IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

The cabinet gives Kurdistan three days to hand over its airports to the central authority

The cabinet gives Kurdistan three days to hand over its airports to the central authority

Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:23:27

The Council of Ministers decided on Tuesday to ban flights to and from Kurdistan after 3 days if the airports of the territory are not subject to the authority of the federal government.

The Cabinet approved on Tuesday the decisions of the National Security Council, which ruled to subject the border crossings of land and air in the Kurdistan region, under Read more…

Abadi refuses to hold talks with the Kurdistan region

Abadi refuses to hold talks with the Kurdistan region

Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 09:49 AM

Baghdad / Sky Press:

Iraqi Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday that his country refuses to hold talks with the Kurdistan region on the outcome of the independence referendum.

Abadi said in a speech that “the Federal Court decided not to hold Read more…

Kurdistan Commission announces participation rates in the referendum (expanded)

Kurdistan Commission announces participation rates in the referendum (expanded)

2017/9/26 0:37

(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The Electoral Commission and the referendum in the Kurdistan region, said that the participation rate in the referendum that took place on Monday amounted to 72.16%.
“We are scheduled to announce the results of the referendum within the next 72 hours,” UNHCR spokesman Shirwan Zerari told a news conference after voting in the independence referendum ended.
“The number of those who were entitled to vote in the referendum Read more…

America: Kurdistan referendum a deep and non-binding disappointment

America: Kurdistan referendum a deep and non-binding disappointment

2017/9/26 9:23  disappointment

[Ayna-Follow]
The United States announced that it was “deeply disappointed” by the referendum on independence held by the Kurdistan region in defiance of the international community as a whole, stressing that the referendum “will increase instability and difficulties” in the region.
“The United States is deeply disappointed by the KRG’s decision to Read more…

Deputy holds al-Maliki responsibility for the secession of Kurdistan

Deputy holds al-Maliki responsibility for the secession of Kurdistan

2017-09-25 at 13:29 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad – Mawazine News
MP from the Kurdistan Alliance Zana Said, Monday, Vice President Nuri al-Maliki responsibility for the secession of the Kurdistan region.
Said said in a brief statement received / Mawazin News / a copy, that “Maliki is the primary responsible for what Iraq has reached from the waste of its funds and the loss of cities and finally the separation Read more…

Legal expert for Mawazine News: The infallible deputies are not entitled to take office in case of dismissal

Legal expert for Mawazine News: The infallible deputies are not entitled to take office in case of dismissal

2017-09-25 at 17:13 (Baghdad time)

Special – Mawazine News
The legal expert Tariq Harb, on Monday, that the right of deputies to the President of the current president to assume the post of president in the case of dismissal of Fouad Masoum, by the House of Representatives.
A senior parliamentary source said today that there are parliamentary efforts to collect signatures inside the parliament to dismiss President Fuad Masum on the backdrop Read more…

Allawi proposes an initiative to solve the crisis of Kurdistan

Allawi proposes an initiative to solve the crisis of Kurdistan

Monday, September 25, 2017 at 16:55 pm

Baghdad / Sky Press

Appealed to the President of the National Coalition, “Iyad Allawi,” Monday, the President of the Kurdistan region, “Massoud Barzani,” to freeze the results of the referendum and to address the issue of Kirkuk by responding to all components, and warned those Read more…

Iran: Our borders have not been closed with Iraqi Kurdistan

Iran: Our borders have not been closed with Iraqi Kurdistan

2017/9/25 15:58

The Iranian Foreign Ministry confirmed that the Iranian border with the Kurdistan region of Iraq “open and did not close.”
The foreign ministry said in a statement that the foreign ministry spokesman had mistakenly mentioned the term Read more…

Preliminary expectations of the results of the referendum in Kurdistan

Preliminary expectations of the results of the referendum in Kurdistan

2017/9/25 13:23

[Ayna-Erbil]
Media adviser to the President of the Kurdistan region, Kifah Mahmoud, on Monday, the support of more than 80 percent of voters, to the referendum of independence of the region.
Mahmoud said in a press statement, that more than 80 percent are expected to have made [yes] in favor of the referendum on the Read more…

Law: Maliki will take the post of President of the Republic to replace infallible

Law: Maliki will take the post of President of the Republic to replace infallible

2017 – 09 – 24

Revealed a coalition of state law on the possibility of taking Nuri al-Maliki as the presidency of the Republic, replacing the infallible if the referendum held the alleged Kurdistan.
The coalition said in a statement on Sunday that if the referendum held in Kurdistan on the twenty-fifth of this month, all government positions for the Kurds, including Read more…

