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Russia's Rosneft eyes Iraqi Kurdistan gas pipeline deal


Monday, 18 September, 2017 , 14:42 AFP Russian energy giant Rosneft announced Monday it intends to help build a gas pipeline in Iraqi Kurdistan, a move bolstering Moscow's links to the region as it eyes independence.

Supreme court steps in to block Iraq Kurd independence vote


Monday, 18 September, 2017 , 14:18 AFP Iraq's supreme court Monday ordered the suspension of a September 25 referendum on the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan, as legal and political pressure mounted on the Kurds to call off the vote.

Iraqi Kurds pressure Baghdad with referendum bid


Monday, 18 September, 2017 , 12:46 AFP An Iraqi Kurdish plan to hold a September 25 independence referendum, which has hit a legal roadblock with just a week to go, is more of a tool to pressure Baghdad than a step towards actual secession, observers say.

Supreme court steps in to block Iraq Kurd independence vote


Monday, 18 September, 2017 , 12:01 AFP Iraq's supreme court Monday ordered the suspension of a September 25 referendum on the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan, as legal and political pressure mounted on the Kurds to call off the vote.

British minister to persuade Iraqi Kurds to drop referendum


Monday, 18 September, 2017 , 10:53 AFP Britain's Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said he would try to persuade Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani at a meeting later Monday to call off a controversial September 25 independence referendum.

Iraq supreme court orders suspension of Kurdistan referendum


Monday, 18 September, 2017 , 10:33 AFP Iraq's supreme court on Monday ordered the suspension of a September 25 referendum on the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan, to examine whether such a poll would be constitutional.

Iraq supreme court orders suspension of Kurdistan referendum


Monday, 18 September, 2017 , 10:06 AFP Iraq's supreme court on Monday ordered the suspension of a September 25 referendum on the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan, to examine whether such a poll would be constitutional.

Iraq supreme court orders suspension of Kurdistan referendum


Monday, 18 September, 2017 , 09:50 AFP

Kurds: one stateless people across four countries


Monday, 18 September, 2017 , 08:28 AFP The Kurds, a non-Arab ethnic group, number between 25 and 35 million people who are spread across four countries but without a state of their own.

Iraqi Kurdistan, autonomous and oil-rich


Monday, 18 September, 2017 , 04:04 AFP Iraq's Kurdish region, which will hold a referendum on statehood on September 25, has been autonomous since 1991 and has played a major role in the war against jihadists.