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General Qasem Soleimani. (Reuters)

Iran’s Soleimani in Kurdistan to Foil Referendum Plan

by Dalshad Abdullah | Apr 11, 2017 | Middle East

Irbil – Commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Quds Force General Qasem Soleimani has been present in the city of Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan region since Sunday to prevent an independence referendum and foil the establishment of a Kurdish state, two...

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters during a rally for the upcoming referendum in the Black Sea city of Rize, Turkey, April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Erdogan Demands ‘Immediate’ Removal of Kirkuk Flags

by Dalshad Abdullah | Apr 5, 2017 | Middle East

Irbil- Turkey became strongly involved on Tuesday in the crisis that erupted last week after a decision to fly the Kurdish flag above public buildings and institutions in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked the Kurds to...

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Kirkuk Governor Najmadin Karim raises the Iraqi flag to fly next to the Kurdish flag over a government building in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. (AFP)

Iraqi Parliament Rejects Kurdistan’s Flag in Kirkuk

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 2, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad – Iraq’s parliament has rejected a decision to hoist the flag of the Kurdistan Region alongside the Iraqi flag on public buildings and institutions in region. The parliament instead unanimously voted on only flying the Iraqi flag. The parliament also...

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President Donald Trump meets with Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi in the White House in Washington. (AP)

Trump, Iraqi PM Discuss Fight against ISIS

by Heba El-Koudsy and Dalshad Abdullah | Mar 21, 2017 | Middle East

Washington, Erbil – US President Donald Trump met on Monday with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Washington to discuss efforts to fight ISIS. US presidential sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the meeting, which was also attended by Vice President Mike...

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Ammar al-Hakim, leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), (C) attends a mass on Christmas at Mar George Chaldean Church in Baghdad, December 25, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad

Hakim Tackles Post-ISIS Phase in Kurdistan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 5, 2017 | Middle East

Bagdad, Erbil- Ammar al-Hakim, leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), is carrying out local and regional visits – Hakim and his accompanying delegate arrived to Kurdistan on Saturday where he was received at the airport by Prime Minister of the...