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In this image made from video provided by Homs Media Center, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, smoke rises after airstrikes by what were reported to be Russian military jets in Talbiseh of the Homs province, western Syria, on September 30, 2015. (Homs Media Centre via AP)

Kurdish, Iraqi officials reject Baghdad’s cooperation with Russia, Iran and Syria on ISIS

by Hamza Mustafa | Oct 1, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Several Kurdish and Iraqi officials have rejected a recently announced initiative by Iraq’s government to cooperate with Russia, Iran, and Syria in the fight against the Islamic state of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Baghdad announced on Sunday it...

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This file photo taken on March 12, 2003 shows an Iraqi Kurd working at an oil refinery in city of Suleimaniyah in the Kurdistan region in Iraq. (AFP Photo/Behrouz Mehri)

War of words continues between Baghdad and Erbil over oil dispute

by Hamza Mustafa | Jan 28, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Disagreements over outstanding debts are threatening to undermine the agreement signed in late 2014 to end a near year-long oil dispute between the Iraqi government in Baghdad and the government of the country’s autonomous Kurdish...

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Kurdish Finance Minister Rebaz Mohammed Hamlan. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

We want an economy independent of Baghdad: Kurdistan Finance Minister

by Dalshad Abdullah | Jan 1, 2015 | Business

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—This year has not been a kind one for the Kurdistan region in Iraq. The year began with a financial dispute with Baghdad, when Iraq’s federal government canceled the region’s share of the Iraqi budget and refused to pay its public sector...

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Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces flash victory signs as they drive near the front lines in Zumar, Iraq, on December 19, 2014.
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Iraq clashes with ISIS delay evacuation of Yazidis

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 20, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, AP—Sporadic clashes between Iraqi Kurdish fighters and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremists, as well as other logistics problems, are delaying the evacuation of the last Yazidis still trapped on Mount Sinjar, an Iraqi lawmaker said Friday....

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Iraqi Turkmen children stand in their tent at a refugee camp in Dohuk province, Iraqi Kurdistan, on November 21, 2014.
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Iraqi Turkmen demand formation of own military force

by Dalshad Abdullah | Dec 12, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s Turkmen should have their own forces in order to repel Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) attacks on their areas, a senior Turkmen figure told Asharq Al-Awsat. In exclusive comments to Asharq Al-Awsat the leader of the Iraqi Turkmen...