Thursday, 3 July, 2014 , 13:38 AFP — Massud Barzani, the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, asked its parliament Thursday to start organising a referendum on independence.
Thursday, 3 July, 2014 , 13:24 AFP — Massud Barzani, the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, on Thursday asked its parliament to start organising a referendum on independence.
Thursday, 3 July, 2014 , 09:09 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish regional president Massud Barzani will address the Kurdish parliament Thursday on holding a referendum in disputed areas, after vowing to hold a plebiscite within months, an MP said.
Wednesday, 2 July, 2014 , 21:41 AFP — Top US officials Wednesday upped pressure on key Iraqi leaders as political chaos in Baghdad clouded American hopes for a unity government to tackle the country's sectarian breakdown.
Wednesday, 2 July, 2014 , 19:31 AFP — Top US officials Wednesday upped pressure on key Iraqi leaders as political chaos in Baghdad clouded American hopes for a unity government to tackle the country's sectarian breakdown.
Wednesday, 2 July, 2014 , 11:53 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday rejected an assertion by the country's autonomous Kurdish region that its control of disputed territory is here to stay.
Tuesday, 1 July, 2014 , 20:02 AFP — The UN children's agency and Human Rights Watch appealed Tuesday for the release of more than 100 Kurdish schoolboy and girls kidnapped by jihadists in Syria at the end of May.
Tuesday, 1 July, 2014 , 13:38 AFP — Iraq's new parliament broke up in chaos Tuesday, with lawmakers threatening each other or walking out despite global calls for fractious politicians to form a government needed to face a Sunni militant onslaught.
Tuesday, 1 July, 2014 , 09:38 AFP — Iraq's Kurds will hold an independence referendum within months, their leader Massud Barzani said on Tuesday, as the region reels under a brutal offensive by Sunni jihadists who have declared an Islamic caliphate.
Tuesday, 1 July, 2014 , 08:14 AFP — Jihadists from the Islamic State must free some 133 Kurdish schoolboys kidnapped in Syria a month ago, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
