Iraq’s Kurdistan region has offered a joint Kurdish-Iraqi deployment at a strategic crossing into Turkey, with the participation of the U.S.-led coalition that was assisting to defeat Islamic State. The offer was disclosed hours after Iraqi armed forces accused the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of delaying the handover to Iraq of control of the borders…
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EU "regrets" Kurdish referendum in Iraq
On Monday 25 September, the Kurdistan Regional Government held a “referendum on independence”. Statement on the referendum held by the Kurdistan Regional Government in #Iraqhttps://t.co/UpuY8ELSll — Catherine Ray (@_CatherineRay) September 26, 2017 “The EU has consistently confirmed its full support for the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq. It therefore appealed for the referendum…