Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday called for dialogue between the Iraqi Kurdistan and Baghdad, warning that tensions following last month’s Kurdish independence referendum should not become “another source of instability.” “We understand the hopes of Kurdish people to strive and strengthen their identity… but it would be right ...
The Iraqi military and security forces managed on Friday to regain control over Alton Kubri, the last separatist bastion in Kirkuk, which is 50 kilometers away from Erbil, the largest city in Kurdistan. A military commander told AFP that the Iraqi forces managed to storm Al-Tun Kobri after clashes with ...