Irbil, Iraq: Iraqi Kurdish forces on Thursday removed barriers they had installed just hours earlier on roads from second city Mosul amid fears of an attack following last month’s independence referendum, an official said.
“The two main roads connecting Irbil and Dohuk with Mosul were reopened to the public and the situation returned to normal after a few hours,” the senior Kurdish military official told AFP.
“The closure was prompted by fears of a possible attack by Iraqi forces on the disputed areas,” held by Kurdish forces but outside the autonomous Kurdish region, the official added.
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Iraq Kurds lift barriers on roads from second city Mosul: official
Iraq Kurds lift barriers on roads from second city Mosul: official
Qatar PM holds call with Iran’s Araghchi, urges ‘immediate halt’ to attacks: statement
- Al-Thani accused Tehran of seeking to “harm its neighbors and drag them into a war that is not theirs”
DOHA: Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani held a call with Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday, as Tehran pressed its missile and drone campaign against Gulf states including Qatar.
Sheikh Mohammed urged “an immediate halt to these attacks,” according to a statement by Qatar’s foreign ministry and accused Tehran of seeking to “harm its neighbors and drag them into a war that is not theirs.”
Al-Thani, who is also Qatari prime minister, said Iran had “struck civilian and residential areas within the State of Qatar” despite Araghchi’s assertion “the Iranian missile attacks were directed at American interests and did not target the State of Qatar.”
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