Parliamentary power: Kurds did not provide a convincing justification for non-commitment to pay oil money

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Turkey announces the establishment of permanent military bases in northern Iraq

Editorial Date: 2018/6/12 23:31 • 91 times read

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) Turkish Defense Minister Noureddine Ganikli announced on Tuesday that his country's army will remain permanently in the Kurdistan region.

"Our operations inside the region are different this time," Turkish media quoted Janicelli as saying. "For the first time, the army is setting up military bases." 
"The operations will continue until the Kandil mountains are cleared of terrorists," he said, adding that "the army will remain permanently in the Kurdistan region." 
The Turkish defense minister said that "Iran supports the Turkish operations within the Kurdistan region, and Turkey has discussed its operations with Iraq and no problems before them." 
"Ankara has offered Iran joint operations in Qandil," he said. "The attack on Qandil has nothing to do with the early presidential elections on June 24, because the attack plan was put in place a year ago." 
Turkish Foreign Minister Mouloud Shawishoglu said last Friday that "Turkish military operations against the PKK in northern Iraq have reached the Qandil region"
Oglu said his country was determined to end the party's presence in Mount Qandil. 
For his part, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday that there is no agreement with the Turkish side on military operations inside Iraqi territory, pointing out that the operations are their electoral objectives.

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Iran closes border port of Bashmak with Kurdistan

 

money and business Economy News _ Baghdad The governor of the town of Mariwan in the province of Kurdistan, Mohammad Shafi'i, on Wednesday, the closure of the border port of Bashmak in this town next Friday in conjunction with the Eid al-Fitr at the request of Iraqi officials in the region. "The holiday of Eid al-Fitr in Iraq will last for three days, but the closure of the border port of Bashmak on this occasion will last for only one day," the official IRNA news agency reported in an e-mail. He added that "this decision came at the request of officials in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and therefore will stop the export and import for a period of 24 hours only." The border port of Bashmak in the Iranian town of Mariwan is one of the most important land border crossings of the Islamic Republic of Iran, adjacent to the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Views 16   Date Added 06/13/2018

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Merzur Barzani in the message of Eid calls for the superiority of the demands of the people of Kurdistan in independence and dignity

 

 

 

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Called the adviser of the Security Council of the Kurdistan Region, in a message on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, to establish harmony and harmony between the forces and parties of Kurdistan and to give the demand of the people of Kurdistan in independence and dignity.

The leader of the Kurdish in his message: «On the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, I congratulate my brothers martyrs martyrs and the brave Peshmerga and members of the Security Council of the Kurdistan Region and the police and Muslims of Kurdistan and the world».

"I pray to God to accept the fasting and worship of all Muslims in this holy month and to preserve the lives of the brave Peshmerga and the security forces, who defend the land and people of Kurdistan without charge."

"I hope that this holiday will be an impetus for consolidating the harmony and harmony between the national forces and parties and the Kurdistanists in order to secure the natural and constitutional rights of our people according to a unified and national project.

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Al-Abbadi Office announces a new decision to pay the salaries of the employees of the region

Editorial Date: 2018/6/14 15:15 • 722 times read

(Baghdad: al-Furat News) announced the Office of Prime Minister Haider al-Abbadi on Thursday, a new decision of the federal government to send salaries of employees of the Kurdistan region.

"The government will continue to send the salaries of the staff of the region, according to the plan prepared in advance," the official spokesman of the office Saad al-Hadithi said in a press statement. 
And, that "Baghdad will send the transfer of funds allocated as monthly salaries to employees of the Kurdistan region." 
He said Hadithi, "The federal government allocated 317 billion dinars salaries to employees in the region and according to a joint agreement between Baghdad and Arbil."

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Sulaymaniyah resume flights with a European country

 

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(Reuters) - Flights between Sulaymaniyah and Armenia are due to begin on Friday. 
The flights between Sulaymaniyah and Tehran began last week after a halt on the background of holding the referendum on September 25. 
The first plane coming from Armenia will land at Sulaymaniyah International Airport today, after the resumption of flights, according to the National Union.

