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Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- from a different perspective. I'm Suyi

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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has said the Iraqi army will not go into a war against the Iraqi Kurdish people.Prime Minister al-Abadi also vowed to protect Iraq's unity.The Kurdish security forces, known as Peshmerga have been told not to clash with the federal forces earlier this week.It comes after a controversial referendum on independence of Kurdistan and disputed areas in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk.Neighboring countries including Turkey, Iran and Syria see such a step would threaten their territorial integrity, as large populations of Kurds live in those countries.Also this week, Iraqi Prime Minister al-Abadi said he expected the Islamic State militants in Iraq to be completely defeated by the end of this year.

For more on this Suyi is now joining in the studio with Xu Qinduo，senior political analyst in CRI;on the line we have Stephen Zunes,Professor of Politics and Coordinator of Middle Eastern Studies at University of San Francisco;Gokhan Bacik,professor of Middle East Study at Palacy University

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