Kurdish Leader Refuses To Meet With Rice

Can Tran 5 years ago Region: Iraq

Originally scheduled to meet Condoleezza Rice in Baghdad, the Kurdish leader, Massoud Barzani withdrew in protest. This was the result of several villages were bombed on Sunday by the Turkish military. The targets hit ... more

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PPK fired upon by Turkish Forces

Can Tran 5 years ago Region: United States

Though the statement did not say the Turkish army entered into Iraq, the army states that it fired at a group consisting of about fifty rebels. The Turkish parliament in October had allowed the military to launch attack op... more

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Reliance signs oil contract with Iraqi Kurds

C.P. Antony 5 years ago Region: Iraq

Iraq's Kurdish administration has defiantly signed seven new foreign oil deals, including one with India's Reliance Energy Ltd, in a move sure to anger the national Govt at Baghdad, which opposes the unilateral sell-off of... more

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Iraq's PKK Proposal Rejected by Turkey

Can Tran 5 years ago Region: United States

The Turkish government had explains that Iraq’s proposals on taking action against the PKK will take too long to work. They have cited that to be the reason for rejecting all of Iraq’s proposals on the PKK so f... more

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Iraq Plans To Disallow Further PKK Activity

Can Tran 5 years ago Region: United States

Over the weeks, Turkey has been attacked by militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). After attacks, the members ran back into Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq. The Turkish government wanted to take military action... more

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Turkey Plans To Exhaust All Diplomatic Options

Can Tran 5 years ago Region: United States

An announcement was made by Ali Babacan the Foreign Minister that a talk is scheduled with senior Iraqi officials which includes Prime Minister Nouri Maliki. This is one of the steps taken in exhausting all diplomatic solu... more

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Turkey Willing To Pay Any "Price" To Defeat PKK

Can Tran 5 years ago Region: United States

After the latest attack at the hands of the PKK, a conference consisting of security officials, ministers, and top generals have met on Sunday. They are having talks on whether or not attacking PKK bases in Iraq is an opti... more

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