 

 

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Sulaymaniyah resumed its flights with a European country

 

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(Reuters) - Flights between Sulaymaniyah and Armenia are due to begin on Friday. 
The flights between Sulaymaniyah and Tehran began last week after a halt on the background of holding the referendum on September 25. 
The first plane coming from Armenia will land at Sulaymaniyah International Airport today, after the resumption of flights, according to the National Union.

 

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The Ministry of Peshmerga calls on the Government of Kurdistan to expedite an amendment to its structure

 

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Shafaq News / Secretary General of the Ministry of Peshmerga congratulated Lieutenant General Jabbar Yawar on Friday the Peshmerga forces and the rest of the security services in the Kurdistan Region, expressing the hope that the draft amendment of the structure of the ministry will be accelerated.

"We hope as soon as possible to be targeted the draft amendment of the structure of the Ministry of Peshmerga, and the reform project of the Kurdistan Regional Government for the welfare of the Peshmerga forces, and all segments of the people of Kurdistan," the team said in a cable of congratulations today.

Ministry officials have said on several occasions that a number of changes are planned in the structure and staffing of the ministry.

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Abadi orders in an official book to reopen the Kirkuk-Arbil road

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The head of the Council of Ministers General Commander of the Armed Forces Haider Abadi has directed a formal letter to the federal police forces ordered the reopening of the Kirkuk-Erbil road President.

The station "Kurdistan 24" that Abadi in his book the federal police stationed in Kirkuk reopened the main road with Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region within three days.

The station quoted informed sources that this time is not like its predecessors, Abadi, Egypt to reopen the way before the start of a round of political dialogues to form a new Iraqi government, and the arrival of the delegation of the two main Kurdish parties and the Patriotic Union to Baghdad.

According to the station, the federal police have already begun preparations to begin removing the roadblocks set on the road after the events of 16 / October, but those sources did not hide, the existence of technical obstacles may delay the completion of work from the date set by Abadi.

 

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A Russian press report based on American and Israeli sources

Middle East is preparing for the birth of the state of Kurdistan

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Nasr al-Majali : A Russian report predicts that things are going on in the Middle East to the possibility of establishing a new independent state in the Middle East, and it is about Kurdistan, a permanent issue since the end of World War I, where this strategic region was distributed among several countries.

The newspaper "Ninizavisimaya Gazeta" that Turkey has shown its willingness to cooperate with Iran in the fight against the PKK in Iraqi territory. This comes within the framework of Ankara's efforts to consolidate Turkey's positions in the region.

The newspaper added: Because this is contrary to what Israel wants, the Israeli leadership began to discuss the issue of Kurdish independence. The Likud Party in Israel's parliament called on the representative of Yoav Kish to call for Israel to support Kurdish efforts to establish an independent state.

Frederick Hoff, a former State Department official, told the paper that this showed a good relationship between Israel and the Kurds, especially between the Jewish state and the Kurdistan government in Iraq.

Israeli researcher Yelzavita Tsurkova told the newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta that Israeli officials met with Kurdish leaders in Syria.

Huff, a former State Department official, did not rule out, however, that Israel would not give new impetus to the efforts to establish a state for the Kurds, saying that the aim of Israeli initiatives of this kind could be limited to disturbing Ankara.

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According to the Kurds, the Greater Kurdistan region includes parts of three modern states, Turkey, Iran and Iraq, and Iran and Iraq recognize Kurdish areas on their territory, and Turkey and Syria do not recognize this. In addition, Kurdish minorities live in other regions, such as Armenia, Azerbaijan and northeastern Syria.

It is noteworthy that the word Kurdistan as a geographical term was first used in the twelfth century AD in the Seljuk era, when the Seleucid Sultan Sanger separated the western section of the territory of the mountains and made it under the rule of his relative Suleiman Shah and called it Kurdistan.

According to historical, undocumented narratives, this territory included the lands between Azerbaijan and Lurstan (Sna, Dinur, Hamdan and Kermanshah regions), as well as the areas west of the Zagros Mountains, such as Sharh Zawr and Kuwayn Suh Najq.

Kurdistan is mainly divided into four countries (Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria), and the Kurds are spread in some countries that were created on the ruins of the former Soviet Union. Greater Kurdistan is about the size of modern Iraq.

