The Iraqi parliament voted on Tuesday to oppose an independence referendum planned by Iraqi Kurdish leaders for later this month prompting a walkout by Kurdish lawmakers. Speaker Salim al-Juburi said the vote required the government to “take all steps to protect the unity of Iraq and open a serious dialogue” ...
An Iraqi court said on Tuesday it had sentenced to death a Russian captured in Mosul after finding him guilty of fighting for the ISIL Takfiri group. The Central Criminal Court said that the man, whom it did not name, had admitted to carrying out attacks against the security forces ...
