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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
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‘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)
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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)
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