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Iraq's president will summon the Turkish ambassador over airstrikes in Iraq's Kurdish region
1 year, 3 months ago

Iraq's president will summon the Turkish ambassador over airstrikes in Iraq's Kurdish region

The Independent  

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Iraq’s president will summon the Turkish ambassador over airstrikes in Iraq’s Kurdish region
1 year, 3 months ago

Iraq’s president will summon the Turkish ambassador over airstrikes in Iraq’s Kurdish region

Associated Press  

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi president announced Tuesday that he will summon Turkey’s ambassador and hand him a formal letter of protest over recent Turkish airstrikes on Iraqi territory. The official protest came a day after an airstrike on a military airport in Arbat, southeast of the city of Sulaymaniyah in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region. “Day after day, systematic military …

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Spanish man trekking to World Cup reported missing in Iran
2 years, 2 months ago

Spanish man trekking to World Cup reported missing in Iran

Associated Press  

MADRID — A Spanish man trekking from Madrid to Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup has not been heard from since the day after he crossed into Iran three weeks ago, his family said Monday, stirring fears about his fate in a country convulsed by mass unrest. I’m going to go to Bandar Abbas, very far away 1,700 kilometers …

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Spanish man trekking to World Cup reported missing in Iran
2 years, 2 months ago

Spanish man trekking to World Cup reported missing in Iran

The Independent  

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Lack of jobs, crisis drive young Iraqi Kurds to migrate
3 years ago

Lack of jobs, crisis drive young Iraqi Kurds to migrate

The Independent  

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‘What about our future?’ The Iranian Kurds trapped in Iraq and forgotten by the international community
3 years, 4 months ago

‘What about our future?’ The Iranian Kurds trapped in Iraq and forgotten by the international community

The Independent  

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Iraq’s Kurdish region is not a model for free speech
4 years, 3 months ago

Iraq’s Kurdish region is not a model for free speech

Al Jazeera  

The continuing crackdown on press freedom in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq is threatening its democratic future. To the ruling elite, this crackdown on the media in the KRI may seem like a quick and efficient way to contain public anger, but in the long run, the continuing suppression of press freedom and freedom of speech will threaten the very …

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