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Oil seen as real prize of Iran’s Kurdish adventure
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Oil seen as real prize of Iran’s Kurdish adventure

After helping Iraq stifle a Kurdish push for independence, Iran is now positioning itself to take control of oil exports…
Grave of 400 IS victims found in Iraq
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Grave of 400 IS victims found in Iraq

A mass grave containing the remains of at least 400 suspected victims of “Islamic State” (IS) terrorists was discovered in Iraq on…
Iraqi PM Abadi insists outcome of Kurdish independence referendum be canceled
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Iraqi PM Abadi insists outcome of Kurdish independence referendum be canceled

Iraq’s prime minister insisted on Thursday that the Kurdish independence referendum be declared void, an apparent rejection of the Kurdistan…
Fear of Iranian general left Iraqi Kurdish oil fields deserted
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Fear of Iranian general left Iraqi Kurdish oil fields deserted

When the Iraqi army and Iranian-backed Shi‘ite militia entered a key oil processing facility in Iraq’s north to retake it…
Netanyahu lobbies world powers to stem Iraqi Kurd setbacks
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Netanyahu lobbies world powers to stem Iraqi Kurd setbacks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is lobbying world powers to prevent further setbacks to Iraqi Kurds as they lose ground…
100,000 Kurds flee Kirkuk since Iraqi army takeover: Kurdish officials
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100,000 Kurds flee Kirkuk since Iraqi army takeover: Kurdish officials

About 100,000 Kurds have fled Kirkuk for fear of sectarian reprisals since Iraqi government forces took over the city after…
Iraq says captures positions south of Kirkuk including airbase
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Iraq says captures positions south of Kirkuk including airbase

Iraqi forces captured several positions south of Kirkuk from Kurdish fighters on Monday in their bid to regain control of…
Kurds block Iraqi forces access to Kirkuk’s oil fields, airbase
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Kurds block Iraqi forces access to Kirkuk’s oil fields, airbase

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters rejected a warning from an Iraqi paramilitary force to withdraw from a strategic junction south of Kirkuk,…
Kurdish VP : Thousands of troops sent to Kirkuk to face ‘Iraqi threat’
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Kurdish VP : Thousands of troops sent to Kirkuk to face ‘Iraqi threat’

Kurdish authorities have sent thousands more troops to the oil region of Kirkuk to confront “threats” from Iraq’s central government,…
Kurds offer talks with Baghdad over airport, banks ban
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Kurds offer talks with Baghdad over airport, banks ban

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) offered to hold talks with Iraqi authorities on the status of Kurdish airports, border posts…
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