Estimates vary from 30 to 35 million Kurds, 20% in Turkey (15 million), 15% in Iran (10 million), 20% in Iraq (6 million), 5% in Syria (2 million) .

Turkey

In Turkey, the Kurds are concentrated in 21 of Turkey's 90 provinces, located in eastern and south-eastern Turkey: Erzangan Erzurum Kars Maltiye Tongli Ilazig Bengol Mogh Agri Batman Ady Yaman Diyarbakir Sirt Patelis Wan Shanli Arafa Mardin Hakkari Charnak - Gaziantep - Marash.

Iran

In Iran, Kurds are concentrated in western Iran in the western states of Azerbaijan to the west of Lake Urmia, Mako, Kutur, Shahpur, and in the south of the lake in the area of Mahabad. Buchan, Sardasht and the state of Kurdistan, Banha, Dahlan, Bijar, Mariwan, Kermanshah, Shireen Rwanser, Guanarod, Pauh, and Wallayeh Eilam with its capital, Ilam. Kherand Gharb, Dahlran and Sankar.

The Kurdish luris occupy the states of Lurstan, Khar Mahal Bakhtiari and Buir Ahmad, and there are isolated Kurdish areas in Khorasan, Fars, Kerman, Qom and Tehran.

Iraq

In Iraq, the Kurds are concentrated in the northern and north-eastern brigades: Sulaymaniyah, Erbil, Kirkuk, Dohuk, Sinjar and Aqra provinces. As well as in the Khanaqin and Mandali areas of Diyala province, where they are adjacent to the Kurds of Iran to the west of the Zagros Mountains, as well as in Badra and Jassan districts of Wasit province (Lesseristan).

Syria and the rest of the world

Kurds are concentrated in the north-east of Syria, bordering Kurds in Turkey on the island of Furatiya (Al-Hasakah governorate), where they spread in the areas of Al-Hasakah, Al-Qamishli, Malakiya, Ras Al-Ain, Amouda, (province of Allepo).

The Kurds in Armenia live around the capital Yerevan, Nakhkwan and in Azerbaijan are concentrated in the Karagakh region.

In the rest of the world, Kurds live outside these countries. There are Kurdish communities in the former Soviet Union countries such as Russia, Tajikistan, Georgia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Lebanon and many other countries.

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It would not surprise me if an independent state of Kurdistan happens soon or in the next few years.. when my Kurdish friend and I used to talk daily, he always said this topic is the Kurdish Parliments number 1 objective.. I’m fairly surprised it hasn’t happened yet to be honest..

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2 hours ago, GregHi said:

It would not surprise me if an independent state of Kurdistan happens soon or in the next few years.. when my Kurdish friend and I used to talk daily, he always said this topic is the Kurdish Parliments number 1 objective.. I’m fairly surprised it hasn’t happened yet to be honest..

I would have to agree with you. With Iran cutting off water and border crossing you know the future is not good unless they are independent.  

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All goes back to Article 140....IMO

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The Government of Kurdistan adopts visa card and master card for salaries of employees
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A source familiar with the Ministry of Finance in the Kurdistan region, on Saturday, the intention of the Government of the region to adopt Visa Cart and Master Card card salaries. 

"The government is planning to open bank accounts for its employees," the source said.

 

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7 hours ago, yota691 said:

All goes back to Article 140....IMO

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A source familiar with the Ministry of Finance in the Kurdistan region, on Saturday, the intention of the Government of the region to adopt Visa Cart and Master Card card salaries. "The government is planning to open bank accounts for its employees," the source said.

 

moving from a cash society to an electronic society.. This will help to reduce the note count even more.

 

Less dinar in circulation = higher RV

 

GO $1:1

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Kurdistan intends to adopt Visa and Master Kart in the salaries of its employees

 

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A source familiar with the Ministry of Finance in the Kurdistan region, on Saturday, the intention of the provincial government to adopt Visa Card and Master Cart card salaries. 

"The government is planning to open bank accounts for its employees," the source said, adding that "this move comes after the government and parliament sought a series of financial and economic reforms through the draft reform law, which will be voted by the provincial parliament after Eid al-Fitr."

