Autonomous Kurdish Region

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  Russia's Biggest Oil Firm To Control Iraqi Kurdish Pipeline Amid Crisis

  Russia's biggest oil company, Rosneft, has agreed to take control of Iraqi Kurdistan's main oil pipeline, boosting its investment in the autonomous region to $3.5 billion despite Baghdad's military action sparked by a Kurdish vote for independence

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  Bombs Kill 7 Near Iranian Kurdish Party Head Quarters In Iraq: Official

  Twin bombings near the headquarters of an Iranian Kurdish opposition party killed seven people on Tuesday, a rare attack in Iraq's relatively secure autonomous Kurdish region, a senior security official said.

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  Kurdish Special Forces Rescue Teenage Swedish Girl From ISIS

  A teenage Swedish girl being held by ISIS terrorists in Iraq was rescued in a raid by Kurdish special forces last week, the autonomous region's security council said in a statement today.

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  Kurdish Forces and Allies 'Broke Islamic State Spine': Kurdish Leader

  The leader of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Massud Barzani, said on Monday his forces had "broken the spine" of the Islamic State (IS) group with the help of international allies.

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  Islamic State Claims Deadly US Consulate Blast in Iraq

  The Islamic State group claimed Saturday a bombing near the US consulate in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region a day earlier that killed two Turks.

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  Iraq Kurd Leader Vows to Avenge Beheaded Fighters

  Massud Barzani, the President of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, vowed on Saturday to avenge three peshmerga fighters beheaded by the Islamic State jihadist group.

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  More Than 700 Iraqi Kurd Fighters Killed Since June Islamic State Offensive

  Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said Wednesday that 727 of its fighters have been killed in the conflict against the Islamic State group since the jihadists launched their offensive in June.

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  IS Claims Suicide Bombing in Iraq's Arbil

  The Islamic State jihadist group today claimed a rare suicide car bombing in the usually secure capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region that killed four people.

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  Iraq Kurds to Send up to 200 Fighters to Syria Next Week

  Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region will send next week up to 200 fighters from its peshmerga security forces to aid the embattled Syrian town of Kobane, a spokesman said on Friday.

• Kurdish Leader Urges World to Protect Syrian Town From Islamic State

  Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani called on Friday for international intervention to protect a Kurdish town in neighbouring Syria from Islamic State fighters who have forced many Syrian Kurds to flee across the border into Turkey.

• Iraq Accuses Kurdish Forces of Seizing Oil Fields

  Iraq accused Kurdish peshmerga fighters of seizing two key northern oil fields near the disputed city of Kirkuk on Friday, as relations between Baghdad and the autonomous Kurdistan region hit a new low.

• Iraq PM Accuses Kurds of Harbouring Militants

  Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday accused Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region of harbouring jihadists, further ratcheting up tensions despite calls for leaders to unite against a Sunni militant offensive.

• Iraqi Kurdish President Asks Parliament to Prepare for Independence Vote

  The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region asked its parliament on Thursday to plan a referendum on Kurdish independence, signalling his impatience with Baghdad, which is fighting to repel Sunni insurgents and struggling to form a new government.

• Iraq PM Rejects Kurdish Territorial Claims

  Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday rejected an assertion by the country's autonomous Kurdish region that its control of disputed territory is here to stay.

• Iraq Kurds Prepared to Commit 'All Forces' to Defend Kirkuk

  Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region is prepared to commit all of its forces to defend Kirkuk, its president said on Thursday during a visit to the disputed city.