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ISIL CLAIMS ATTACK ON PRO-GOVERNMENT MILITIA IN IRAQ
The killings raise questions about the continued presence of ISIL fighters in Iraq after Baghdad declared victory in its fight against the armed group in December... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDS SAY THEY ARE HOLDING 4,000 ISLAMIC STATE SUSPECTS, INCLUDING FOREIGNERS
Human Rights Watch said in December that hundreds of detainees held by the Iraqi Kurdish authorities in Kirkuk were feared to have been forcibly disappeared... READ MORE›
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MORE THAN 92% OF VOTERS IN IRAQI KURDISTAN BACK INDEPENDENCE
More than 92 percent of voters in Iraqi Kurdistan back independence... 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›
RAQQA ISIS CAPITAL IS CAPTURED US-BACKED FORCES SAY
Witnesses in Raqqa said that several busloads of Islamic State fighters, both Syrians and foreigners, had been allowed to board buses to Deir al-Zour... 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›
IRAQI FORCES LAUNCH 'MAJOR' KIRKUK OPERATION
Al Jazeera's Charles Stratford, reporting from Erbil, said Kurdish forces in and around Kirkuk have vowed to defend it to the last man ... READ MORE›
KURDS ON HIGH ALERT AS IRAQI FORCES MASS NEAR KIRKUK
Baghdad continues to reject decades-old Kurdish ambitions to incorporate Kirkuk and other historically Kurdish-majority areas in their autonomous region... 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›
BAGHDAD TO PAY HEAVY PRICE FOR DECLARING WAR
Kurdish forces call Iraqi forces' campaign in Kirkuk 'a declaration of war', as PM Abadi tells them to cooperate... 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›
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›
SADDAM'S ELDEST DAUGHTER RAGHAD ON MOST WANTED LIST
The Iraqi government has placed the name of late Saddam Hussein's daughter, Raghad, on the most wanted list, together with 59 other individuals... READ MORE›
IRAQ: WHAT IS THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF HAWIJA?
Iraqi forces have captured the town of Hawija and the surrounding area from ISIL, one of their last strongholds in Iraq... READ MORE›
BAGHDAD: IRAQI FORCES IN FULL CONTROL OF KIRKUK
Iraqi forces capture governorate building in central Kirkuk with no opposition from Kurdish Peshmerga fighters... READ MORE›
CLASHES AFTER IRAQI FORCES ADVANCE ON KURDISH-HELD SITES
Kirkuk is not part of the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region... READ MORE›
RECALLING A TORTURED PAST IRAQI KURDS TO VOTE ON INDEPENDENCE
Recalling a Tortured Past, Iraqi Kurds to Vote on Independence... 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›
IRAQ ARMY SEIZES TOWN NEAR ERBIL AFTER FIERCE CLASHES
Iraqi federal police and counter-terrorism forces, along with Hashd al-Shaabi fighters, have deployed in... 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›
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›
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›
IRAQ ORDERS KURDISTAN TO SURRENDER ITS AIRPORTS
The Kurdistan Regional Government antagonized Iraq, Turkey and Iran by holding the referendum on Monday... 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 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›
IRAQI FORCES MOVE INTO CENTRE OF KIRKUK
Iraqi government forces enter disputed city of Kirkuk, residents say, weeks after Kurdish independence referendum... 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›
ISIL CAPITALISES ON PESHMERGA RETREAT IN NORTHERN IRAQ
Iraqi forces also said on Tuesday they seized the Yazidi Kurdish town of Sinjar from the Peshmerga... READ MORE›
IRAQ ACCUSES KURDS OF 'DECLARATION OF WAR' IN KIRKUK
Vahal Ali, a media assistant to Kurdistan Regional Government KRG President Masoud Barzani, denied that any PKK forces were present in Kirkuk... 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›
TENSION MOUNTS IN LEBANON AS SAUDI ARABIA ESCALATES POWER STRUGGLE WITH IRAN
But it was brought to a head on 3 November, at a lunch in Beirut being hosted by prime minister Saad Hariri... READ MORE›