Kurds see Iraq as a failed sectarian state, while local leaders promise an independent Kurdish state would be multicultural and democratic. Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq — The day after the ...

Lawyer, political analyst and writer Hiwa Zandi, believes that, Kurdistan Region could have agreed on the calls to postpone the independence referendum, that way Iraq would not have the excuse to ...

One way would be to hold a referendum, but that requires parliamentary support from an opposition party like the pro-Kurdish ...

the President of the Iraqi Kurdish territory held a controversial independence referendum. Yet, instead of achieving true independence, the referendum prompted a swift military response from ...

Iraq’s semi-autonomous north is grappling with a severe economic crisis, with many residents forced into massive personal debt.

Iraqi Kurdistan, the country’s autonomous region, held an independence referendum on September 25, which was strongly opposed by the Baghdad. More than 90% of voters supported the idea of ...

Council members "expressed concern over the potentially destabilising impact of the Kurdistan regional government's plans to unilaterally hold a referendum next week," said the statement.

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Iraqi Kurds have rejected a call by the US to postpone a referendum on the independence of their autonomous Kurdish region, planned for next month, according to a high-ranking Kurdish official.

MOSCOW, October 24. /TASS/. The situation surrounding the referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan will not affect long-standing relations between Baghdad and Moscow, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al ...

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Erdogan said Turkey would initiate political, economic, commercial and security steps against the Kurdistan Regional Government in response to the referendum. Iraq has threatened a military response.