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Iraqi Kurds Look to Open New Chapter With Iran

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Kurds are opening a new chapter in their relations with Iran seven months after a foiled independence referendum in the Kurdish region.
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Publish Date:19/May/2018 | 07:55

Iraqi Kurdish Forces Advance East of Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Kurdish fighters exchanged heavy fire with IS militants early on Monday as they advanced from two directions on a town held by the Islamic State group east of the city of Mosul.
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Publish Date:07/November/2016 | 11:08

Iraqi Kurds claim capture of town in advance on Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Kurdish fighters said they had taken the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from Islamic State on Sunday as coalition forces pressed their offensive against the jihadists' last stronghold in Iraq.
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Publish Date:24/October/2016 | 08:41

Iraq plans to sell oil through Iran if talks with Kurds fail

EghtesadOnline: Iraq's government would consider selling crude through Iran should talks with the autonomous Kurdish region on an oil revenue-sharing agreement fail, a senior oil ministry official in Baghdad told Reuters.
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Publish Date:28/August/2016 | 09:48

Iraqi Kurds Offer to Freeze Independence Referendum Results

EghtesadOnline: Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government said it’s prepared to freeze the results of last month’s independence referendum, which triggered deadly clashes with government troops and hurt oil exports.
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Publish Date:25/October/2017 | 24:56

Iraqi Kurds Await Backlash After Millions Vote on Independence

EghtesadOnline: Millions of Iraq’s Kurds voted in an historic referendum on independence on Monday, defying the dire warnings from neighbors as well as the government in Baghdad -- who must now decide how far to retaliate to an expected landslide in favor of secession.
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Publish Date:26/September/2017 | 07:20

Turkey Sees Risk of Kurds Defying Region With Independence Vote

EghtesadOnline: Turkey sees a real risk that Iraqi Kurds will press ahead with an independence referendum, according to an adviser to the president, a move that would defy almost unanimous opposition among neighboring states and surprise the many observers who foresee a deal with Baghdad emerging.
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Publish Date:22/August/2017 | 05:30

Kurds' Statehood Vote Could Spark Conflict, Erdogan Aide Warns

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Kurds run the risk of armed conflict with government forces and alienating neighbors if they push ahead with a proposed referendum on independence, according to a senior adviser to Turkey’s president.
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Publish Date:03/August/2017 | 13:31

Iran cautions Iraqi Kurds on enemies’ divisive plots

EghtesadOnline: Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said on Monday that holding referendum in the Iraqi Kurdistan region will isolate the Kurds living in the region.
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Publish Date:18/July/2017 | 05:45

Kurds, Shi'ite fighters to coordinate after sealing off Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Kurdish and Shi'ite forces agreed to coordinate movements after cutting off Mosul from the rest of the territory held by Islamic State in western Iraq and Syria in support of a U.S-backed offensive to capture the city, U.S. and Iraqi officials said on Thursday.
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Publish Date:24/November/2016 | 15:22

No incursion into Kobani: Kurds warn Turkey

EghtesadOnline: Kurds have staged a protest rally in the Syrian town of Kobani to warn Turkey against a potential military incursion into the town.
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Publish Date:28/August/2016 | 10:53

Iraq Seeks Formal Deal With Kurds to Protect New Oil Exports

EghtesadOnline: Iraq’s resumption last week of oil shipments through a Kurdish-controlled pipeline bumped up its export capacity by five percent almost overnight. Now OPEC’s second-biggest producer is seeking a formal deal with the self-ruling Kurds to ensure it can maintain the increased flows.
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Publish Date:28/August/2016 | 08:54