Tuesday, 12 September, 2017 , 15:11 AFP — Iraq's parliament's on Tuesday voted against plans by Kurdish leaders to hold an independence referendum just two weeks before it was to be held, echoing regional criticism of the poll.
Tuesday, 12 September, 2017 , 10:02 AFP — The Iraqi parliament voted on Tuesday to oppose an independence referendum planned by Iraqi Kurdish leaders for later this month prompting a walkout by Kurdish lawmakers.
Tuesday, 12 September, 2017 , 09:40 AFP — The Iraqi parliament voted on Tuesday to oppose an independence referendum planned by Iraqi Kurdish leaders for later this month prompting a walkout by Kurdish lawmakers.
Tuesday, 12 September, 2017 , 09:26 AFP —
Friday, 8 September, 2017 , 14:53 AFP — A Turkish court on Friday ordered the release of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party's former spokesman Ayhan Bilgen after his arrest in January, a party official said.
Thursday, 7 September, 2017 , 02:36 AFP — Plans for an independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan have angered Ankara and Tehran, but little has changed for Iranian Kurdish rebels at rear bases in the mountains of northern Iraq.
Wednesday, 30 August, 2017 , 12:38 AFP — Iran on Wednesday warned the Iraqi province of Kirkuk against taking part in next month's Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum, saying it is "wrong, provocative and unacceptable".
Tuesday, 29 August, 2017 , 17:20 AFP — The council in Kirkuk, an ethnically mixed region of northern Iraq under Baghdad's control, voted Tuesday to take part in next month's Kurdish independence referendum, councillors said.
Tuesday, 29 August, 2017 , 13:32 AFP — The council in Kirkuk, an ethnically mixed region of northern Iraq under Baghdad's control, voted Tuesday to take part in next month's Kurdish independence referendum, councillors said.
Saturday, 26 August, 2017 , 13:47 AFP — Syrian Kurdish authorities on Saturday began laying the groundwork for the first local elections in the federal system they are establishing in the country's north, an official told AFP.