Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani insisted Friday that a controversial September 25 independence referendum for his autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq will go ahead, even as last-minute negotiations aimed to change his mind. Iraq’s Kurds have faced mounting international pressure, including from neighboring Iran and Turkey, to call off ...
The Syrian Army units established control over new areas in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor in the framework of their continuous operations to root out ISIL terrorist organization from the province. SANA reporter said that army units continued their operations against ISIL sites and fortifications in the western countryside ...
