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HOW SOCIAL MEDIA TOLD STORY OF IRAN-IRAQ EARTHQUAKE
The 7.3 magnitude quake on Sunday hit the Iraqi town of Halabjah, southeast of Sulaymaniyah, a city in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq... READ MORE›
STRONG EARTHQUAKE IN IRAN-IRAQ BORDER AREA KILLS HUNDREDS
The head of Iranian Red Crescent said more than 70,000 people were in need of emergency shelter... 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›
AT LEAST 135 KILLED AS STRONG QUAKE ROCKS IRAN-IRAQ BORDER
In 1990, a 7.4-magnitude quake near the Caspian sea in northern Iran killed 40,000 people and left 300,000 more injured and half a million homeless... 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›
LOVE NOT WAR FORCED OUTCAST UNWED IRAQI COUPLE TO SMUGGLE THEIR WAY TO FRANCE AS MIGRANTS
Love not war forced outcast unwed Iraqi couple to smuggle their way to France as migrants... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | IRAQ'S PRIME MINISTER DEFIES PREDICTIONS OF HIS COUNTRY'S DOOM
Instead, Abadi won the backing of Iraq's neighbors and the United States, who all decried the Kurds' effort and stressed their support for Iraq's territorial unity... READ MORE›
FAR FROM D.C. POLITICAL PERILS, TILLERSON PAYS IMPROMPTU VISITS TO WAR ZONES IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN
Far from the Washington murmurs about his future, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson traveled to two of America's enduring war zones Monday, prodding le... READ MORE›
BAGHDAD IMPOSES INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT BAN ON IRAQI KURDISTAN AFTER REFERENDUM
The Kurds say the referendum acknowledges their contribution in confronting Islamic State after it overwhelmed the Iraqi army... READ MORE›
KURDISH PROTESTERS ATTACK IRAQI EMBASSY IN LONDON (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
The Iraqi PM earlier said the operation was aimed at protecting the unity of Iraq following Kurdistan's independence vote... 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 FORCES DRIVE KURDS FROM DISPUTED AREAS NEAR KIRKUK
Iraq's Interior Ministry said in a brief statement that federal forces have taken control of a power plant, a police station and industrial areas near Kirkuk... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDS SAY FEDERAL FORCES ATTACK NEAR DISPUTED KIRKUK
Iran closed its three official crossings with the Kurdish region Sunday, Kurdish media reported... READ MORE›
KURD FIGHTERS IN IRAQ BRIEFLY BLOCK ROADS TO MOSUL
Move comes after Kurdish authorities said they feared Iraqi forces were preparing to launch an assault on the region... READ MORE›
IRAQ'S VICE PRESIDENT WARNS OF CIVIL WAR THREAT AMID KIRKUK TENSIONS
Iraq's prime minister Haidar al-Abadi demanded the Kurdish self-government annul the results and called for joint administration over Kirkuk... 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›
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›
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›
US DOES NOT RECOGNIZE KURDISTAN INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM
The United States does not recognize the Kurdistan Regional Government's unilateral referendum held on Monday, he said in a statement... 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›
IRAN BANS CRUDE TRANSPORTATION FROM IRAQ'S KURDISTAN
Iran has already closed its airspace to the flight commuting between Iraqi Kurdistan region and the country... READ MORE›
US DOES NOT RECOGNIZE KURDISTAN INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM
The United States does not recognize the Kurdistan Regional Government's unilateral referendum held on Monday, he said in a statement... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES TO TAKE CONTROL OF KURDISH REGIONAL BORDERS
Iran on Friday announced a ban on oil imports and exports with the Iraqi Kurdish region, the state news agency announced... 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›
KURDS REJECT POST-VOTE IRAQ MOVES AS 'COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT'
They also called for the closure of border posts with Turkey and Iran that are outside central government control... READ MORE›
OIL SLIPS ONE PERCENT AS EXTENDS PULLBACK FROM 2015 PEAKS
Kurdistan and northern Iraq now export 500,000-550,000 barrels per day bpd ... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDS VOTE OVERWHELMINGLY IN FAVOUR OF INDEPENDENCCE
Leaders in the northern Iraqi region have been urged to 'cancel' the result and instead engage in talks with Baghdad 'in the framework of the constitution'... 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›
AIRLINES HALT IRBIL FLIGHTS AMID ANGER OVER INDEPENDENCE VOTE FOR IRAQ'S KURDS
Several regional airlines are moving to halt flights to Irbil in Iraq's Kurdish region... READ MORE›
OPPOSED ON MANY FRONTS, IRAQ'S KURDS CLAIM VICTORY IN INDEPENDENCE VOTE, DRAW BAGHDAD WARNING
Erdogan said, however, that he hopes the Iraqi Kurdish leadership will abandon aims of creating a separate state and not force Turkey into enforcing sanctions... READ MORE›
