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Gunmen Storm Iraq Kurdish Governor's Office, Killing 1
Three gunmen on Monday stormed the governor's headquarters in Arbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, opening fire and killing one employee before being shot dead, officials said.
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International Air Ban Over Iraqi Kurdistan Comes Into Effect
An ban on international flights to Iraqi Kurdistan, imposed by Iraq's central government in retaliation for the region's vote for independence, went into effect at 6:00 pm (1500 GMT) on Friday, Iraqi state TV said
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Kurdistan Rejects Iraq's Demand To Hand Over Airports, Baghdad Readies Air Ban
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Wednesday rejected an Iraqi central government ultimatum to hand control of its international airports to Baghdad after Kurds voted to create an independent state in a disputed referendum
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Iraqi Kurds Vote In Historic Independence Referendum, Shrugging Off Threats
Voting started on Monday in an independence referendum organised by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, ignoring the threats of the Kurds' neighbours and fears of further instability and violence across the Middle East.
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A Mosaic Of A Syrian Family's Flight
Interviews with 20 relatives, in Iraqi Kurdistan, in Istanbul, in five German towns and by phone in Syria, tell a story of a family chewed up by one party to the Syrian conflict after another: the Syrian government, the Islamic State, neighboring countries, the West.
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US Transfers Widow of Top Islamic State Figure to Iraqi Custody
The United States on Thursday handed over to Iraqi authorities the widow of a senior Islamic State leader who had been detained by US forces since May, the Pentagon announced.
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Pentagon Chief Ashton Carter Visits Iraqi Kurdistan
Pentagon chief Ashton Carter met Iraqi Kurdish president Massud Barzani Friday on the second day of a trip to Iraq aimed at reviewing efforts to defeat the Islamic State group.
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Germany Sending 40 Soldiers to Iraqi Kurdistan
Berlin is preparing to send around 40 soldiers to northern Iraq to train Kurdish fighters battling against militants from the Islamic State, the German army said on Saturday.
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Kurds to Hold Final Meeting on Participating in the Next Iraqi Government
Iraq's Kurdish political bloc is heading back to Iraqi Kurdistan for a final meeting on Monday to decide whether to participate in the next national government, the Kurds' top negotiator Hoshiyar Zebari told Reuters.
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As Islamic State Fighters Begin to Blend In, Defeating Them No Easy Matter
Many have ditched military-type vehicles that could make them easy targets of U.S. air strikes, and try to blend in with residents, say witnesses.
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Barack Obama Says Tackling Iraq's Insurgency Will Take Time
President Barack Obama said on Saturday US air strikes had destroyed arms that Islamic State militants could have used against Iraqi Kurds, but he warned there was no quick fix to a crisis that threatens to tear Iraq apart.
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Iraq Supplies Kurds With Ammunition in Unprecedented Move, Says US
The Iraqi government provided a planeload of ammunition to Peshmerga fighters from Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish region on Friday, a US official said, in an unprecedented act of military cooperation between Kurdish and Iraqi forces brought on by an acute militant threat.
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Kurds Unite to Oust Iraq Jihadists, Rescue Stranded Civilians
Kurds from Iraq, Syria and Turkey joined forces in north Iraq on Wednesday to try to reclaim areas lost to jihadists and rescue thousands of civilians stranded in mountains without food or water.
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Gunmen Storm Iraq Kurdish Governor's Office, Killing 1
Three gunmen on Monday stormed the governor's headquarters in Arbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, opening fire and killing one employee before being shot dead, officials said.
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International Air Ban Over Iraqi Kurdistan Comes Into Effect
An ban on international flights to Iraqi Kurdistan, imposed by Iraq's central government in retaliation for the region's vote for independence, went into effect at 6:00 pm (1500 GMT) on Friday, Iraqi state TV said
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Kurdistan Rejects Iraq's Demand To Hand Over Airports, Baghdad Readies Air Ban
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Wednesday rejected an Iraqi central government ultimatum to hand control of its international airports to Baghdad after Kurds voted to create an independent state in a disputed referendum
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Iraqi Kurds Vote In Historic Independence Referendum, Shrugging Off Threats
Voting started on Monday in an independence referendum organised by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, ignoring the threats of the Kurds' neighbours and fears of further instability and violence across the Middle East.
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A Mosaic Of A Syrian Family's Flight
Interviews with 20 relatives, in Iraqi Kurdistan, in Istanbul, in five German towns and by phone in Syria, tell a story of a family chewed up by one party to the Syrian conflict after another: the Syrian government, the Islamic State, neighboring countries, the West.
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US Transfers Widow of Top Islamic State Figure to Iraqi Custody
The United States on Thursday handed over to Iraqi authorities the widow of a senior Islamic State leader who had been detained by US forces since May, the Pentagon announced.
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Pentagon Chief Ashton Carter Visits Iraqi Kurdistan
Pentagon chief Ashton Carter met Iraqi Kurdish president Massud Barzani Friday on the second day of a trip to Iraq aimed at reviewing efforts to defeat the Islamic State group.
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Germany Sending 40 Soldiers to Iraqi Kurdistan
Berlin is preparing to send around 40 soldiers to northern Iraq to train Kurdish fighters battling against militants from the Islamic State, the German army said on Saturday.
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Kurds to Hold Final Meeting on Participating in the Next Iraqi Government
Iraq's Kurdish political bloc is heading back to Iraqi Kurdistan for a final meeting on Monday to decide whether to participate in the next national government, the Kurds' top negotiator Hoshiyar Zebari told Reuters.
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As Islamic State Fighters Begin to Blend In, Defeating Them No Easy Matter
Many have ditched military-type vehicles that could make them easy targets of U.S. air strikes, and try to blend in with residents, say witnesses.
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Barack Obama Says Tackling Iraq's Insurgency Will Take Time
President Barack Obama said on Saturday US air strikes had destroyed arms that Islamic State militants could have used against Iraqi Kurds, but he warned there was no quick fix to a crisis that threatens to tear Iraq apart.
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Iraq Supplies Kurds With Ammunition in Unprecedented Move, Says US
The Iraqi government provided a planeload of ammunition to Peshmerga fighters from Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish region on Friday, a US official said, in an unprecedented act of military cooperation between Kurdish and Iraqi forces brought on by an acute militant threat.
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Kurds Unite to Oust Iraq Jihadists, Rescue Stranded Civilians
Kurds from Iraq, Syria and Turkey joined forces in north Iraq on Wednesday to try to reclaim areas lost to jihadists and rescue thousands of civilians stranded in mountains without food or water.
