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Iraq MPs vote against Kurdish independence referendum


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.

Iraq MPs vote against Kurdish independence referendum


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.

Iraq MPs vote against Kurdish independence referendum


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.

Iraq MPs vote against Kurdish independence referendum


Tuesday, 12 September, 2017 , 09:26 AFP

Turkey releases pro-Kurdish party ex-spokesman


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.

Kurd rebels in Iraq mountains shrug off Turkey-Iran threats


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.

Iran warns Kirkuk over Iraqi Kurdistan referendum


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".

Iraq's Kirkuk votes to take part in Kurdish independence referendum


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.

Iraq's Kirkuk votes to take part in Kurdish independence referendum


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.

Syria Kurds preparing first vote in 'federal region': official


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.