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Najaf, 29 November 2011 -- Najaf's government has allocated 15 billion IQD ($13 million USD) to develop Najaf international airport. The General Authority for Antiquities voiced fears the expansion ...
Istanbul, 23 November 2011 -- Turkey expects to bring a permanent remedy to a current impasse with its southern neighbor, Iraq, due to a recent decision to ban Turkish planes from landing at its airports ...
Erbil, 23 November 2011 -- In the dispute between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal authorities in Baghdad over the fate of the former U.S. air base in Kirkuk, the speaker of the Kurdistan ...
Baghdad, 23 November 2011 -- Iraqi Transport Ministry announced today the return of the flights with Turkey after settling pending problems, according to semi-official Iraqiya TV.
Baghdad, 22 November 2011 -- Banning Turkish civil aircraft from landing in Iraq is not a means to put pressure on the Ankara, merely reciprocating the way Turkey has behaved towards Iraq says the ...
Sulaimaniya, 22 November 2011 -- Director of Sulaimaniya International Airport disclosed that his administration abides by the federal ministry of transport decision to stop all air flight between ...
21 November 2011 -- Iraq has banned all Turkish flights from landing in the country in response to a dispute over millions of dollars owed by an Iraqi government oil company to Turkey.
Sulaimaniya, 21 November 2011 -- Kurdistan Region has not yet banned Turkish airplanes from landing in Kurdistan, an official said.
Kirkuk, 18 November 2011 -- The handover of Kirkuk Airport by U.S. forces in the province to the Iraqi authorities has sparked tensions between local authorities and the Iraqi Army over attempts by ...
16 November 2011 -- Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates airline, has set a new record for the heaviest recorded single item ever carried by a Boeing 777F. Weighing in at 21.157 tonnes ...
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