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Kurdish PKK militants to hand over first weapons in ceremony in Iraq
SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq (Reuters) -Dozens of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants will hand over their weapons in a ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday, marking a symbolic but significant first step ...
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Historic PKK disarmament ceremony draws in Kurdish leaders
and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), are attending a PKK disarmament ceremony in Sulaimani province on Friday. Two senior members of the Kurdistan Community Union (KCK), an umbrella group that ...
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PKK fighters to lay down weapons at symbolic ceremony
After ending their decades-long armed struggle against the Turkish state, fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are set to lay down their weapons on Friday in a symbolic ceremony, to begin ...
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Kurdistan Region Advances Water Security: Dozens of Dams and Lakes Built Under Ninth Cabinet
Despite Iraq's economic pressures, Kurdistan has improved water infrastructure. Strategic projects boosted storage capacity, ...
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Turkey says gas exposure that killed 12 soldiers in Iraq's north was first of its kind
Nineteen soldiers were hospitalized after being exposed to methane gas during a cave search in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish ...
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Baghdad-KRG Oil Deal Stalls Despite Reports of Breakthrough
The long-running oil export dispute between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Erbil over oil exports and ...
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Iraq's Kurdistan enjoys all-day state electricity
More than 30 percent of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region now has 24-hour state electricity, authorities said Thursday, with ...
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Kurdistan Region’s Ninth Cabinet Ushers in Historic Transformation in Road Infrastructure
The KRG’s ninth cabinet has transformed Kurdistan’s roads, completing 2,681+ km of new highways like Erbil-Koya & Sulaymaniyah ring roads. This boosts connectivity, the economy & safety, paving the ...
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Iraq’s top court to hear key cases on delayed Kurdistan salaries
Erbil, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court is set to review two critical lawsuits on Monday concerning the delayed disbursement of salaries for public employees in the Kurdistan Region.
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Baghdad and Erbil struggle to agree on oil exports and salary payments
The negotiations are seen as key to resolving a long-running political and budgetary dispute that has strained ties between ...
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Kurdistan Region looks to future with US ties - analysis
Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani meets with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (not in picture) during the Munich Security conference in Munich , southern Germany ...
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Kurdish Region's commitment to religious freedom shines in Middle East
The Kurdish Regional Government has set a positive example in the Middle East by embracing different faith communities and making religious freedom a strategic priority, and the US should increase … ...