TEHRAN, August 23 - Iraqi Kurdistan region suffers deep social, political and economic problems and holding the referendum for independence now can provoke instability in the region.
TEHRAN, August 12, YJC -The US secretary of state has called on the leader of Iraq’s semi-autonomous region Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, to delay a controversial referendum on independence from the mainland slated for next month.
TEHRAN, July 2, YJC -An Iraqi military spokesman says the US had no role in the Arab country's recapture of Mosul despite Western reports characterizing American troops as leading the operation to retake the city from Daesh.
TEHRAN, July 1, YJC -The Iraqi premier has thanked top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani for his contribution to the fight against Daesh terrorists, saying his 2014 religious decree (fatwa), which mobilized volunteer forces behind army troops on the battlefield, “saved” the Arab state.
TEHRAN, June 30, YJC -Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced an end to Daesh's "state of falsehood" following the recapture of the historical Grand al-Nuri Mosque at the heart of the city of Mosul.
TEHRAN, June 3, YJC - Iraqi forces have managed to wrest control over a neighborhood in the west of the city of Mosul where Daesh is taking its last breaths in the face of multi-pronged operations by government troops.
TEHRAN, April 25, YJC -At least five Iraqi Kurdish Pershmerga fighters have reportedly been killed as Turkey resumes air raids on Kurdish positions in northern Iraq and in northeastern Syria.
TEHRAN, April 2, YJC -Ayad al-Jumaili, believed to be a deputy of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in an air strike on Friday, an Iraqi intelligence spokesman said on Saturday.
NEW YORK, Aug 10, 2014 (AFP) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday called on Iraqi politicians to form a broad-based government to face jihadists threatening large parts of the country.
Turkey is ready to buy entire Iraqi oil which this country supplies to world markets, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz said, Sabah newspaper reported on Wednesday.