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President of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region Masoud Barzani speaks in Erbil on January 11, 2015 (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)

Barzani: Kurdistan Will not Accept Dependency, Exclusion

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

Erbil – The head of Kurdistan region, President Masoud Barzani, reiterated his commitment to hold the independence referendum on September 25, stressing that the region could not tolerate “dependency and exclusion”. He noted that maintaining the current framework of...

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Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit speaks during a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov following their meeting in Moscow, Russia, July 5, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

Abul Gheit Asks Barzani to Reconsider Referendum Decision

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Aug 3, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo– Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit has sent a “private message” to the head of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, Masoud Barzani, asking him to reconsider his decision to hold an independence referendum on September 25. Arab diplomatic sources said that Abul...

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Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani attends an interview in Doha, Qatar November 26, 2016. Picture taken November 26, 2016. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon

Doha Anticipates Outcome of Quartet Meeting by Escalating Rhetoric

by Sawsan Abu Husain and Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 5, 2017 | Middle East

Dammam, Cairo– Few hours before the expected meeting between Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and Bahrain to study the Qatari response to the list of 13 demands, Doha has escalated its rhetoric,the affirming that the demands were impossible to meet. Kuna news agency reported...