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.
Friday, 22 September, 2017 , 13:21 AFP — Iraq's Kurds faced mounting international pressure Friday, including from neighbouring Iran, to call off an independence referendum that the UN Security Council warned was potentially destabilising.
Friday, 22 September, 2017 , 13:03 AFP — Residents of Kurdish-majority areas of northern Syria began voting Friday in the region's first local elections, as part of a push to cement a semi-autonomous regional government.
Friday, 22 September, 2017 , 02:33 AFP — Most residents in Iraq's oil-rich province of Kirkuk support taking part in an independence referendum for Iraqi Kurdistan, but in neighbouring Tuz Khurmatu some say they are ready to fight it.
