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Iran UN envoy: Iran attack against Israel only targeted military objectives
Iran’s Envoy and Permanent Representative to the UN says that the country's retaliatory attack against the Israeli regime was precise and only targeted military objectives.
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Iran, Russia FMs hold phone call after Tehran operation on Israel
In a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian explained the objectives and the manner of military action of Iran on specific targets in the occupied territories.
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Iraq reopens airspace after closure triggered by Iran's retaliatory strikes on Israel
Iraq on Sunday opened up its airspace and airports following a temporary closure late on Saturday in the wake of Iran’s retaliatory drone and missile strikes against Israel.
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Iran, Turkey FMs discuss Israeli attack on Iran's consulate
The Foreign Ministers of Iran and Turkey, in a phone conversation on Thursday, discussed a range of issues including the Israeli strike on the building of Iran's consulate in Damascus.
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Iranian, Iraqi foreign ministers discuss ties in phone call
The Iranian and Iraqi ministers of foreign affairs discussed the bilateral relations between the two neighboring countries on Wednesday night.
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Erdogan’s election blow will shape Turkey’s foreign policy
Recent local elections delivered a stunning blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, marking his most significant electoral defeat to date.
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In Iraq, digging up the past is necessary for closure
On a quiet mid-January morning, Iraqi honor guards assembled in front of the Health Ministry.
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Diyarbakir residents voice demands as era of trustee mayor ends
Residents in Turkey’s southeastern Diyarbakir province listed their wishes and demands, as the current government-appointed trustee mayors were replaced in the local elections by the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party candidates Serra Bucak and Dogan Hatun.
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Iraq ranked as the fourth-best country for foreign direct investment
Iraq was rated as one of the top emerging markets for investment in 2024 and as the fourth-best country for foreign direct investment.
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PUK insists on holding election, praises progress of talks with Baghdad
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) on Monday reiterated its insistence on holding the Kurdistan regional parliamentary elections on time, saying that negotiations with Baghdad have made important progress.
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Iraq plans to reopen own oil pipeline as talks to restart Kurdish route stall
The Iraqi government is planning to repair and reopen a section of an oil pipeline that runs through the Kurdistan Region that could allow it to export 350,000 barrels per day to Turkey by the end of the month, a senior Iraqi official said Monday, as talks fell flat between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to restart a competing route of pipeline that is a key source of revenue for the semi-autonomous region.
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Nechirvan Barzani confirms reaching agreement on oil exports
The President of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Nechervan Barzani, confirmed that an initial agreement had been reached on the oil issue, which is one of the outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil.
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Illustrated novel about Ocalan released
An illustrated novel depicting the life of Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), has been published in three different languages.
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23 arrested in Turkey for protesting overturning of Kurdish mayor’s election victory
Turkish courts arrested 23 people among hundreds detained over protests that erupted across Turkey in response to a local electoral authority’s decision to annul the victory of a pro-Kurdish party candidate in eastern Turkey and hand the mayorship to the ruling party’s runner-up, Deutsche Welle’s Turkish edition reported on Saturday, citing a bar association.
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Iraqi PM Al-Sudani, Nechirvan Barzani discuss federal government's program
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani met on Saturday with the President of Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, to discuss various topics.
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AANES: Turkish attacks on Syrian Kurdistan are war crimes
The self-administration of North and East Syria, while referring to the existing stability in North and East Syria, labeled the attacks by the Turkish government in the region as war crimes and emphasized that they will protect the achievements of the region's people by all available means.
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Spokesperson: Nechirvan Barzani is going to visit Baghdad
The spokesperson of the Kurdistan Region Presidency announced that Nechirvan Barzani, the President of the Region, will travel to Baghdad on Saturday and will meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.
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Baghdad strengthens control over autonomous Kurdistan region
Iraq is using a period of relative stability to assert more control over the oil-rich autonomous Kurdistan region that has long had fraught relations with federal authorities, analysts and politicians say.
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Turkey’s top judicial body launches inquiry into court that reinstated Van mayor’s political rights
One day after Turkey’s election authority decided to reinstall a Kurdish politician who had been initially denied the mandate to serve as mayor of the eastern province of Van, the country’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) launched an inquiry into the court that had reinstated the mayor’s political rights before the local elections held on March 31, Turkish Minute reported.
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Iraqi PM seeks to persuade KDP to participate in Kurdistan Region elections
On Friday, Sabhan Mula Chyad, the political affairs advisor to Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, revealed the efforts of the latter to dissuade the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) from boycotting the Kurdistan Region's parliamentary elections, emphasizing the importance of the party's participation.
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Iraqi Kurdistan elections may be delayed: sources
The upcoming parliamentary elections in the Iraqi Kurdistan region are expected to be postponed again due to a boycott by the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), three Kurdish sources told The New Arab on Thursday.
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Turkey reinstates pro-Kurdish Mayor in Van after widespread protests
Turkey’s election authority has reinstated the winner of the mayoral elections from a pro-Kurdish party in the eastern city of Van, shortly after initially removing his candidacy.
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DNO recovers operations in Iraqi Kurdistan after severe floods
The Norwegian oil and gas operator, DNO ASA, announced on Thursday that production and field operations at the Tawke oil field in the Kurdistan region of Iraq recovered following heavy floods.
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Iraq Kurdistan region suspends entry visas for Syrians
Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region has suspended the issuing of entry visas for Syrian citizens, in a decision that has sparked fears of potential humanitarian consequences for Syrians seeking shelter in the region.
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Erbil, Baghdad reach an agreement on Kurdistan's public servants salaries
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Iraqi federal government announced a breakthrough on Wednesday, reaching an agreement on a long-standing dispute regarding public sector salaries in the Kurdistan Region.
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Five things to know about local elections in Turkey
People in Turkey will vote Sunday in local elections as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sets his sights on winning back Istanbul, the country’s economic powerhouse, after he was re-elected head of state in a tight contest last year.
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Turkey’s Erdogan to visit Iraq, discuss ambitious agenda
Security cooperation and transport corridor plans are expected to top the agenda of the Turkish president’s visit to Iraq in April, the first of its kind since 2011.
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Biden to host Erdogan at White House for the first time on May 9
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will travel to the United States on May 9, for the first time as an official guest of President Joe Biden, Turkish media reported on Tuesday, without citing official sources.
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Lethal PUK/KDP divisions facilitate the demise of Kurdish autonomy in Iraq*
Located at the centre of the Middle East, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) has not been safe from the spill-over of the Israel-Gaza conflict. Its close alliance with the US has brought the Region under drone and rocket attacks by Iran and its affiliates among Iraq’s Shia militia groups – including a direct ballistic missile attack by Tehran on the KRI’s capital Erbil.
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Europe has abandoned the Kurds in favor of Erdogan
Kurds in European countries are feeling increasingly unsafe in the face of attacks by Turkish ultranationalists and European countries adopting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s narrative against them.