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UK 'INADVERTENTLY HELPED NEUTER' MIDDLE EAST ALLY THE IRAQI KURDS
Ministers told of precise links between Iran and Baghdad-backed Shia militia operating in Iraq, claims former UK and Nato official... READ MORE›
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AS MIGRANT TRAGEDIES SHOCK EUROPE A BIGGER CRISIS LOOMS IN MIDEAST
The United Nations is urging countries worldwide to grant asylum to 130,000 Syrians in the coming year... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDISTAN THE FLY TO REGIONAL SPIDERS TURKEY, IRAQ, IRAN
Iran and Turkey are both part of the Astana negotiations aimed at effecting closure in Syria... READ MORE›
A NEW BATTLE IN IRAQ GIVES IRAN THE UPPER HAND
This is the result of disobedience of Masoud Barzani, the Iraqi fighter who was filming said, referring to the leader of Iraqi Kurdistan... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN, ROUHANI UNITED IN OPPOSITION TO KURDISH STATE
In the last week following the Kurdish referendum, Turkey has held joint military exercises with Iraq... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN WARNS OF ARMED ACTION OVER IRAQI KURDISTAN VOTE
Iraqi Kurdish oil is exported through Turkey and its southern Ceyhan port, a key economic lifeline for the region... READ MORE›
IRAN AND IRAQ TO HOLD JOINT BORDER DRILLS
The Iranian and Iraqi armies will hold joint drills at several crossings on Iran's border with the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan, according to officials... READ MORE›
TURKEY EXTENDS TROOPS' DEPLOYMENT IN IRAQ AND SYRIA
OPINION Regional implications of the Kurdish independence vote Earlier on Saturday, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim blasted the referendum as adventurism that puts Turkey at risk... READ MORE›
AS SOUTH SUDAN CRISIS WORSENS THERE IS NO MORE COUNTRY
MALAKAL South Sudan In places where the fighting is fiercest no one is even attempting to count the dead... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES SEIZE OIL CITY KIRKUK FROM KURDS IN BOLD ADVANCE
But an aid organization working in Kirkuk said several Peshmerga and members of the Iraqi forces had been killed in an overnight clash south of Kirkuk... READ MORE›
KURDISH SECESSION TOPS ERDOGAN'S AGENDA IN IRAN VISIT
In the last week following the Kurdish referendum, Turkey has held joint military exercises with Iraq... READ MORE›
AT UN POPE ISSUES SWEEPING CALL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
Standing before the General Assembly in his first speech here Francis endorsed United Nations efforts to reach a global compact to fight poverty and climate change... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN: KURDISH VOTE RISKS 'ETHNIC AND SECTARIAN WAR'
People in the cities of Sanandaj, Baneh and Saghez of Kurdistan province held peaceful gatherings congratulating their Iraqi fellow Kurdish-speaking people, broadcaster IRIB reported... READ MORE›
CLASHES AFTER IRAQI FORCES ADVANCE ON KURDISH-HELD SITES
Kirkuk is not part of the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region... READ MORE›
IRAQ FORCES IN FULL CONTROL OF KIRKUK PROVINCE
Iraqi forces have claimed control of all of Kirkuk province after intense fighting against Kurdish Peshmerga forces... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN TROOPS 'FIGHTING ALONGSIDE ASSAD'S ARMY AGAINST SYRIAN REBELS'
An unnamed activist with the Syrian rebel group the Free Syrian Army told The Times The Russians have been there a long time... READ MORE›
TURNOUT HIGH AS IRAQI KURDS DEFY THREATS TO HOLD INDEPENDENCE VOTE
Iraqi Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barxani said he hoped to maintain good relations with Turkey and the referendum was not a threat to Ankara... READ MORE›
IRAQI PM: KURDS MUST HAND OVER AIRPORTS OR FACE EMBARGO
Initial results in Kurdish referendum in northern Iraq show a majority supporting independence from Baghdad... READ MORE›
STRONG EARTHQUAKE HITS IRAQ AND IRAN, KILLING MORE THAN 130[1]
At least 129 people were killed in Iran's Kermanshah province on the Iraqi border, the provincial deputy governortold state television... READ MORE›
IRAQ ESCALATES DISPUTE WITH KURDS THREATENING MILITARY ACTION
All three countries have been conducting military exercises near the border of Iraqi Kurdistan this week... READ MORE›
EDITORIAL LOST VOICES OF THE WORLDS REFUGEES
In the many conferences and diplomatic discussions about refugees, their own voices are rarely heard... READ MORE›
IRAN-IRAQ EARTHQUAKE: RESCUERS IN RACE FOR SURVIVORS
In 2003, a 6.6 magnitude earthquake flattened the historic city of Bam in southeastern Iran, killing some 26,000 people... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES SEIZE OIL CITY KIRKUK FROM KURDS IN BOLD ADVANCE
But an aid group working in Kirkuk said several Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Iraqi soldiers had been killed in an overnight clash south of the city... READ MORE›
CAPTURED ISIS FIGHTERS REFRAIN I WAS ONLY A COOK
Among thousands of civilians fleeing to Kirkuk after an Iraqi offensive are hundreds of Islamic State fighters. Many claim they were noncombatants... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES MOVE INTO CENTRE OF KIRKUK
Iraqi government forces enter disputed city of Kirkuk, residents say, weeks after Kurdish independence referendum... READ MORE›
IRAN HALTS IRAQI KURDISTAN FLIGHTS AHEAD OF REFERENDUM
Abdel Hamid said that despite the air blockade, the land border between Iran and Iraq's Kurdish region remains open... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDISH LEADER SAYS 'YES' VOTE WON INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM
Iraqi Kurdish president Masoud Barzani speaks during a news conference in Erbil, Iraq September 24, 2017... READ MORE›
BAGHDAD PILES PRESSURE ON IRAQI KURDS TO REVERSE OVERWHELMING INDEPENDENCE VOTE
Iran and Turkey also oppose any move toward Kurdish secession and their armies have started joint exercises near their borders with Iraqi Kurdistan in recent days... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDS PROPOSE TO FREEZE REFERENDUM RESULTS
People in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq voted to secede on September 25 in a referendum, amid rising tensions and international opposition... READ MORE›
IRAQI BAN ON FLIGHTS TO KURDISH CITIES BEGINS FRIDAY
Iraq's Transport Ministry ordered international airlines to halt service to Erbil, the Kurdish regional capital, and Sulaimaniyah, its second city... READ MORE›
BARZANI TO KURDS: VOTE IN REFERENDUM TO SECURE FUTURE
Kurdish regional president vows talks after referendum, but Baghdad says it will not accept disintegration of Iraq... READ MORE›