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Iraq govt, Kurds to start talks on oil disputeThe Iraqi government and the Kurdish regional authorities agreed to start talks to resolve a dispute on oil revenue-sharing that is holding back the nation's crude exports, according to a statement from the Iraqi prime minister's office. More… |
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New Iraq oil minister says solution to conflict with Kurds possibleIraq's new oil minister Jabar Ali Al Luaibi said a solution to the Iraqi government's conflict over oil with the Kurdish self-ruled region was possible. "There are solutions to the existing problem More… |
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Kurds ready for new oil deal with BaghdadIraq's Kurds said they are ready to strike an agreement with the central government in Baghdad on a deal to increase oil exports if it guarantees them monthly revenue of $1 billion, more than double what they make currently from selling oil. More… |
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Islamic State ‘used poison gas in Syria’The Islamic State (IS) group used poison gas in attacks against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria in late June, a Syrian Kurdish militia and a group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on Saturday. The YPG militia sai More… |
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Blast at Turkey poll rally, 2 Kurds killedTurkish Kurds gathered on Saturday to mourn and protest at the scene of bomb blasts that killed two people and wounded more than 200 at an election rally, with many voicing anger at President Tayyip Erdogan a day before parliamentary polls. More… |
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Iraq oil output hits record 4m barrels per dayIraq produced a record of around 4 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in December, Oil Minister Adel Abdel Mehdi announced on Sunday. "It is the first time Iraq has achieved this," Abdel Mehdi told a press confer More… |
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Kurds locked in battle with Assad's forces in SyriaSyrian Kurds battled on Saturday with forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, Kurdish sources and a monitoring group said, breaking a longstanding tacit agreement between the two sides to focus on other enemies in a complex civil war. More… |
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Iraqi govt reaches deal with Kurds on oil, budgetIraq's government reached a formal agreement on Tuesday with Kurdish regional authorities to end a protracted dispute over oil exports and budget payments to the semi-autonomous Kurdish region. Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari More… |
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Iraqi Kurdish forces enter Syria to fight ISA first group of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered the besieged Syrian town of Kobani on Thursday to help push back Islamic State militants who have defied US air strikes and threatened to massacre its Kurdish defenders. Ko More… |
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Iraqi forces, Kurds gain ground against ISIraqi government forces and Shi'ite militias seized control of the strategic town of Jurf al-Sakhar near Baghdad from Islamic State on Saturday and Kurdish fighters made gains in the north after heavy coalition air strikes against the Sunni More… |
