Iraqi Kurds
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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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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…
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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…
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Iraqi Kurds Vote on Independence as Turkey Threatens Retribution
EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Kurds went to the polls Monday for a referendum on independence, ignoring dire warnings from neighbors fearful that the vote will bolster the cause of Kurdish nationalism…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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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…