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Turkey resumes flights to northern Iraq after 6-month international ban

The first Turkish airplane landed at Erbil, the administrative capital of northern Iraq’s Kurdish region, on Tuesday after Turkey lifted its six-month ban on...

Iraqi forces take control of Habur border gate

Peshmerga forces belonging to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) handed over control of the İbrahim Halil border gate at Habur with Turkey to Iraqi...

Turkish PM welcomes Kirkuk takeover by Baghdad

Turkish Prime Minister and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chairperson Binali Yıldırım said on Tuesday that Turkey welcomes the takeover of Kirkuk...

Turkey’s security council seeks closure of airspace to KRG

Turkey's National Security Council (MGK), chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the presidential palace in Ankara, has recommended that Turkey close its airspace...

Turkish FM says ready to cooperate with Iraq against PKK, KRG

The Turkish Foreign Ministry stated on Monday that Turkey is ready to cooperate with the central Iraqi government to end the presence in Kirkuk...

Iraqi envoy in Ankara says military force may be used to take border gate from KRG

Iraq’s ambassador to Turkey, Hisham Ali Akbar Ibrahim Al-Alawi, said on Friday that Baghdad and Ankara might use military force to take control of...

Int’l flights to Iraqi Kurdistan stop as Baghdad pressures Arbil over independence referendum

  All international flights to cities governed by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq stopped on Friday night after the Baghdad administration requested...

Turkey urges citizens to leave northern Iraq before flight ban becomes effective

  Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Thursday issued a travel warning urging citizens to leave northern Iraq before a flight ban goes into effect on Friday...

Turkish, int’l carriers to halt flights to northern Iraq at Baghdad’s request

Several Turkish airlines, including Turkish Airlines (THY), AtlasGlobal and Pegasus, in addition to Lebanese and Egyptian carriers announced on Wednesday that they would halt...

Iraqi Kurdistan PM says probable Turkish sanctions will affect people on both sides

Nechirvan Barzani, the prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, said on Wednesday that people in both northern Iraq and...

93.2 percent said ‘yes’ for independent Kurdistan

The results of a referendum in northern Iraq for independence show that 93.29 percent of 282,017 people voted in favor of separation from Baghdad...

Northern Iraq council says no postponement of independence referendum

The Kurdistan High Council for the Referendum said on Saturday that rumors of postponing a referendum for independence to be held in northern Iraq...

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