Politics

Iraqi Kurds await final referendum result as regional pressure builds - 09/26/2017

BAGHDAD, Kadhem al-Attabi and Nehal El-Sherif (dpa)– Iraqi Kurds awaited the official result of an independence referendum on Tuesday, as neighbouring countries rejected the vote and increased...

Iran halts Iraq Kurdistan flights ahead of disputed independence vote - 09/25/2017

TEHRAN/ERBIL, Jan Kuhlmann and Farshid Motahari (dpa)– Iran said Sunday it has halted all flights from and to Iraq’s Kurdistan, a day before the autonomous region goes to the polls in an independence...

US imposes new travel ban on people from seven countries - 09/25/2017

WASHINGTON (dpa)- A new order by US President Donald Trump will impose at least partial entry bans on seven countries, based on security risks where governments have failed to meet US demands for...

US-backed fighters seize Syria's largest gas field from Islamic State - 09/24/2017

CAIRO (dpa)- US-backed Syrian forces on Saturday captured the war-torn country's largest gas field from the Islamic State extremist militia organization, a monitoring group and Kurdish fighters said....

Turkey extends army mandate for Iraq, Syria day before Kurdish vote - 09/24/2017

ISTANBUL, Ergin Hava (dpa)– The Turkish parliament on Saturday approved an extension of military operations in Syria and Iraq, a day before Iraqi Kurdistan was set to go ahead with an independence...

May echoes Trump with demand that UN 'achieve results' - 09/21/2017

NEW YORK (dpa)- The United Nations must deliver on its mission to hold countries accountable or risk a funding reshuffle from Britain, Prime Minister Theresa May said at the UN General Assembly on...

Trump praises Jordan's King Abdullah for refugee efforts - 09/21/2017

NEW YORK (dpa)- US President Donald Trump praised Jordan's King Abdullah on Wednesday for his nation's role in taking in Syrian refugees. "Who knows what would have happened without you," Trump told...

Erdogan: Kurdish independence in Iraq cannot be allowed - 09/21/2017

ISTANBUL, Ergin Hava (dpa) – An independent state carved out of Iraq cannot be allowed, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, increasing the pressure on the Iraqi region of...

Three killed as airstrikes hit four hospitals in north-western Syria - 09/19/2017

BEIRUT (dpa)- At least four hospitals were targeted by airstrikes on Tuesday in Syria's north-western province of Idlib, killing three people and wounding several, a war monitor and rescue teams...

Netanyahu and al-Sissi hold first public meeting in New York - 09/19/2017

CAIRO, Nehal El-Sherif and Eliyahu Kamisher (dpa) – Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the Middle East peace process while the two...
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