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Haaretz
April 29, 2018
Turkish officials alleged that the smear campaign consisted of “articles and comments showing Turkey aligned with various terrorist groups” – specifically, ... with – and profited from – was tied to alleged oil trade with ISIS through the abuse of a government exemption from doing business in Iraqi Kurdistan.
The Hill
April 29, 2018
Under the control of the Kurdistan Regional Government, the Iraqi Personal Status Law, which was used as an excuse to justify honor killings, was amended; as a result, the number of honor killings in Iraqi Kurdistan has significantly decreased. In addition, the Kurdish authorities outlawed forced marriagesÃâà...
OilPrice.com
April 10, 2018
... government and Iraqi Kurdistan will take a new twist beginning in May when Iraq's top court starts hearings on the issue with officials from both sides. ... is pushing back the Islamic State as it closed in on territory in Northern Iraq, around the Kirkuk oilfields, which lie outside of the official KRG territory.
Al-Monitor
April 4, 2018
More significantly still, hundreds of protesters also hit the streets in KDP-ruled towns like Erbil and Dahuk, undeterred by local authorities refusing to grant them permits. Anti-government protests are rare in KDP territory, where discontent is hardly ever expressed openly for fear of retribution. But that fearÃâà...
CPJ Press Freedom Online
April 4, 2018
The wave of detentions and assaults has sparked fear among local journalists and press freedom groups that Kurdish authorities will apply a heavy hand in the lead-up to elections. CPJ's Emergencies Response Team (ERT) has issued the following advisory for journalists working in the region. The falloutÃâà...
AMN Al-Masdar News
April 3, 2018
“This step will contribute to safeguarding the security of Sinjar,” the official stressed. Last week, a representative of the Peshmerga, the Kurdish military forces in Iraqi Kurdistan, told Sputnik that claims by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) about having retreated from Sinjar were a ruse, despite a number ofÃâà...
The Arab Weekly
March 31, 2018
First, and under Iranian protection, a delegation of Iraqi Kurdish officials visited Afrin in Syria in February, which is being held by Syrian Kurdish forces but besieged by Turkish troops. This raised eyebrows in Ankara, which supported the KRG until its independence bid. Second, Iraqi authorities lifted the airÃâà...
The Atlantic
March 23, 2018
That moment was believed to mark the first time a modern Iraqi leader has spoken in Kurdish, which, along with Arabic, is an official language of Iraq. ... independence referendum resulted in last fall's tensions with Baghdad and Tehran, another regional power that opposes an independent Iraqi Kurdistan.
RadioFarda
March 23, 2018
Following Iran's help in putting down the Iraqi Kurds' push for independence, Iraq is expected to start supplying crude oil for the first time from the Kirkuk fields in Iraqi Kurdistan to a refinery in the Iranian city of Kermanshah. An Iraqi oil official said the initial shipments would start soon and would initially beÃâà...
Iraqi News
March 20, 2018
Sulaimaniyah (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Kurdistan's Sulaimaniyah airport on Tuesday sat on its first foreign flight since Baghdad lifted an embargo ... “The decision came after the local authorities in Kurdistan Region reciprocated to returning the federal authority to Erbil and Sulaimaniyah airports,” said aÃâà...
Kurdistan24
March 16, 2018
The conversation marked the first such official communication between the two leaders and seemed to represent a US decision to include a more senior, political level ... The Vice-President told Abadi that he “was pleased to hear more about re-opening of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region's airports and the initial payment of someÃâà...
Deutsche Welle
March 13, 2018
Iraqi authorities have said they will end a six-month air blockade imposed on Iraqi Kurdistan in response to the region's independence vote, which was not ... Kurdish authorities confirmed that airports in Iraqi Kurdistan will return to federal Iraqi control and would report to Baghdad's Interior Ministry.
Al-Monitor
March 11, 2018
The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority would continue its management of the airport, probably with some engagement of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials. The government of Iraq closed the Kurdistan Region's airports on Sept. 29 in response to the Iraqi Kurdistan referendum. Last month, BaghdadÃâà...
Arab News
February 26, 2018
Syrian Kurds capture two British Daesh militants — US officials. IRBIL: Iraq has extended by three months a ban on international flights to the autonomous Kurdish region, a senior official at Irbil airport in the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan said on Monday. The federal government in Baghdad first imposed the airÃâà...
Al-Monitor
February 25, 2018
Masrour Barzani, the head of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region's Security Council, casts his vote during the Kurds' independence referendum in Erbil, Iraq, Sept. ... Al-Monitor put these questions to Masrour Barzani, who is currently in Washington for meetings with senior Donald Trump administration officials,Ãâà...
Financial Tribune
February 21, 2018
I ran and northern Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government hope to increase cross-border trade volumes by increasing the number of border crossings between them, KRG local officials have been quoted by state-run news agency of the Turkish government Anadolu Agency as saying. According to AballahÃâà...