He added that "the government opened the World Bank in this regard," stressing that "the World Bank has stressed the provincial government the need to adopt Visa Card and Master Cart for this purpose." 

The source said that "the Ministry of Finance has approached the banks need to prepare for the new electronic system and work soon and the introduction of data of personnel that occurred a while ago through the biometric system." 

The source pointed out that "in the case of the application of this system will be able to staff and the province to receive their salaries through all banks operating in the Kurdistan region and prevent waste of public funds and eliminate the salaries of illusion."

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Erbil calls on Baghdad to recognize the Kurdish climate law in accordance with the Constitution

Release Date: 2018/6/17 13:04 • 93 times read

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The Kurdistan Regional Government on Sunday called on the Baghdad government to recognize the Kurdish climate law in accordance with the Iraqi constitution.

The agency quoted [Tasnim] Iranian spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government, Sven Dzi, say, "Erbil is considering establishing relations with the importance of the Islamic Republic," noting that "his government will not allow hostile action against Iran." 
And called for "the formation of a joint committee between Tehran and Erbil to monitor the border area between the Kurdistan Region and Iran; to assess the lack of security in that region," noting that "the territorial government has repeatedly stressed the non-repetition of armed acts and attacks." 
With regard to the alliance between Sadr and Amiri, Dzi said that "the current stage in the political life in Iraq need to dialogue and the participation of all currents in the country talks to form a government." 
He pointed out that "the Iraqi constitution is in line with the interests of all Iraqis," and called for recognition of "the Kurdish climate law in accordance with the Constitution of Iraq."

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Kurdistan Tourism: the entry of more than 127 thousand tourists to the region

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The spokesman of the General Authority for Tourism of Kurdistan - Iraq Nader Rusti, Sunday, the entry of more than 127 thousand tourists to the territory of Kurdistan until the second day of Eid al-Fitr.

Rusty said in a press statement today (June 17, 2018), that "127 thousand tourists entered the territory of Kurdistan until the second day of Eid al-Fitr, except for the tourists of the Kurdistan Region.

"Thousands of tourists are continuing to arrive in the region, tourist numbers are on the rise and final statistics will be announced after the Eid holiday," he said.

"The number of tourists who visited the province reached more than 50 thousand tourists until the second day of Eid," he said. "Most of the tourists came from southern and central Iraq," he said.

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Baghdad receives wheat from the peasants of Kurdistan

Release date: 2018/6/19 16:29 • 76 times read

(Arbil: Euphrates News) Director of Sayilo Sadiq Sadiq (Saylo) announced on Tuesday the start of the receipt of wheat crops from the peasants of the Kurdistan Region.

Bakhtiar Ezzat said in a press statement that "Sailo Sayed Sadiq began receiving wheat crops from farmers today," adding that "the Federal Ministry of Commerce issued instructions in this regard and on the basis of these instructions began the process of receipt of crops, noting that the ministry set 3 prices to receive Crops ". 
Azzat explained that "the ministry receives wheat first grade at the price of 560 Iraqi dinars per kilo, 480 dinars per kilo of wheat a second degree, and 420 dinars per kilo of wheat third degree, pointing out that the federal government decided to receive 323 thousand tons of wheat from the Kurdistan Region, 80 thousand tons of silos of Permkron and Rania and Sayed Sadiq, pointing out that this quantity is few, and only Sailo Sayed Sadiq can receive 40 thousand tons.
"Sailou Sayed Sadiq received 4,000 and 189 tons of farmers last year, but this year it seems that the quantity will be less, because of the delay in the start of receiving the crops, in addition to the fact that some of the farmers sold their crops to the traders," Ezzat said. 
For his part, Mahmoud Hama Karim, one of the farmers of Sharzur, said that "the confidence was absent among the peasants, the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal government, not to receive their previous dues," noting that "fewer farmers will hand over their crops this year to the federal government, The farmers of Kurdistan and the peasants of the other provinces, which makes the peasants are selling their crops to traders. 
Karim pointed out that "hundreds of peasants in Sharzur did not receive their dues for 2014," pointing out that "there are about 31 billion dinars, dues to the farmers of the Shahzur for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016, and the federal government did not spend."

