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Flight ban imposed on Kurdistan by Iraq goes into effect
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], September 30 (ANI): In reaction to the unilateral vote on independence held on Monday, a flight ban on Iraq's Kurdistan, imposed by the government in Baghdad, has gone into effect at the autonomous region's airports.
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Kurds vote in favour of independence from Iraq
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Irbil [Iraq], September 28 (ANI): Iraqi Kurds have voted overwhelmingly in favour of declaring independence from Iraq in a historic referendum.
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Iran warns of regional chaos from Iraqi Kurd's Independence vote
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], September 27 (ANI): Iran has strongly gone vocal about the fact that the Independence vote in Iraqi Kurdistan would trigger "political chaos" in the region.
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Baghdad orders Kurdish region to hand over borders, ports ahead of referen
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Sep 25 (ANI): Hours before the Kurds get ready to carry out a controversial referendum, Iraq's central government in Baghdad ordered the country's Kurdish region to hand over all border crossings and airports to federal government control late Sunday night, according to a loc
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Kurds to offer seized territory to recapture Mosul from ISIS
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [U.K.], Feb. 26 (ANI): In a renewed push for independence from Baghdad, Iraqi Kurdish leaders are likely to offer territory seized by their forces in a bid to recapture Mosul from ISIS terrorists.
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