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Kurdish people attend a rally to show their support for the upcoming September 25th independence referendum in Duhuk, Iraq September 16, 2017. REUTERS/Ari Jalal
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Kurdish Regional Government President Massoud Barzani speaks during an interview with Reuters in Erbil, about 350 km (220 miles) north of Baghdad November 30, 2011. (photo by REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
Barzani Stresses ‘Referendum is for Independence’
Ankara, Arbil – The president of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani, has stressed that he informed Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi that the independence referendum which he has called for “is a normal, legal right of our people.” “Afterwards we want...Caption:
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with former Iraqi prime minister and vice president Nuri Al-Maliki in Tehran, Iran, in this October 18, 2010 file photo. (Reuters/HO/Official Website of Iran’s Supreme Leader)
Former PM Maliki returns to Iraq after Iran visit
Ankara, London and Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s former prime minister and vice president Nuri Al-Maliki has returned to the country after a visit to Iran, his media spokesman confirmed. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat, Abbas Al-Mussawi said Maliki landed in Baghdad on...Caption:
President of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani speaks during a joint press conference with British Foreign Secretary William Hague (unseen) in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s autonomous region of Kurdistan, on June 27, 2014. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)
Iraqis who support ISIS will be barred from liberated areas: Barzani
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—President of The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Massoud Barzani on Sunday told a meeting of leaders of Sunni tribes based west of Mosul that citizens who backed the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will not be allowed back into...Caption:
A member of the Kurdish forces stands in an area damaged by an improvised explosive device placed by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants that killed several Peshmerga fighters and injured dozens late Wednesday, when they pushed towards Sinjar Mountain. Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. (AP Photos)