{"id":1428,"date":"2017-10-28T07:29:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T07:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/federal-iraqi-forces-peacefully-retake-kurdistan-borders-after-deal-with-iraqi-kurds\/"},"modified":"2017-10-28T07:29:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T07:29:08","slug":"federal-iraqi-forces-peacefully-retake-kurdistan-borders-after-deal-with-iraqi-kurds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/federal-iraqi-forces-peacefully-retake-kurdistan-borders-after-deal-with-iraqi-kurds\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Iraqi forces peacefully retake Kurdistan borders after deal with Iraqi Kurds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madaresharghi..com\">madaresharghi<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"lide\">Federal Iraqi forces have peacefully taken control of all border crossings ringing the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) following an agreement with Kurdish authorities.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"81\">\n<p>\n\tA reported agreement between Baghdad and Erbil facilitated the peaceful handover of the border posts to the federal Iraqi forces, presstv.com wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn a statement released on Friday, the office of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said he had ordered a 24-hour suspension of military operations against Kurdish militants.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe halt in fighting \u201cshould allow a joint technical committee&#8230; to work on the deployment of federal Iraqi forces in all disputed areas, including Fish-Khabur, and the international borders,\u201d the statement read. \u201cThis should prevent bloodshed between the children of the same country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe KRG confirmed that the truce had took effect at 1 a.m. local time on Friday (2200 GMT on Thursday).<\/p>\n<p>\n\tVahal Ali, the director of KRG President Masoud Barzani\u2019s media office, told Reuters, \u201cThe ceasefire is holding,\u201d adding, \u201cDiplomatic efforts are underway to set a date for talks to start between Erbil and Baghdad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe development came less than two weeks after Iraqi government troops began an operation to take back positions held by Kurdish Peshmerga forces since 2014, when they joined the fight against Daesh terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe military campaign was a response to a controversial referendum on the secession of the Kurdistan Region and a refusal by the Kurdish militants who had overrun territory in the course of the fight with Daesh to leave those areas.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe KRG held the plebiscite on September 25 in defiance of strong objection from Baghdad and Iraq\u2019s neighbors, particularly Iran and Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOn October 16, the first day of the operation, the federal Iraqi forces managed to capture the Kurdish-held city of Kirkuk.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tUnder mounting pressure, the Kurdish leadership offered on Wednesday to freeze the results of the vote and engage in dialog with the central government, but Baghdad wants the results to be totally annulled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>madaresharghi Federal Iraqi forces have peacefully taken control of all border crossings ringing the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) following an agreement with Kurdish authorities. A reported agreement between Baghdad and Erbil facilitated the peaceful handover of the border posts to the federal Iraqi forces, presstv.com wrote. 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