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Kurdistan: MPs express dismay as political deadlock continues
Female Kurdish deputies are pictured outside the Kurdistan parliament building in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq on November 6, 2013, following the first...
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Iraq: Kurdish parties to field independent candidate lists
Female Kurdish deputies are pictured outside the Kurdistan parliament building in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq on November 6, 2013. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)Erbil,...
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Kurdistan’s “Islamic” parties seek to downplay Islam
An Iraqi Kurd woman casts her vote into a ballot box during regional parliamentary elections at a polling station in Erbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, on September 21, 2013. (Reuters)...
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Kurds say have not agreed to export oil via Iraq’s SOMO
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussein Al-Shahristani, center, listens during a meeting gathering politicians and oil experts to discuss the export of oil from Iraq’s northern Kurdish region on...
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Missing Mam Jalal
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani speaks during a press conference on March 7, 2008, in Ankara. (AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN) Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—As the countdown begins for Iraq’s parliamentary elections...
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Iraq: Kurdistan president repeats call for Halabja to become province
A view of the Kurdish town of Halabja, 160 miles (260 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, on February 1, 2014. (REUTERS/Yahya Ahmad) Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The president of Iraqi Kurdistan, Massoud...
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Erbil Festival attracts unprecedented turnout
Iraqi Kurdish men, one holding the Kurdish flag (back), ride their horses during a commemoration marking the 23th anniversary of the uprising against the regime of toppled dictator Saddam Hussein in...
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Myriam Fares plays Erbil’s “Freedom and Nowruz” Festival
Lebanese singer Myriam Fares at a press conference in Erbil, March 2014 (Asharq Al-Awsat)Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanese singer Myriam Fares gave a concert on Sunday as part of the eighth “Erbil...
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Kurdistan Region close to forming government—local media
The prime minister of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, Nechervan Barzani, speaks during a press conference in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil on September 18, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMED) Erbil,...
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Iraq: No signs of Maliki–Mutahidoun post-election rapprochement
A handout picture released by the Prime Minister’s Office shows Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki casting his ballot during the Iraqi legislative election at a polling station in the green zone in Baghdad,...
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Iraqi Kurdistan loads 1st pipeline oil sale despite row with Baghdad
A worker performs checks at Turkey’s Mediterranean port of Ceyhan on February 19, 2014. (REUTERS/Umit Bektas) Ankara and Istanbul, Reuters—Iraqi Kurdistan started loading oil from its new pipeline for...
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Iraq seeks arbitration against Turkey on Kurdish oil sale
A worker walks on top of an oil tank at Turkey’s Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, some 43.5 miles (70 kilometers) from Adana, on February 19, 2014. (REUTERS/Umit Bektas) Baghdad and Erbil, Reuters—Iraq...
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Barzani threatens referendum in Kurdistan if Maliki gets third term
The president of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, Massoud Barzani, leaves the Elysée Palace in Paris on May 23, 2014, after a meeting with the French President.(AFP PHOTO/BERTRAND GUAY) London, Asharq...
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First Erbil International Film Festival kicks off
Image of cinema taken from Erbil International Film Festival website. (Erbil International Film Festival) Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The first-ever Erbil International Film Festival is set to kick off...
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Kurdish–Iraqi oil dispute hurting Erbil
A vendor displays material used for traditional Kurdish costumes at a market on February 23, 2014 in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed) Erbil,...
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Iraqi Kurdistan says foreign ties remain strong despite tensions with Baghdad
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Nechervan Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, pose for photographers before a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, on November 27, 2013....
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Kurdish oil exports have cost Baghdad $34 bn since 2010, says Oil Ministry
In this June 1, 2009 file photo, Kurdish president Massud Barzani, right, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani open a ceremonial valve during an event to celebrate the start of oil exports from the...
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Iraq: Insurgents attack Tikrit
An image taken from a propaganda video uploaded on June 8, 2014, by the jihadist group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) allegedly shows ISIS militants near the central Iraqi city of Tikrit....
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Iraq’s Kurds seek to bolster security in north
Members of Kurdish Peshmerga forces stand atop a hill during clashes with militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihadist group in Jalawla in the Diyala province, on June 14, 2014....
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Warnings on Iraq ISIS attack ignored—KRG official
Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers near the town of Jaloula preparing for deployment in the battle against the militant Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in mid-June 2014. (Asharq Al-Awsat/Hannah Lucinda Smith)...
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