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YAZIDIS WHO SUFFERED GENOCIDE ARE FLEEING AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME NOT FROM THE ISLAMIC STATE
Yazidis who suffered genocide are fleeing again, but this time not from the Islamic State... READ MORE›
KURDISH WOMEN FIGHTERS BATTLE ISLAMIC STATE WITH MACHINEGUNS AND SONGS
On Thursday afternoon, women fighters were lined up on a dirt berm, their weapons pointed at the frontline with Islamic State about 700 meters away... READ MORE›
ISIS TRANSFORMING INTO FUNCTIONING STATE THAT USES TERROR AS TOOL
ISTANBUL -- The Islamic State uses terror to force obedience and frighten enemies... 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›
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›
FOR LIBERATED IRAQI CHRISTIANS STILL A BLEAK CHRISTMAS
By the time the Islamic State swept through northern Iraq in 2014, that figure had fallen to roughly 400,000... READ MORE›
TURKISH LEADER USING CONFLICTS CEMENTS POWER OCT 2014
In Turkey, the president is technically second to the prime minister... READ MORE›
REFUGEE CRISIS: EIGHT LIFE STORIES FROM BUDAPEST'S KELETI STATION
He is travelling with his brother Walid who operated a concrete-mixer truck in Idlib Walid's wife and two young children and several other friends and relatives... 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›
RETAKING MOSUL WILL TAKE 2 MONTHS, GENERAL SAYS
A huge coalition of Iraqi troops, Kurdish Peshmerga allies and Iraqi irregulars press forward with their assault to recapture Mosul from ISIS... READ MORE›
ANIMAL THERAPY COMFORTS TRAUMATISED IRAQI CHILDREN
Animals can help the children psychologically various research has shown this, and it is certainly applicable to children affected by the wars in Iraq and Syria... READ MORE›
REVEALED: UK MERCENARIES FIGHTING ISLAMIC STATE TERRORIST FORCES IN SYRIA
Former infantryman James Hughes, from Reading, and Jamie Read, from Lanarkshire, understood to be in Rojava, northern Syria... 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›
FIERCE ISIL RESISTANCE AS IRAQI TROOPS MOVE ON MOSUL
Tens of thousands of troops are involved, while there are thought to be nearly 6,000 ISIL fighters in and around Mosul... 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›
IRAQI GOVERNMENT REJECTS KURDISH MOVE FOR INDEPENDENCE
The disputed areas include swaths of northern territory that are claimed by both Kurdish Iraq and Baghdad, including the key oil-rich province of Kirkuk... READ MORE›
KURDS SEE CHANCE TO ADVANCE THEIR CAUSE IN RUINS OF ISLAMIC STATE
Across the border in Raqqa, with five of its neighbourhoods under their control, Kurdish forces are contemplating what comes next for them and their cause... READ MORE›
IRAQI WOMAN BATTLES ISIL, ONE STITCH AT A TIME
Former journalist starts business to meet rising demand for military uniforms for Kurdish soldiers in northern Iraq... READ MORE›
KURDISH INDEPENDENCE WOULD BE A WIN FOR AMERICA
Turkey, Iran and the Shia-dominated government of Iraq have a common interest in repressing Kurdish hopes for independence... READ MORE›
IRAQ PARLIAMENT VOTES TO OUST KIRKUK GOVERNOR
READ MORE Kirkuk votes to take part in Kurdish independence poll Ownership of Kirkuk has long been disputed between Iraq and the Kurdish authorities... READ MORE›
IRAN'S LEADERS OPPOSED KURDISH INDEPENDENCE VOTE IN IRAQ. IRAN'S KURDS CELEBRATED ON THE STREETS.
There, thousands of Iranian Kurds, jubilant for their Iraqi kin, staged demonstrations in support of the vote... READ MORE›
A BABY NAMED TRUMP AND ADMIRATION FOR A NEW U.S. PRESIDENT IN NORTHERN IRAQ
What I like most and admire about Donald Trump is that he's a confident man and a successful businessman... READ MORE›
TURKEY CONDEMNS KURDISH INDEPENDENCE VOTE AS WESTERN OPPOSITION SOFTENS
Iraq's Kurdish region also borders Syria and Iran, but Turkey is the main commercial lifeline to international markets... READ MORE›
THEY FREED A SYRIAN TOWN FROM ISIS. NOW THEY HAVE TO GOVERN IT.
A cage in which Islamic State militants temporarily held people caught smoking while the militants held control of Tal Abyad, in Raqqa province... READ MORE›
CAMERON WANTS BRITAIN TO DO MORE AGAINST ISIS
Britain has provided logistics air-to-air refueling and surveillance Mr. Cameron said... READ MORE›
KURDS IN IRAQ VOTE IN HISTORIC INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM
Members of a Kurdish peshmerga battalion show their ink-stained fingers after casting their vote Monday in Irbil, Iraq... READ MORE›
IRAQ: KURDS DEPORT JAPANESE MAN OVER ALLEGED ISIL TIES
Media reports say Kosuke Tsuneoka, 47, is a freelance journalist who was covering the battle to take the city of Mosul from the armed group... READ MORE›
A U.S. MARINE IS KILLED IN IRAQ, THE SECOND COMBAT CASUALTY OF THE ISIS WAR
She has spent more than 15 years covering the Middle East, including the Iraq war... READ MORE›
A SWEDISH GIRL ISIS AND A CAUTIONARY TALE
In his video, the young man believed to be Ms. Nevalainen's boyfriend says the reason he and Marilyn left Sweden was racism... READ MORE›
1. WHAT'S BEHIND THE TENSIONS IN KIRKUK?
In return, the KRG takes a cut of the revenue and gets to export its own share of crude from Kirkuk... READ MORE›