akgun

Kurdistan Freedom Falcons Claim Responsibility for Attack in Izmir

by Dalshad Abdullah | Jan 12, 2017 | Middle East

Erbil- The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, TAK, have claimed responsibility for the attack in Izmir that has left three members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) severely injured. A leader at TAK reported to Asharq Al-Awsat that some TAK units attacked two...

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Ankara and Erbil Reject the Establishment of a PKK Base in Sinjar

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Nov 24, 2016 | Middle East

Intensive talks held by the Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan Nechervan Barzani in Ankara on Wednesday focussed on the current battles to liberate Mosul from ISIS. It appears that Turkish officials are keen to prevent the establishment of a new base belonging to the...

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Iraqi security forces gather near Fallujah, Iraq, May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

Kurdish Security Official: Iran Seeks a Land Route to Syria through Nineveh

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 17, 2016 | Middle East

Sulaymaniyah-An Iraqi Kurdistan security official revealed that Iran Revolutionary Guard forces have been located at the city outskirts. “The battalions are preparing to partake in the Mosul offensive,” the official said. Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi had...

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Iraq’s former President Jalal Talabani speaks during an interview with Reuters in Baghdad.

PUK Brawls Peak, New Decision-Making Body Announced

by Dalshad Abdullah | Sep 3, 2016 | Middle East

Irbil-Brawls peaked within the Iraqi Kurdistan-based Patriotic Union of Kurdistan(PUK) as Kosrat Rasul Ali – a prominent member of former president Jalal Talabani’s party- alongside a handful of bloc members announced forming a new decision-making body for...