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Baghdad dismisses Kurd offer to freeze independence vote

Thu Oct 26, 2017 11:34:41

Baghdad on Thursday dismissed an offer from Iraqi Kurdish leaders to freeze the outcome of a vote for independence last month in a bid to pave the way for dialogue.

Turkey, Iraq agree on opening second border gate - Turkish customs minister

Thu Oct 26, 2017 11:26:36

Turkey and Iraq have agreed to open a second border gate and its construction will begin once the necessary security measures are taken, Turkey's customs minister said on Thursday.

Iraqi prime minister visits Iran for high-level talks after Turkey visit

Thu Oct 26, 2017 11:15:33

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is on an official visit to the Iranian capital, Tehran, for talks with the neighboring country’s high-ranking officials on issues of bilateral and regional significance.

Iraq's vast marshes, reborn after Saddam, are in peril again

Thu Oct 26, 2017 10:12:27

Iraq's southern marshlands are a world apart from the rest of the arid Middle East, with tunnels of towering reeds, floating villages and half-submerged water buffaloes - a lush remnant of the cradle of civilization.

Iraq launches military operation to recapture western border region

Thu Oct 26, 2017 08:29:26

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi announced early on Thursday an offensive to recapture the western border region of al-Qaim and Rawa, close to the Syrian border, from the Isis militant group.

Iraqi forces say about to launch final offensive on Isis near Syria border

Wed Oct 25, 2017 09:38:07

Iraqi forces are about to launch an offensive to recapture the last patch of Iraq's territory still in the hands of the Isis militant group, a military statement said on Wednesday.

Iraqi PM Abadi due in Tehran today

Wed Oct 25, 2017 09:24:55

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is scheduled to pay an official visit to Iran today as part of a regional tour.

Iran reopens Bashmagh border gate with Iraq’s Kurdistan

Wed Oct 25, 2017 09:18:41

The Iranian consulate in Erbil announced that Bashmagh border with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) reopens as of today October 25.

Kurdistan Regional Government offers to freeze referendum results -statement

Wed Oct 25, 2017 09:03:52

The Kurdistan Regional Government in a statement early on Wednesday offered to freeze the results of an earlier referendum on independence as part of an offer to defuse the crisis with the Iraqi central government in Baghdad.

'Fierce clashes with Isis near Mosul': PMF

Tue Oct 24, 2017 14:36:01

Fighters from the Isis group and fighters from Iraq's Popular Mobilasation Forces (PMF/Hashed al-Shaabi) were locked in fierce clashes near Mosul Tuesday, with nearly 30 reported dead, the coalition said.

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