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Iraqi Kurdish Leader Says Rejects Federal Court Oil And Gas Ruling
Iraq's federal court has deemed an oil and gas law regulating the oil industry in Iraqi Kurdistan unconstitutional and demanded that Kurdish authorities hand over their crude supplies.
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ISIS Leader Baghdadi 'Trapped' As Forces Gear Up To Take Mosul: Report
ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been hiding in the group's besieged stronghold of Mosul, encircled by the Iraqi army and allied militias, a senior Kurdish commander told the Independent daily.
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Russian Foreign Minister Hosts Pro-Kurdish Party Leader For Syria Talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today hosted Turkey's pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas for talks on the Syrian conflict and Moscow's potential support for Kurdish groups fighting ISIS.
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Iraqi Kurds Liberate Besieged Sinjar Mountain, Freeing Hundreds
Kurdish peshmerga fighters have fought their way to Iraq's Sinjar mountain and freed hundreds of people trapped there by Islamic State fighters, a Kurdish leader said on Thursday.
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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.
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Jihadists Behead Iraq Kurdish Fighter: Monitor
The jihadist Islamic State group has posted video of the execution of a captured Kurdish fighter, in a warning to Iraqi Kurdish leaders to end military cooperation with Washington, a monitoring group said.
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Iraqi Kurdish Leader Appeals to Germany for Weapons
The leader of Iraq's Kurds appealed to Germany for weapons to help Kurdish fighters battling militants of the Islamic State, and said foreign powers must find a way to cut off the group's funding.
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US Opposes Independence Referendum For Iraqi Kurds
The United States came out on Thursday against a call by Iraq's Kurdish leader for an independence referendum, saying the country could only repel Islamic State radicals by staying united.
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Iraq TV bombed after airing criticism of Kurd leader
A bomb exploded on the roof of an Iraqi satellite channel's offices a day after the broadcaster aired a caller's criticism of a revered Kurdish leader, an official said on Sunday.
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Qatar: Iraq's fugitive VP arrives on 'official visit'
Fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi has travelled to Qatar on what the Gulf nation's state news agency called an "official visit." The trip could deepen tensions between Baghdad's Shiite-led government and the Sunni monarchies of the Gulf.
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Iraqi Kurdish Leader Says Rejects Federal Court Oil And Gas Ruling
Iraq's federal court has deemed an oil and gas law regulating the oil industry in Iraqi Kurdistan unconstitutional and demanded that Kurdish authorities hand over their crude supplies.
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ISIS Leader Baghdadi 'Trapped' As Forces Gear Up To Take Mosul: Report
ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been hiding in the group's besieged stronghold of Mosul, encircled by the Iraqi army and allied militias, a senior Kurdish commander told the Independent daily.
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Russian Foreign Minister Hosts Pro-Kurdish Party Leader For Syria Talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today hosted Turkey's pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas for talks on the Syrian conflict and Moscow's potential support for Kurdish groups fighting ISIS.
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Iraqi Kurds Liberate Besieged Sinjar Mountain, Freeing Hundreds
Kurdish peshmerga fighters have fought their way to Iraq's Sinjar mountain and freed hundreds of people trapped there by Islamic State fighters, a Kurdish leader said on Thursday.
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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.
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Jihadists Behead Iraq Kurdish Fighter: Monitor
The jihadist Islamic State group has posted video of the execution of a captured Kurdish fighter, in a warning to Iraqi Kurdish leaders to end military cooperation with Washington, a monitoring group said.
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Iraqi Kurdish Leader Appeals to Germany for Weapons
The leader of Iraq's Kurds appealed to Germany for weapons to help Kurdish fighters battling militants of the Islamic State, and said foreign powers must find a way to cut off the group's funding.
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US Opposes Independence Referendum For Iraqi Kurds
The United States came out on Thursday against a call by Iraq's Kurdish leader for an independence referendum, saying the country could only repel Islamic State radicals by staying united.
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Iraq TV bombed after airing criticism of Kurd leader
A bomb exploded on the roof of an Iraqi satellite channel's offices a day after the broadcaster aired a caller's criticism of a revered Kurdish leader, an official said on Sunday.
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Qatar: Iraq's fugitive VP arrives on 'official visit'
Fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi has travelled to Qatar on what the Gulf nation's state news agency called an "official visit." The trip could deepen tensions between Baghdad's Shiite-led government and the Sunni monarchies of the Gulf.
