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'We don't want armed confrontation': Iraqi PM on Kurds


Thursday, 5 October, 2017 , 08:57 AFP —

Iraq flight ban halts dig for lost ancient city


Thursday, 5 October, 2017 , 02:31 AFP — Ismael Nuraddini peers into a hole in the earth of Iraq's Kurdistan region at what researchers believe could be remnants of a lost city dating back more than 2,000 years.

Erdogan, Iran close ranks after Iraq Kurd referendum


Wednesday, 4 October, 2017 , 19:21 AFP — Turkey and Iran presented a united front in their opposition to Iraqi Kurdish aspirations of independence, during a visit Wednesday by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that signals a warming of ties.

Erdogan, Iran present common front after Iraq Kurd referendum


Wednesday, 4 October, 2017 , 16:05 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian leaders presented a united front in their opposition to Iraqi Kurdish aspirations of independence, on a visit Wednesday that signalled a warming of ties.

Four Turkish troops killed in attack blamed on Kurd rebels


Wednesday, 4 October, 2017 , 08:39 AFP — Four Turkish soldiers were killed on Wednesday in a bombing blamed on Kurdish militants in the restive southeast, the local governor's office said.

Iraq ex-president and Kurdish leader Talabani dies


Tuesday, 3 October, 2017 , 19:24 AFP — Iraq's former president Jalal Talabani, a veteran leader of the struggle for Kurdish self-determination and a unifying elder statesman, died on Tuesday in Germany aged 83.

Iraq ex-president and Kurdish leader Talabani dies


Tuesday, 3 October, 2017 , 17:39 AFP — Ex-Iraqi president Jalal Talabani, a veteran leader of the struggle for Kurdish self-determination and a unifying elder statesman, died on Tuesday in Germany aged 83, Kurdish officials said.

Iraq ex-president and Kurdish leader Talabani dies


Tuesday, 3 October, 2017 , 16:17 AFP — Ex-Iraqi president Jalal Talabani, a veteran leader of the struggle for Kurdish self-determination and a unifying elder statesman, died Tuesday in Germany aged 83, Kurdish officials said.

Opponent of Iraq Kurd leader sole candidate in presidential vote


Tuesday, 3 October, 2017 , 15:49 AFP — An ex-minister in Iraq's first post-invasion government will be the sole candidate for the presidency of the country's autonomous Kurdish region in a November election, an official said on Tuesday.

Jalal Talabani: veteran Kurdish leader and Iraqi president


Tuesday, 3 October, 2017 , 15:45 AFP — Former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani, who died Tuesday aged 83, was a charismatic leader of the Kurdish independence struggle who became Iraq's first non-Arab head of state.