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Peshmerga: The return of our forces to the disputed areas need to coordinate with the federal government

 

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The leader of the Peshmerga, Major General Qaraman, said on Wednesday that the return of the Peshmerga forces to the disputed areas need to coordinate with the federal government. 

"The Peshmerga forces are ready to protect the citizens in the disputed areas at any time," Qaraman said. "The return of the Peshmerga to Kirkuk, Makhmur and Khanqin at present is nothing but news that the media has not received, About this within the Ministry of Peshmerga. "

He added that "the Peshmerga in those areas need to coordinate with the federal government and the Iraqi Ministry of Defense to the Ministry of Peshmerga and the formation of a joint operations room to manage the security file in these areas." 

It is noteworthy that the people of Khanaqin called for a general strike yesterday demanding the return of the Peshmerga forces to their areas, especially after the deterioration of the security situation in Khanaqin following the occurrence of bombings targeting citizens and the increasing movements of Daad in the outskirts of Qarbat and Saadia and Jalula and oil Khana and Hamrin and Jabbara and Mansuriyah mountain.

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Claims to secure liberated areas and redistribution of security units

20/6/2018 12:00 am   Baghdad / Al-Sabah  demanded the High Commission for Human Rights, to ensure adequate protection of liberated areas, and the redistribution of security units in an appropriate manner. The deputy head of the Commission Ali al-Shammari, in a statement received «morning», a copy of it: The «Joint Operations Command and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Haider Abadi, intensifying the security effort and protect the defenseless citizens from the remnants of gang gangs of criminals trying to disturb the security situation operations here and there In order to undermine the confidence of the citizen and threaten the civil peace ». He added that «the criminal operation carried out by criminal gangs near the bridge Albkkarp near the urban by killing civilians and kidnapping others is a serious security challenge and the security forces and intelligence forces to conduct rapid military campaigns to secure the lives of security citizens». "We noticed that some criminal gangs set up fake patrols and hijacked passengers on the roads linking Kirkuk and the cities of Mosul and Erbil in another challenge, especially as these roads are international and our security forces must fully secure them and protect everyone," he said.

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Finance Committee reveals new changes will occur in salaries of staff of the region

 

 

 

 

The Parliamentary Finance Committee revealed on Thursday that there will be new changes to the salaries of the staff of the province after the formation of the new federal government. 

"The situation changed after the referendum on the Kurdistan region on September 25," MP Abdelkader Mohammed said in a press statement. "Baghdad issues the decisions and the provincial government is implementing them. There is no guarantee that the salaries of the regional employees will remain as they are. 

"Because of the financial crisis and the poor handling of the provincial government with Baghdad, there is no formal agreement that forces Baghdad to send 317 billion dinars a month to the region," he said. 

He pointed out that 'there are changes and new talks will begin with the formation of the new government, including changes to the salaries of the region's employees, and if the new government is not convinced Abadi mechanism with the government of the region, it is not guarantee the salaries of regional employees without new agreements and talks.

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This could be bad news for them or it could be GREAT news for everybody!!!

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Kurdistan Tourism: 70 billion dinars imports of the province in the Eid

 

money and business Economy News _ Baghdad  The General Authority for Tourism in the Kurdistan region, on Sunday, received more than 255 thousand tourists during the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, noting that "financial imports to the markets were more than 70 billion dinars." The General Authority for Tourism in the Kurdistan region, in a statement received "economy News" a copy of it, "during the period of ten days, which lasted from 12 June to 21, visited the Kurdistan Region more than 255 thousand tourists." According to the statement, "the proportion of tourists coming from southern and central Iraq to tourist areas in the Kurdistan region was 91%," noting that "the proportion of tourists coming from Iran decreased by 25%, because of the increase in Tehran fees imposed on citizens while conducting tours. The province of Sulaymaniyah ranked first in the level of attracting tourists in the Kurdistan region, while the proportion of tourists in Erbil to close the road between them and Kirkuk. The number of tourists coming to the Kurdistan region compared to last year rose by 5%, reaching 243 thousand in the same period last year.  According to data of the General Authority for Tourism in the Kurdistan region, "financial imports to the markets during the holiday period was more than 70 billion dinars." Views 101   Date Added 24/06/2018