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An Iraqi Kurdish man decorates a car with the Kurdish flags ahead of the upcoming independence referendum in Irbil. (AFP)

Signs of Confrontation as Baghdad Rejects Kurdish Referendum

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 13, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad, Irbil – Signs of a confrontation between Baghdad and Irbil are starting to emerge ahead of the September 25 independence referendum vote in the Iraqi Kurdistan region after the Iraqi parliament rejected the vote on Tuesday and forced the government to take...

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Gearing up for the upcoming referendum on independence with posters of Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani in Irbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdish region. (AFP)

Barzani to Iraqis: Referendum Will Strengthen our Brotherhood

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 11, 2017 | Middle East

Irbil – Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani sought on Sunday to comfort the Iraqi people by saying that the September 25 referendum on independence would not affect the values of coexistence and brotherhood between the people of Kurdistan and Iraq He...

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Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit speaks during a protest held in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Files

Abul Gheit to Visit Erbil, Convey Calls to Postpone Independence Referendum

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Sep 7, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo– Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit plans to visit Erbil soon to discuss the referendum to be held in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq on September 25, sources with knowledge of the matter told Asharq al-Awsat. The Arab diplomatic sources said that the...

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A member of the Kurdish peshmerga just after the forces retook Zumar in October 2014. REUTERS/Ari Jalal

Kurdistan Begins Countdown for Independence Referendum

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 4, 2017 | Middle East

Erbil- As the date of the general referendum on independence in the Kurdistan region of Iraq approaches, Kurdish political and popular circles intensify their steps to guarantee its success. In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat, a member of the Supreme Council for the...

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An Iraqi man crosses a street past security forces during clashes in Sulaimaniyah, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, on October 10, 2015 (AFP)

Autumn of the Iraqi Map

by Ghassan Charbel | Sep 4, 2017 | Opinion

On the way from Erbil to Kirkuk, strange feelings haunted me. For the first time in my life, I wish I were a foreign correspondent, who writes with neutrality and sangfroid and looks for a stark title for his article. When he leaves the country, he turns the page and...