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Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani declared in a press conference in Erbil, on Feb. 3, 2016, that the "time has come" to hold a referendum on Kurdish statehood. (AFP/Safin Hamed)

February 3rd, 2016 - 12:30 GMT

Iraqi Kurdish leader calls for referendum on Kurdish statehood

The referendum will raise tensions between Baghdad and the Kurdish autonomous region, both of which are suffering from plummeting oil prices.

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May 9th, 2015 - 04:00 GMT

Kurds urge US to arm them directly

Kurds' Barzani and Turks' Erdogan have previously met, but Saturday's meeting represents the first time that the two leaders have met in the Kurdish region of Turkey (Courtesy of the Kurdistan Regional Government)

November 17th, 2013 - 07:28 GMT

Turkey's "promising" landmark meeting with Kurds' Barzani receives mixed responses

A Kurd young boy cross a street under blue flags, emblazoned with a candle, of the Movement for Change (MC) (aka Goran) displayed in the streets as part of the campaign for Kurdistan's parliamentary elections on September 18, 2013 in Iraq's northern city of Sulaimaniyah. (AFP)

September 22nd, 2013 - 08:08 GMT

Iraqi Kurd election vote counting gets underway

Iraqi PM: Nuri al-Maliki

June 3rd, 2012 - 07:22 GMT

Iraqi PM labelled "worse than Saddam"

July 26th, 2009 - 06:47 GMT

Counting underway in Kurdistan election

August 27th, 2007 - 09:00 GMT

Iraqi leaders reach agreement on national reconciliation program