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Netanyahu lobbies world powers to stem Iraqi Kurd setbacks
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Netanyahu lobbies world powers to stem Iraqi Kurd setbacks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is lobbying world powers to prevent further setbacks to Iraqi Kurds as they lose ground…
100,000 Kurds flee Kirkuk since Iraqi army takeover: Kurdish officials
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100,000 Kurds flee Kirkuk since Iraqi army takeover: Kurdish officials

About 100,000 Kurds have fled Kirkuk for fear of sectarian reprisals since Iraqi government forces took over the city after…
Saudi carrier launches direct flight to Iraq after 27 years
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Saudi carrier launches direct flight to Iraq after 27 years

Saudi budget-carrier flynas has launched a route from the Saudi capital, Riyadh, to Baghdad, marking the first direct flight between…
Kurds, Iraqi forces face off as Baghdad deadline expires
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Kurds, Iraqi forces face off as Baghdad deadline expires

The Kurdish forces were given a deadline of 2 a.m. local time Sunday (2300 GMT Saturday) to surrender their positions and return…
Kurdish VP : Thousands of troops sent to Kirkuk to face ‘Iraqi threat’
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Kurdish VP : Thousands of troops sent to Kirkuk to face ‘Iraqi threat’

Kurdish authorities have sent thousands more troops to the oil region of Kirkuk to confront “threats” from Iraq’s central government,…
Kurds offer talks with Baghdad over airport, banks ban
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Kurds offer talks with Baghdad over airport, banks ban

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) offered to hold talks with Iraqi authorities on the status of Kurdish airports, border posts…
Iraqi military preparing to take control of Kurdish borders
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Iraqi military preparing to take control of Kurdish borders

Iraq’s military prepared Saturday to take control of the international borders of the northern Kurdish region. The move is part…
Iraq blocks international flights to Kurdistan in retaliation for independence vote
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Iraq blocks international flights to Kurdistan in retaliation for independence vote

International flights to and from Iraq’s Kurdistan region were set to end from 6:00 p.m. (11.00 a.m. ET) on Friday,…
Baghdad piles pressure on Iraqi Kurds to reverse overwhelming independence vote
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Baghdad piles pressure on Iraqi Kurds to reverse overwhelming independence vote

Baghdad heaped pressure on Iraq’s Kurds on Wednesday, demanding they cancel their overwhelming vote for independence while parliament urged the…
Iraqi Kurdish leader says ‘yes’ vote won independence referendum
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Iraqi Kurdish leader says ‘yes’ vote won independence referendum

Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said on Tuesday that Kurds had voted “yes” to independence in a referendum held in…
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