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Devil is in the Details of Iraq's New Law Criminalizing Normalization with Israel

No sooner had Iraq's parliament approved the law against normalizing ties with Israel than issues arose amid fears of "conflicts" with the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil. On Thursday, 275 Iraqi lawmakers voted in favor of a bill criminalizing the normalization of ties and any relations, including business ties, with…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Erbil Requests a UN Envoy to Organize Relations with Iraq

The Presidency of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq announced that the Security Council approved a request submitted by Erbil to send a UN envoy to organize the relationship with Baghdad and find radical solutions for their differences. The Presidency said in a statement that Council members expressed their support of…

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Iran’s IRGC shells ‘terrorist positions’ in Iraq’s Erbil

The attack comes two months after the IRGC launched ballistic missiles at what it said was an Israeli base in Erbil.

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Shell Militant Bases North of Iraq’s Erbil, Says State Media

Iran's Revolutionary Guards shelled an area north of the Iraqi Kurdish capital of Erbil on Wednesday, targeting what Iranian state television described as terrorist bases. Iraqi Kurdish media reported that an artillery shell had landed in a village in the Sidekan area near the Iranian border, around 60 miles (100…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran's Tasnim says Revolutionary Guards fired on positions in Iraq's Erbil

Iranian semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp had targeted positions of what it described as terrorist groups in Iraq's Erbil.

Reuters

Baghdad-Erbil Crisis Looms after Oil Talks Collapse

Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar has dropped a bombshell by acknowledging that no agreement has been reached with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over oil and energy, warning of a crisis erupting between Baghdad and Erbil. Last March, the Federal Supreme Court announced a binding and final decision for…

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Kurdistan Demands 'More Serious' Stance from Baghdad after Latest Rocket Barrage

President of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani called on the federal government in Baghdad to take a "more serous" stances in condemning the rocket attacks that have been taking place in the Region in recent months. A missile attack targeted an oil refinery in the Kurdistan capital, Erbil on Sunday…

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Missile Attack Causes Tank Fire in Oil Refinery in Iraq’s Erbil

A missile attack targeted an oil refinery in Iraq's northern city of Erbil on Sunday causing a fire in one of its main tanks that was later brought under control, the Iraqi security forces said in a statement. A missile also landed in the outer fence of the refinery without…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Six missiles land near oil refinery in Iraq's Erbil - statement

Six missiles landed near an oil refinery in Iraq's northern city of Erbil on Sunday, Kurdistan anti-terrorism authorities said in a statement.

Reuters

Iraqi Officials: No Proof of Mossad Base in Erbil

No evidence has been found that supports Tehran's claims that Israel's foreign intelligence agency, the Mossad, operated a permanent spy station in the Kurdish city of Erbil in northern Iraq, two Iraqi officials told Asharq al-Awsat on Monday, discussing the country's investigation into a March 13 missile attack by Iran’s…

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Qaani Says Israel's Destruction 'Gaining Ground', Defends Missile Attacks on Erbil

After a notable absence from the media, head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, Esmail Qaani threatened on Thursday to destroy Israel, while defending Tehran's firing of ballistic missiles on Erbil. Iran will harshly confront Israel "wherever it feels necessary", Qaani said, according to the semi-official Nour News agency.…

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Qaani: Iran Will Harshly Confront Israel 'Wherever It Feels Necessary'

Iran will harshly confront Israel "wherever it feels necessary", Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, said on Thursday, according to the semi-official Nour News agency. In March, Tehran targeted what it called "secret Israeli bases" during a missile attack on Iraq's northern Kurdish regional capital of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Dozens Hospitalized as Iraq Gripped by Dust Storm

A dust storm that has swept through much of Iraq has left dozens of people in hospital with respiratory problems, a health ministry spokesman said Saturday. The storm erupted in the north of the country on Thursday, prompting the cancellation of flights serving Erbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region.…

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Three Missiles Fall Near Oil Refinery in Iraq’s Erbil

Three missiles fell near an oil refinery in Iraq’s northern city of Erbil on Wednesday without causing any casualties or damage, Kurdistan anti-terrorism authorities said in a statement. Iraq’s state news agency cited the statement as saying “initial information show the missiles were launched from Nineveh” province in Iraq. Sources…

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Three missiles fall near refinery in Iraq's Erbil -Iraq state news agency citing Kurdistan authorities

Three missiles fell near an oil refinery in Iraq's Erbil on Wednesday without causing any damages or casualties, Kurdistan anti-terrorism authorities said in a statement.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraqi Kurdish Businessman Says Not Involved in Gas Export Talks, Region’s Capacity Low

A Kurdish businessman whose home was hit by Iranian ballistic missiles this month has said he is not involved in and has no knowledge of plans to export natural gas from Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region to Europe. Baz Karim Barzanji, the CEO of a major domestic energy company called KAR…

Reuters

Iraqi Kurdish businessman says not involved in gas export talks, region's capacity low

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US Imposes Sanctions on Key Actors in Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on an Iran-based man and his network of companies it accused of helping Tehran obtain materials for its ballistic missile program, acting after missile attacks by suspected Iranian-backed proxies on countries in the region. In a statement issued as talks on reviving the…

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Iraq’s Kurds Face Iranian Resistance to Energy Development, PM Says

The development of oil and gas in Iraq's northern Kurdish region may not be in the interest of major regional energy producer Iran, Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said on Tuesday. Attacks on the region's capital Erbil and the federal government's legal actions have demonstrated the resistance to development in…

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Iran Struck Iraq Target over Gas Talks Involving Israel

A nascent plan for Iraq's Kurdistan region to supply gas to Turkey and Europe - with Israeli help - is part of what angered Iran into striking the Kurdish capital Erbil with ballistic missiles this month, Iraqi and Turkish officials say, according to an exclusive Reuters report. The March 13…

Reuters

Iran struck Iraq target over gas talks involving Israel - officials

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Army on High Alert in Anticipation of Iranian Drone Attack

The Israeli army increased its alert level on the Syrian and Lebanese borders in anticipation of Iranian attacks, according to security sources in Tel Aviv. The sources said that Tehran took a clear escalatory step when it announced its responsibility for the bombing of an "Israeli" site in Erbil with…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Media: 6 Drones Bombed UAV Base in Iran

Israeli media confirmed on Tuesday that Israeli drones destroyed a fleet of Iranian drones in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah in mid-February. The reports come three days after the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) launched ten ballistic missiles at alleged Israeli sites in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Qaani in Baghdad 2 Days after Iran's Strikes on Erbil

Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force Esmail Qaani arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday in an unannounced visit, two days after the Guards claimed responsibility for ballistic missile attacks against Erbil, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. Iran said the barrage was retaliation for an Israeli strike in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraqi PM Inspects Site of Iranian Missile Attack in North

Iraq’s prime minister met with Kurdish officials on Monday and inspected the site of an Iranian missile attack near the American consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil. Mustafa al-Kadhimi was received by Masrour Barzani, prime minister of the semi-autonomous Kurdish-controlled region.

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