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Saber Salim sits in the center of Irbil adorned with Kurdish flags ahead of the upcoming referendum on independence from Iraq, in Irbil, Iraq. AP

Barzani Demands Finding Substitute for Referendum in 3 Days

by Said Abdul Razzak | Sep 20, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara, Irbil- Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani asserted on Tuesday that the region has decided to proceed with the referendum next Monday and asked for an alternative guaranteeing independence to be presented in three days. Speaking during a rally in support...

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Iraqi Kurdish protesters deploy a giant flag of their autonomous Kurdistan region during a pro-independence rally outside the Kurdistan parliament building in Erbil, on July 3, 2014 (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)

Kurds Hold Onto Referendum

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 18, 2017 | Middle East

Erbil, Baghdad, Tehran- The Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s High Council for the Independence Referendum rejected on Sunday calls to postpone the independence referendum scheduled for next Monday and instead said that it was sending a delegation to Baghdad in the coming two...

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The central government in Baghdad opposes the Kurdish plans of the referendum [Azad Lashkari/Reuters]

Elections for Syria’s Kurds, Russia Warns them from Separation

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 16, 2017 | Middle East

London, Erbil- The executive committee of the Kurdish-controlled Democratic Federal System of Northern Syria encouraged Syrians on Friday to participate in the elections of bodies running local communities scheduled for Sept. 22. For its part, Russia’s Hmeimim...

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Iraqi Kurdish President Masoud Barzani sits with Kirkuk Governor Najmaldin Karim (R) during his visit in Kirkuk, Iraq September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

Iraq MPs Sack Kirkuk Governor, Ankara Says Kurdish Referendum will ‘Have a Cost’

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 14, 2017 | Middle East

Iraqi lawmakers sacked on Thursday the governor of Kirkuk over a referendum on Kurdish independence set for September 25 as Turkey warned the vote would “have a cost.” The sacking of Najmaldin Karim came upon a request made by Prime Minister Haider Abadi after...

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US Places Kurds In Front of 3 Choices

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 14, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad, Erbil- While the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force, Major General Qassem Suleimani failed to convince the Kurdish leadership to postpone the Kurdistan Region’s referendum on independence scheduled for Sept. 25, Kurdish sources...