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Iraqi forces advance towards the city of Kirkuk. (Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)
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Iraqi Kurds demonstrate at Irbil’s airport after the central government ordered the indefinite halt to all foreign flights to and from Iraqi Kurdistan. AFP file
‘Confederal’ System Alternative to Kurdistan’s Referendum
Baghdad, Irbil- The option of a “confederal” state reemerged on Sunday as an alternative to the Kurdistan Region’s plans to gain independence from Iraq, informed Kurdish sources told Asharq Al-Awsat. Abdullah Warti, a member of the Kurdistan Supreme Political...Caption:
A man holds an Estelada (Catalan separatist flag) as people gather at Plaza Catalunya after voting ended in the independence referendum, in Barcelona. (Reuters)
From Barcelona to Irbil
My British neighbor has been anxious for days. He has been following up on the news on the television and internet. He has a feeling of imminent disaster. He has forgotten all about the Brexit and his current and future concerns. He ignored the conference of the...Caption:
ISIS members from Kazakhstan, China, the US, Iraq and Syria held in Irbil jail and interviewed by Asharq Al-Awsat. (Asharq Al-Awsat)