Tag: Kurdistan
Why question Kurdish independence?
If we were to make a list of oppressed nations currently living under the yoke of injustice during the 21st century, we could not...
Iraq flight ban halts dig for lost ancient city in Kurdistan...
Ranya: Ismael Nuraddini peers into a hole in the earth of Iraq's Kurdistan region at what researchers believe could be remnants of a lost...
Macron’s invitation to visit France not related to Kurdish referendum: Iraqi...
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday an invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Paris was not related to the...
Flight ban on Iraqi Kurds imposed after independence vote
ERBIL, Iraq/ANKARA: A ban on international flights into Iraq’s Kurdish region was being imposed on Friday after the Baghdad government retaliated against a vote...
93pc vote in favour of Kurd independence: officials
ERBIL: The Kurdish referendum on independence from Iraq was approved by close to 93 per cent of voters, officials said Wednesday, as Iraq’s prime...
Erdogan warns of ‘ethnic war’ risk over Iraqi Kurdish independence
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday warned the Iraqi Kurdistan region against pushing for independence after holding a non-binding referendum, saying it risked sparking...
Voting starts in Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence referendum
ERBIL, Iraq: Voting started on Monday in an independence referendum organized by the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, despite regional and international...
Iraq’s Kurdish parliament backs Sept 25 independence referendum
ERBIL: The parliament of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region approved a plan to hold a referendum on independence on September 25, ignoring Iraqi, Iranian and...
