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Baghdad knows who hit Kurdistan Region's oil fields: official
Iraqi Deputy Parliament Speaker Shakhawan Abdullah stated that the groups behind the drone attacks targeting oil installations in the Kurdistan Region are now known to authorities.
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Damascus, Kurdish-led SDF exchange accusations over northern Syria attack
Syria’s defence ministry and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) exchanged blame on Saturday following an attack in the northern city of Manbij, threatening to compromise a landmark integration agreement signed by the two sides in March.
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Turkey pushes for full Use of Kurdistan Region oil pipeline
Turkey wants Iraq to ensure that the oil pipeline from the semi-autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan to the Turkish port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean is utilized to its capacity as Ankara and Baghdad are discussing terms of extending the pipeline agreement expiring next year.
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Ilham Ahmed calls for return of Afrin residents displaced by Turkish offensive in 2018
Syrian Kurdish official Ilham Ahmed, a top diplomat for the Kurdish-led administration in northeast Syria, has called for the return of displaced residents to Syria’s Afrin district, which has been under the control of Turkish forces and their allied factions since 2018.
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Baghdad bans using Kurdish in university exams in Kirkuk, Mosul, and Diyala
Kurdish students at universities in Kirkuk, Mosul, and Diyala can no longer answer exam questions in Kurdish, following a new directive issued by the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education in the middle of this month.
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How has Turkey fended since the July 2016 attempted coup?
Turkey has been very busy this July, not only has it welcomed thousands of tourists mainly from the Gulf countries for their summer holidays; a number of political events have been taking place there. Foremost amongst those has been the dismantlement of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
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Turkish Parliament to establish 51-member commission for peace efforts with PKK
The speaker of Turkey’s parliament has formally asked political parties to submit delegate names for a 51-member parliamentary commission tasked with overseeing the next phase of a state-led process aimed at ending the Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) armed campaign and transitioning toward legal and political reconciliation.
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PUK attempts new KRG cabinet formation before Iraq’s November vote: official
Efforts are underway to form the new cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) before Iraq’s parliamentary elections in November, more than a year after the vote, a senior Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) official said on Thursday.
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PKK: peace process cannot proceed unilaterally
An umbrella group that includes the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Thursday expressed its commitment to jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan’s recent “historic” message but stressed that Ankara also has to act in the peace process.
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Iraq’s top court to hear key cases on delayed Kurdistan Region salaries
Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court is set to review two critical lawsuits on Monday concerning the delayed disbursement of salaries for public employees in the Kurdistan Region.
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US envoy says federalism doesn't work in Syria
US Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack on Thursday said the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has been “slow” in negotiating with the Syrian government, asserting that federalism in Syria “doesn’t work.”
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Tribe clashes with Kurdish security forces over land dispute in Erbil
Fierce clashes broke out west of Erbil province on Tuesday between Kurdish security forces and supporters of a tribal figure following an attempted arrest related to an ongoing land dispute.
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Iran FM to discuss ‘common threats’ with Putin in Moscow
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, who is in Moscow, says he will be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss “common threats.”
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Iraq condemns US military attack on Iran’s nuclear sites
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein strongly denounced the US military attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
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Erdogan says he is optimistic that victory will be Iran's
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he's "optimistic that victory will be Iran's" in a blistering speech at a gathering of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) foreign ministers in Istanbul.
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Israel attacks Qanitra in southern Syria
Sources have reported the Israeli regime's new attack on areas around Qanitra, a city in southern Syria.
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Iranians hold massive solidarity demonstrations across the country
Iranians have held “Marched of Anger and Victory” and “Solidarity and Resistance” after Friday prayers in the capital, Tehran, and other cities across Iran.
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Ayatollah Sistani strongly condemns Israeli aggression on Iran
Amid the United States’ threats against the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Iraq’s top Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali Sistani warned against the dire consequences of such threats and also strongly condemned the ongoing Israeli aggression on Iran.
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Nechirvan Barzani condemns Israeli attack on Iran
The Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) condemned Israel's extensive attack on Iran, warning that using military force to resolve disputes endangers both regional and international stability.
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US pulls out of two more bases in Syria, worrying Kurdish forces
U.S. forces have pulled out of two more bases in northeastern Syria, visiting Reuters reporters found, accelerating a troop drawdown that the commander of U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish forces said was allowing a resurgence of Islamic State.
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PUK Leader says attacks on Iran undermine peace efforts
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) denounced the recent strikes on Iran, urging the international community to intervene to prevent further escalation.
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Iran launches 4th round of retaliatory attacks on Israel
Iran has reportedly launched dozens of missiles in yet another fresh retaliatory attack on Israeli targets.
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US staff departure from Iraq includes Erbil consulate: US Embassy
The ordered departure of non-essential US personnel from Iraq also applies to staff at the US Consulate General in Erbil, the US Embassy in Baghdad told Rudaw on Thursday, as regional tensions continue to boil over.
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DEM Party calls for an immediate end to Israel’s attacks on Iran
The Foreign Relations Commission of the Peoples’ Democracy and Equality Party (DEM Party) issued a written statement on Israel's attacks on Iran, calling on the international community to return to peaceful solutions and negotiations.
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Kurdistan Region presidency denounces Israeli attack on Iran
The Kurdistan Region Presidency condemned Israeli latest airstrikes against Iran and opposed the use of military force in their tensions.
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Israel will definitely pay price for attacking Iran: defense ministry
In a statement issued on Friday morning, Iran's Defense Ministry stressed that the Israeli regime will definitely pay the price for attacking Iran.
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Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli aggression against Iran
Saudi Arabia condemned the Israeli aggression against Iran, which left a number of civilians and military commanders injured and martyred.
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Israel must await a severe punishment: Leader
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei issued a message following the Israeli attacks on Iran's territory.
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Turkey boosts domestic gas for leverage over Europe and Iran
Twenty-five years ago, I drove through south-eastern Turkey. The town of Kahta was enjoying an oil boom, modest by the scale of the Gulf, but with basic hotels crowded with roughnecks, and nodding donkey pumps in the valleys. Now, a more sizeable oil and gas rush is making a real difference to energy-hungry Turkey’s situation.
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Syria: Toward an Iraq-style partition?
Syria is currently at risk of an 'Iraqi-style' breakdown. When U.S. forces entered Iraq in 2003, they made a decision with significant consequences: dissolving the Iraqi army. While this decision was justified by the need to combat the influence of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party, it contributed to the destabilization of the country, leading to a civil war that lasted over a decade until the retreat of ISIS starting in 2015, driven by the international coalition.