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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›
FLIGHT BAN IMPOSED ON IRAQ'S KURDISH AIRPORTS FOLLOWING POLL GOES INTO EFFECT
While Baghdad controls the airspace over the Kurdish region, immigration and security inside the airports are controlled by local Kurdish region officials and security forces... 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›
BAGHDAD SAYS ERBRIL AIRPORT OFF LIMITS FOR INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS FROM FRIDAY EVENING
The director of Erbil airport in Iraqi Kurdistan says she has been told by Baghdad that all international flights will be banned from six pm... 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›
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WHY IS THE WORLD IGNORING THE REVOLUTIONARY KURDS IN SYRIA?
There are a thousand differences between what happened in Spain in 1936 and what is happening in Rojava, the three largely Kurdish provinces of northern Syria, today... READ MORE›
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›
BRENDAN ONEILL THE WEST IS BETRAYING THE KURDS AND ALLOWING THEM TO BE MASSACRED
The PKK has close links with the YPG, the Kurdish People's Protection Units in Syria, who have been among the bravest battlers against Isil... 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›
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›
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›
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›
FEMALE MECHANICS SPARK GENDER REVOLUTION IN IRAQ
SULAIMANI, Iraq -- Sitting under shelves decked with dozens of brightly colored bottles of motor oil, Shadi Mohammed shouts to be heard over nearby machines... READ MORE›
KURDISH FIGHTERS RETAKE IRAQI CITY OF SINJAR FROM ISIS
And pesh merga officials said, they intercepted radio traffic from the Islamic State fighters suggesting that their forces were deserting... READ MORE›
SUCCESS OF KURDISH FORCES IS A BRIGHT SPOT FOR US
Coalition airstrikes have been essential in destroying Islamic State positions and paving the way for Kurdish advances... 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›
GOALS DIVERGE AND PERILS REMAIN AS US AND TURKEY TAKE ON ISIS
Militias that have lately been the United States' main partners in fighting the Islamic State in Syria, but whom Turkey considers enemies... 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›
BARZANI: KURD REGION POLL TO OCCUR DESPITE OPPOSITION
KRG head defiant as Turkey calls planned independence referendum in Kurdish northern Iraq a threat to its security... 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›
FIRST AMERICAN SOLDIER KILLED IN IRAQ SINCE OFFICIAL END OF COMBAT IN 2011
Five Islamic State militants were captured, officials said, and at least 10 were killed... READ MORE›
TURKEY TO ALLOW KURDISH PESHMERGA ACROSS ITS TERRITORY TO FIGHT IN KOBANI
Turkey has agreed to give passage as long as the peshmerga fighters bring back the weapons that they take in to Kobani... READ MORE›
YAZIDIS LEFT TO THEIR FATE IN IRAQ
When the Yazidis do come back from Isil they have nothing... 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›
FRESH FIGHTING IN KEY SYRIAN TOWN
The new fighting came as Turkey said it would allow Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters to cross into Syria to fight IS... READ MORE›
MACER GIFFORD WE COULD DEFEAT ISLAMIC STATE WITHIN A YEAR I KNOW BECAUSE I FOUGHT THEM
I was under no illusion that my presence on the frontline was going to win the war against Isil... 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›
CALIFORNIA TRAIN CRASH COMMUTER TRAIN COLLIDES WITH TRUCK IN OXNARD
Kino, referring to the Kurdish enclave bordering Turkey whose encirclement by the Islamic State prompted American-led airstrikes that helped drive the group back... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDS WARN PKK AMID TURKEY AIR STRIKES
Iraq's Kurdistan region has urged Turkish Kurd separatist forces of the PKK to leave civilian areas amid continuing Turkish air strikes... READ MORE›