DEM Party calls for Turkey to recognise Anfal Massacre as genocide
The Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party has announced plans to submit a draft law to the Turkish parliament recognising ...
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Turkey objects to Kurds returning to Iraq’s disputed Kirkuk for census
On 23 November, Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan referred to his country's relations with Sulaymaniyah (Silêmanî) in the ...
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Historic census in Iraq and Kurdistan Region highlights political stakes
After a 27-year hiatus since the last national census, Iraq and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region commenced, on 20 November, the ...
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Turkish drone shot down in Kirkuk by Iraqi Air Forces
A Turkish drone was shot down by the Iraqi military in Kirkuk (Kerkûk), Iraqi Kurdistan on Thursday. Ebdulselam Ferhan, a ...
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Iraq-Turkey security pact fuels fears of Turkey’s growing ambitions in northern Iraq
A recently signed security pact between Iraq and Turkey has ignited widespread fears regarding Ankara’s intentions in northern Iraq, with ...
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Kirkuk leadership pledges unity and coexistence as new provincial council head takes office
Iraq: The Governor of Kirkuk, Rebwar Taha, and the newly appointed Leader of Kirkuk Provincial Council, Mohammed Ibrahim Hafez, have ...
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Kurdistan congress congratulates Kirkuk’s new governor, urges unity, coexistence
The Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) has extended its congratulations to the people of Kirkuk, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), ...
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Tevgera Azadi celebrates election of Rêbwar Taha as Kirkuk Governor, denounces external conspiracies
Kurdistan Freedom Movement (Tevgera Azadi) has praised the election of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's (PUK) Rêbwar Taha as the new ...
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PUK’s Rêbwar Taha elected as new governor of Kirkuk
Rêbwar Taha, a candidate from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), was elected as the new governor of Kirkuk (Kerkûk) ...
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KDP-Turkmen Front alliance in Kirkuk advances Turkey’s strategic goals
In line with Turkish interests in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has formed an ...
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