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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

Massoud Barzani

Nechirvan Barzani, prime minister of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), shows his ink-stained index finger after casting his ballot for the parliamentary election at a polling station in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq, on September 30, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED)
September 30, 2018, 12:38 pm
Voting begins to elect new parliament in Iraq’s Kurdistan
Main parties expected to retain lead in autonomous region, which is mired in economic crisis following last year’s independence referendum
By Abdulhamid Zebari and Shwan Muhammad
A Kurdish Jew handles a string of worry beads in northern Iraq (Ziv Genesove)
January 5, 2018, 11:32 am
Stranded in Iraq, some Jews say Israel abandoned them
Residents of the Kurdish autonomous region who immigrated to the Jewish state in the 1980s and then moved back to their home country cannot renew their transit permits
By Ziv Genesove
Iraqi Kurdish students from Salahaddin University wave the Kurdish flag as they demonstrate in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region, on December 11, 2017, against the Iraqi prime minister. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)
December 19, 2017, 1:55 pm
Protests rock Iraqi Kurdistan for second day
Fallout from September independence referendum continues to fuel anger as Kurdish economy falters and dissension grows
By AFP
Iraqis Kurds celebrate with the Kurdish flag in the streets of the northern city of Kirkuk on September 25, 2017, as they vote in a referendum on independence. (AFP PHOTO/ AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
November 20, 2017, 11:11 am
Top Iraqi court declares Kurdish referendum unconstitutional
Judges say decision ‘cancels all consequences and results’ of September 25 independence vote that sparked political crisis
By AFP
Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani (L) sits next to Iraqi President Fuad Massum during a funeral ceremony at the airport in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah for ex-president Jalal Talabani, on October 6, 2017. (AFP Photo/Shwan Mohammed)
October 29, 2017, 6:22 pm
Kurdish leader Barzani, architect of independence vote, to step down
Announcement by president of autonomous region in Iraq comes after loss of territory and oilfields due to ‘yes’ vote in referendum
By AFP
Members of the Iraqi forces fire mortars against Kurdish Peshmerga positions near the area of Faysh Khabur, located on the Turkish and Syrian borders in the Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on October 26, 2017. ( AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
October 28, 2017, 6:38 pm
Iraq sees ‘progress’ in talks on Kurdish peshmerga pullback
Iraq’s PM has ordered a 24-hour ceasefire in clashes between federal forces and Kurdish fighters
By AFP
Ariel Paz-Sawicki
October 23, 2017, 4:05 pm
Ariel Paz-Sawicki
The Kurds are running out of time
World Jewry should back Kurdish independence — and convince the US to tip the scales in its favor
In this April 6, 2005 file photo, Kurdish youngsters celebrate the election of then Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, in downtown Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. (AP/Sasa Kralj, File)
October 4, 2017, 1:23 pm
Iraqi Kurds mourn death of leader Talabani, symbol of unity
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi refers to the former president as ‘a sincere partner in building a new democratic Iraq’
By SUSANNAH GEORGE
Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani arrives to cast his vote in the Kurdish independence referendum at a polling station near Irbil, on September 25, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmed Deeb)
September 26, 2017, 10:20 pm
Iraqi PM, Kurdish leader trade barbs over independence vote
Barzani calls on federal government ‘not to close the door to dialogue,’ as Iraq’s premier threatens air embargo on Kurdistan
By linda abi assi and salam farraj
Iraqis Kurds carry the Kurdish and the Israeli flags in the streets of the northern city of Kirkuk on September 25, 2017 following a referendum on the independence. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
September 26, 2017, 4:20 pm
Top Iranian general says Kurdish referendum an Israeli ‘plot’
Aide to Iran’s supreme leader also claims independence vote in Iraqi Kurdistan a plan hatched by Jerusalem to fuel violence following IS defeat
By ToI Staff
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York City, September 20, 2017. (John Moore/Getty Images/AFP)
September 26, 2017, 2:16 pm
Erdogan warns Kurdish independence could spark ‘ethnic war’
Turkish leader says referendum in Iraq is ‘treason,’ tells Kurdish leadership to back off or face ‘a dark end’
By AFP and ToI Staff
An Iraqi Kurdish policeman casts his ballot during the referendum on independence from Iraq in Irbil, Iraq, September 25, 2017. (AP/Khalid Mohammed)
September 25, 2017, 8:50 am
Iraq Kurds begin historic independence vote in defiance of Baghdad
Nonbinding poll, which Israel is the only country to support, has also angered Iran and Turkey, which are concerned about their own Kurdish minorities
By AFP and ToI Staff
The President of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Massoud Barzani, speaks to reporters during a press conference at the Salah al-Din resort, in Erbil, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
September 24, 2017, 8:30 pm
Iraqi Kurdish leader vows independence vote to go ahead despite opposition
Massud Barzani says partnership with Baghdad has ‘failed,’ urges his people to the polls ahead of Monday’s referendum
By Agencies
Iraqi Kurds fly Kurdish flags during an event to urge people to vote in the upcoming independence referendum in Irbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on September 16, 2017. (AFP/Safin Hamed)
September 22, 2017, 8:06 pm
Iraqi Kurdish leader says referendum to go ahead despite opposition
US, Iran, Iraq and Turkey object to September 25 vote; Israel is first, and so far only country, to voice support
By AFP and ToI Staff
Iraqi Kurds fly Kurdish flags during an event to urge people to vote in the upcoming independence referendum in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on September 16, 2017. (AFP/Safin Hamed)
September 22, 2017, 12:37 pm
UN warns against holding Iraqi Kurd independence vote
Security Council members concerned by ‘potentially destabilizing impact’ of Monday’s referendum
By Agencies
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