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Turkey's Erdogan Says Iraqi Kurdish Authorities 'Will Pay Price' For Vote
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Iraqi Kurdish authorities would pay the price for an independence referendum which was widely opposed by foreign powers
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Iraqi Kurdish Referendum 'Historic Mistake': Turkey
Turkey on Thursday welcomed an Iraqi parliament move to reject referendum on Kurdish independence.
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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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ISIS Lost 14 Per Cent Of Its Territory In 2015: Report
The Islamic State (IS) group lost around 14 per cent of its territory in 2015, while Syria's Kurds almost tripled the land they control, thinktank IHS Jane's said on Monday.
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Angela Merkel Cabinet Backs German Role in Military Campaign Against ISIS
Germany will join the military campaign against ISIS insurgents in Syria under plans approved today by Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet, a big step for a major European power that long resisted a direct role in the conflict.
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Sinjar Battle Could Give Momentum to Barack Obama's Islamic State Strategy
The U.S.-backed drive by Iraqi Kurds to wrest the northern town of Sinjar and a slice of strategic highway from Islamic State could give new momentum to the Obama administration's strategy to defeat the extremist group, U.S. officials and analysts said on Thursday.
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Washington Says Use of Mustard Gas by Islamic State 'Plausible'
A US official deemed it "plausible" Thursday that the Islamic State group used mustard gas against Iraqi Kurd fighters this week.
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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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20 Iraq Kurd Fighters Killed in Diyala Operation: Commander
Twenty Iraqi Kurdish fighters were killed in clashes and by bombs during an operation on Sunday to retake two areas in Diyala province, one of their commanders said.
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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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Book on Mohammed cartoons will go ahead: Danish editor
A book on the controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed will be released despite recent threats against Denmark linked to the case, the publisher said on Wednesday. "The book will come out as planned," Karsten Blauert of Jyllands-Posten Editions told reporters. ...
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Turkey's Erdogan Says Iraqi Kurdish Authorities 'Will Pay Price' For Vote
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Iraqi Kurdish authorities would pay the price for an independence referendum which was widely opposed by foreign powers
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Iraqi Kurdish Referendum 'Historic Mistake': Turkey
Turkey on Thursday welcomed an Iraqi parliament move to reject referendum on Kurdish independence.
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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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ISIS Lost 14 Per Cent Of Its Territory In 2015: Report
The Islamic State (IS) group lost around 14 per cent of its territory in 2015, while Syria's Kurds almost tripled the land they control, thinktank IHS Jane's said on Monday.
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Angela Merkel Cabinet Backs German Role in Military Campaign Against ISIS
Germany will join the military campaign against ISIS insurgents in Syria under plans approved today by Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet, a big step for a major European power that long resisted a direct role in the conflict.
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Sinjar Battle Could Give Momentum to Barack Obama's Islamic State Strategy
The U.S.-backed drive by Iraqi Kurds to wrest the northern town of Sinjar and a slice of strategic highway from Islamic State could give new momentum to the Obama administration's strategy to defeat the extremist group, U.S. officials and analysts said on Thursday.
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Washington Says Use of Mustard Gas by Islamic State 'Plausible'
A US official deemed it "plausible" Thursday that the Islamic State group used mustard gas against Iraqi Kurd fighters this week.
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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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20 Iraq Kurd Fighters Killed in Diyala Operation: Commander
Twenty Iraqi Kurdish fighters were killed in clashes and by bombs during an operation on Sunday to retake two areas in Diyala province, one of their commanders said.
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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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Book on Mohammed cartoons will go ahead: Danish editor
A book on the controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed will be released despite recent threats against Denmark linked to the case, the publisher said on Wednesday. "The book will come out as planned," Karsten Blauert of Jyllands-Posten Editions told reporters. ...
