Saturday, 23 September, 2017 , 16:20 AFP — Residents of the multi-ethnic city of Kirkuk north of Baghdad were stocking up with supplies on Saturday ahead of the planned controversial referendum on independence for Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region.
Saturday, 23 September, 2017 , 15:08 AFP — A US-backed militia has seized Syria's biggest pre-war gas treatment facility from the Islamic State group in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, a spokesman and monitor said Saturday.
Saturday, 23 September, 2017 , 10:36 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim warned on Saturday that Ankara's actions in response to a controversial independence referendum in Iraq's Kurdistan region would have "economic and security dimensions".
Saturday, 23 September, 2017 , 07:56 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani on Saturday delayed a scheduled news conference on a controversial independence referendum he has called for next week as international pressure mounts for a postponement.
Saturday, 23 September, 2017 , 06:31 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani on Saturday delayed a scheduled news conference on a controversial independence referendum he has called for next week as pressure mounts for a postponement.
Friday, 22 September, 2017 , 19:30 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani insisted Friday that a controversial September 25 independence referendum for his autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq will go ahead, even as last-minute negotiations aimed to change his mind.
Friday, 22 September, 2017 , 18:16 AFP — Turkey on Friday slammed a planned independence referendum in Iraq's Kurdistan region next week as "illegitimate", indicating that Ankara was prepared to retaliate if it went ahead.
Friday, 22 September, 2017 , 17:46 AFP — Turkey's National Security Council (MGK) on Friday slammed a planned independence referendum in Iraq's Kurdistan region next week as "illegitimate" and "unacceptable".
Friday, 22 September, 2017 , 16:26 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani insisted Friday that a controversial September 25 independence referendum for his autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq will go ahead, even as last-minute negotiations aimed to change his mind.
Friday, 22 September, 2017 , 15:36 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani again stressed on Friday that next week's referendum on independence for the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq will proceed as planned.
