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.
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.