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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Monday, 18 September, 2017 , 09:50 AFP —
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.
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.
