Ankara, Washington, Irbil – With the end of the 48-hour deadline given by Baghdad for the Kurdish Peshmerga forces to withdraw from the oil fields in Kirkuk, Washington decided to intervene with an attempt to defuse a possible confrontation between the two sides. US Defense Secretary Jim Matti
Sulaymaniyah, Ankara — Ankara plans to open an alternative border gate to replace the currently used Habur gate with Iraq’s Kurdistan and has asked Baghdad on Friday to help take the needed measures to prepare the new crossing border. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that if Baghdad decid
Ankara – Washington said earlier it would be willing to facilitate talks between the Iraqi Kurdish authorities and Baghdad to calm escalating tensions over the 92-percent “yes” vote. Neighboring Turkey and Iran also strongly opposed the vote, fearing it would inflame the separatist aspirations
Ankara- Turkey’s central bank expects economic growth to remain robust in the third quarter following a 5.1 percent growth rate in the second quarter — Monetary Policy Committee decided to keep short-term interest rates steady. The one-week repo rate, also known as the bank’s polic
Ankara, Erbil, Baghdad- Iraq and the region entered on Monday the post-Kurdistan referendum phase as the popular vote held in the three Iraqi Kurdistan provinces tuned into a fait accompli. “The Kurdish political forces that were against the referendum or had some reservations on it finally changed
Ankara, Irbil- Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani asserted on Tuesday that the region has decided to proceed with the referendum next Monday and asked for an alternative guaranteeing independence to be presented in three days. Speaking during a rally in support of the referendum in Soran, Bar
Ankara- The US-based international credit rating agency Fitch has stated that it will revise its evaluation of Turkey’s economic outlook and growth estimates, citing the recently announced growth data of the second quarter, which includes changes from a number of international finance institut
Ankara- Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani met Tuesday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the presidential palace in Ankara. The meeting, which lasted for one hour and a half in the presence of Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu, tackled the latest developments in t
Ankara- Turkey’s annual inflation rose to 10.68 percent in August, compared to 9.79 percent in July. Turkish Statistical Institute report showed that the highest monthly rise was in the education sector (2.79 percent) in prices as the new scholar year approaches, then the transportation sector (2.05
Ankara- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the road to lasting peace in the Middle East was through the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state, criticizing Israel’s continued settlement policy in the Palestinian territories. “Israel should put an end to practices that undermine
Ankara, Erbil, Tehran- Turkey and Iran escalated on Thursday their attacks against the Kurdistan Region’s upcoming referendum on independence, scheduled for Sept. 25. While Ankara alluded that a similar step could lead to a civil war in Iraq and would shaken regional stability, Tehran spoke on Thurs
Ankara- Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan uncovered on Monday the presence of a possible Turkish-Iranian agreement to launch a joint military operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and its Iranian branch the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK). The possible agreement
Ankara, Moscow- Ankara has started intensifying its consultations with Tehran and Moscow regarding the situation in Syria and the latest developments that are related to al-Nusra Front’s control over wide areas in Idlib Governorate, which is close to the Turkish borders. It has discussed means of fa