Iran closes its border with Kurdistan at the request of Baghdad

Iran closes its border with Kurdistan at the request of Baghdad

2017/9/24 15:14

(AFP) – At the request of the Iraqi government, all flights to Sulaymaniyah and Erbil airports have been suspended and transit planes from the Kurdistan region of Iraq have been stopped by Iranian airspace, the Supreme National Security Council spokesman said.
According to Iranian news agencies, a meeting of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council was held on Sunday morning to study the central government’s request to close the Iranian border with the region. He said that, given the lack of success of Read more…

Abadi: We reject the racist state and we will have steps to preserve the unity of the country (expanded)

Abadi: We reject the racist state and we will have steps to preserve the unity of the country (expanded)

2017/9/24 18:20

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) The Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces rejected the racist state of Baghdad, “referring to the Kurdistan region,” noting that “Iraq is for all Iraqis and will not allow to be the property of this and that.”
“In these moments when the sons of Iraq spare their lives and their pure blood in defense of the land of Mesopotamia and the unity of the country, and in the days of the intensification of the war on terrorism and with the approach of the final victory Read more…

Tillerson assured Abadi by telephone that America refused to vote and support Iraq’s unity

Tillerson assured Abadi by telephone that America refused to vote and support Iraq’s unity

2017/9/24 8:19

[Ayna-Baghdad]
Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi received a telephone call from US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Saturday evening, confirming the rejection of the referendum in the Kurdistan region and support for Iraq’s unity.
“The United States rejects the referendum in Kurdistan, stressing the full support of his country for the Iraqi government Read more…

The leaders of “Dahesh” pray farewell prayers in Hawija

The leaders of “Dahesh” pray farewell prayers in Hawija

9-23-2017

A local source in the province of Kirkuk, Saturday, that the leaders of the organization “Daqash” in the province of Hawija prayed farewell, while the choice of their weapons between surrendering themselves to the security forces or “enter Paradise.”

The source said that “the leaders of the organization calling them Read more…

Iraq receives a grant of more than $ 8 billion for reconstruction

Iraq receives a grant of more than $ 8 billion for reconstruction

Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 13:27 pm

Baghdad / Sky Press

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday that Iraq received a grant donated by the United States and Canada more than eight billion dollars for the reconstruction of Iraq, noting that other countries such as Japan, China and South Korea expressed their continued support for Iraq.

“Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari participated in the high-level Read more…

Barzani reports on the conflicting news about the postponement of the referendum in Kurdistan

Barzani reports on the conflicting news about the postponement of the referendum in Kurdistan

Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 18:43 pm

Baghdad / Sky Press

The head of the Kurdistan region, “Massoud Barzani,” on Saturday, there is no postponement, and the referendum will be on schedule next Monday, which falls on the twenty-fifth of September.

“The decision to hold the referendum was issued by the people, which is not a decision related to any party or person,” Barzani told Read more…

URGENT Kurdish delegation arrives in Baghdad

URGENT Kurdish delegation arrives in Baghdad

2017/9/23 14:00

A high-ranking Kurdish delegation arrives in Baghdad
The leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Giyath al-Surji on the arrival of a high-level Kurdish delegation to the capital Baghdad on Saturday in order to reach a compromise between the governments Read more…

Confusion in Kurdistan .. National leaders confirm postponement and democratic denies

Confusion in Kurdistan .. National leaders confirm postponement and democratic denies

2017/9/23 16:31

(Baghdad: Al Furat News) At a time when the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the son of former President Bafi Talabani to postpone the referendum, denied leaders of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Read more…

News of postponement of the referendum and acceptance of the initiative of Washington and major powers

News of postponement of the referendum and acceptance of the initiative of Washington and major powers

2017/9/23 16:39

[Baghdad: where] Kurdish channels quoted the leaders of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan to postpone the referendum of Kurdistan and the Read more…

Oil confirms completion of important steps to export gas to Kuwait

Oil confirms completion of important steps to export gas to Kuwait

9-22-2017

Iraqi oil minister Jabbar Ali Hussein al-Allaibi said on Friday that the joint technical committee between Iraq and Kuwait has taken advanced and important steps to expedite the implementation of the agreement to export Iraqi crude gas surplus from the Rumaila field to Kuwait.

“The Joint Committee has completed all relevant procedures Read more…