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KRG official: Kurds will not participate in any Maliki government
Kurdish President Massoud Barzani (R) shakes hands with US Secretary of State John Kerry at the presidential palace in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, on June 24, 2014. (AP Photo/ Brendan Smialowski, Pool)...
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Iraq: Kurds build border defenses and plan for US military help
Kurdish peshmerga troops walk during an intensive security deployment after clashes with militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Syria (ISIS), in Jalawla, Diyala province, July 4, 2014....
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Elite Iranian force enters Iraq via Kurdistan: official
Iranian revolutionary guard soldiers march during the annual military parade marking the Iraqi invasion in 1980, which led to an eight-year-long war (1980-1988) in Tehran, Iran, on September 22, 2013....
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Erbil: From Tourist Playground to Refugee Haven
Iraqi families displaced by fighting in their home towns receive humanitarian aid at the Khazir refugee camp, near Erbil, northern Iraq, on July 23, 2014. (EPA/Kamal Akrayi)Erbil, Asharq...
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Kurdish Peshmerga request US arms to battle ISIS: official
A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter takes his position behind a wall on the front line with militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq, on Wednesday, June 25, 2014. (AP...
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Arms trade flourishes in Erbil as fears of ISIS grow
Shoppers browse weapons and ammunition at an arms market in the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region in Iraq, Erbil, on Sunday, August 10, 2014. (Asharq Al-Awsat) Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—With the...
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Yazidis: The Peacock Angel and the Sun
File photo showing a Yazidi cleric walking through the main temple in Laliş, in Nineveh Province in northern Iraq. (Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov) Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Yazidi, or “Yazdani,” religion is...
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Baghdad warns buyers of “ISIS oil”
A picture taken on August 10, 2014 shows a chimney at an oil field in Sheikhan, northeast of the city of Mosul in northern Iraq and near the Kurdish city of Dahuk, an area where Kurdish Peshmerga...
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Burham Salih: Iraq needs “active” regional Arab role
Burham Salih, Deputy Secrtary General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (Asharq Al-Awsat) Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Burham Salih, former head of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and a former...
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Baghdad delaying delivery of military aid: Peshmerga minister
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take position on the front line in Khazer, near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski Kalak, 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish...
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Kurdish forces recapture Syria-Iraq border crossing
Members of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) man a weapon mounted on a pick-up truck as they take position behind cement blocks in the Iraqi city of Rabia on the Iraqi-Syrian border, on...
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Activists urge UN to support Iraqi refugees in Kurdistan
Displaced Iraqis forced to flee their homes ahead of gains made by ISIS militants in and around Mosul, shelter at the Bahrka Refugee camp, Erbil, northern Iraq, on September 19, 2014. (EPA/MOHAMED...
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Iraqi Kurdistan may raise oil output by up to 80 percent in next two months:...
This file photo shows a worker walking on an oil pipeline at the Khurmala oil field on the outskirts of the city of Erbil, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, on December 4, 2013. (Reuters/Stringer) Erbil,...
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Peshmerga morale is “high” in fight against ISIS: Kurdish security official
Masrour Barzani, head of the Kurdish region’s National Security Council, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Erbil, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, July 19, 2014. (Reuters) Erbil, Asharq...
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Kurdistan to begin exporting oil through SOMO after loan from Baghdad: KRG...
This file photo shows a worker walking on an oil pipeline at the Khurmala oil field on the outskirts of the city of Erbil, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, on December 4, 2013. (Reuters/Stringer)Erbil,...
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US airstrike hits Al-Qaeda-held town in Syria
Syrians inspect the damage following a reported US-led coalition air strike in the town of Harem in the northwestern province of Idlib, bordering Turkey, on November 19, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/MOHAMAD...
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Baghdad and Erbil hold talks on military cooperation against ISIS
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take position on the front line in Khazer, near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski Kalak, 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish...
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Baghdad and Erbil to meet “soon” to resolve outstanding disputes: sources
This file photo shows a worker walking on an oil pipeline at the Khurmala oil field on the outskirts of the city of Erbil, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, on December 4, 2013. (Reuters/Stringer) Erbil,...
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Elderly Yazidis speak of ordeal at hands of ISIS
An elderly Yazidi arrives in Kirkuk after being released by ISIS, on January 17, 2015 (AP Photo)Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) transported hundreds of elderly and sick...
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Peshmerga seeking greater independence from Baghdad: commander
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters monitor the area from their front line position in Bashiqa, a town 13 kilometres north-east of Mosul on August 16, 2014. (AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye) Erbil, Asharq...
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