By Matthew Lee | AP WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is discouraging Iraqi Kurdistan’s planned independence referendum set for later this year. It says the vote will be a distraction from more urgent priorities, including the fight against the Islamic State group. The State Department said Thursday that the U.S. understands and appreciates the “legitimate aspirations”
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A statement from the Turkish Foreign Ministry released Friday said the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq's decision to hold an independence referendum was "a grave mistake". News of the planned referendum, set to take place on September 25, has alarmed Turkey, which has a policy of territorial integrity for Iraq. The statement went on to say, "We emphasized that the
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The Kurdish Regional Government's decision to hold an independence referendum in September, despite Baghdad's opposition, is expected to stir tensions in the region and could cause a row, particularly with its northern neighbor, Turkey The announcement made by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) that the semi-autonomous region will hold an independence referendum on Sept
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Its Arab communities and the Kurds need to decide on their political status US leadership of the international coalition against Isis has brought Iraq to the brink of defeating the terrorists who took control of a third of the country. Thanks to the efforts of the Iraqi security forces, the Peshmerga and Hashd al-Shaabi, Isis will soon be pushed out of Mosul. Iraqi Prime Min
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AKFA speakers at a seminar on Kurdistan Region's economic challenges and solutions at the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH), May 3, 2017. (Photo: UKH) ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan24) - At a seminar in Erbil the American-Kurdistan Friendship Association (AKFA) Wednesday assembled experts in a bid to search for answers to economic challenges the Kurdistan Region faces
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