Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has denied an attack plan against the positions of Kurdish Peshmerga forces amid ongoing tensions between the central government in Baghdad and authorities of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. “We are not going to use our army to fight our people or to make war on ...
Iraq denied late Wednesday any plan on launching a military operation in Kirkuk province. Iraqi government spokesman refuted information that Baghdad was planning to restore control over the Kirkuk province controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government. “We deny any planning or thinking of an attack in Kirkuk,” the spokesperson told ...