Friday, 4 July, 2014 , 09:04 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish preparations for an independence referendum met with frustration in Washington, which stressed unity was essential to tackle a jihadist-led onslaught that risks "Syria-like chaos".
Friday, 4 July, 2014 , 03:55 AFP — Iraq's Kurds set the ball rolling for a referendum on their long-held dream of independence, ignoring calls for the nation to unite against rampant jihadists or face "Syria-like chaos".
Friday, 4 July, 2014 , 02:17 AFP — The United States came out Thursday against a call by Iraq's Kurdish leader for an independence referendum, saying the country could only repel Islamic State radicals by staying united.
Thursday, 3 July, 2014 , 19:21 AFP — Iraq's Kurds set the ball rolling Thursday for a referendum on their long-held dream of independence, ignoring calls for the nation to unite against rampant jihadists or face "Syria-like chaos".
Thursday, 3 July, 2014 , 18:51 AFP — The US military's top officer said Thursday that Iraqi forces had shored up their defenses around Baghdad but would need outside help to eventually regain territory lost to Sunni militants.
Thursday, 3 July, 2014 , 18:31 AFP — Iraq's Kurds set the ball rolling Thursday for a referendum on their long-held dream of independence, ignoring calls for the nation to unite against rampant jihadists or face "Syria-like chaos".
Thursday, 3 July, 2014 , 17:32 AFP — The United States Thursday came out against a call by Iraq's Kurdish leader for an independence referendum, saying the only way the country could repel Islamic State radicals would be to stay united.
Thursday, 3 July, 2014 , 16:45 AFP — Iraqi Kurdistan, whose President Massud Barzani aims to organise a referendum on a long-held Kurdish dream of independence, has been a de facto autonomous region since 1991.
Thursday, 3 July, 2014 , 15:35 AFP — The leader of Iraq's Kurds set the ball rolling Thursday for a referendum on their long-held dream of independence, another setback for international efforts to unite the country's politicians against a militant offensive.
Thursday, 3 July, 2014 , 14:46 AFP — Massud Barzani, the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, asked its parliament on Thursday to start organising a referendum on the long-held dream of independence.
