Recent News Headlines : Iraqi Kurdistan

DEADLY CAR BOMBING STRIKES IRAQ'S TUZ KHURMATU


Located about 200km north of Baghdad, Tuz Khurmatu is one of the disputed areas between the Iraqi central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government... READ MORE

21st November, 2017 158

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

14th November, 2017 1135

AT LEAST 445 KILLED AS HUGE EARTHQUAKE HITS IRAN-IRAQ BORDER


Iran's English-language Press TV said at least 450 people were killed and 7,000 were injured, while the semi-official Tasnim agency put the total at 445 killed and 7,370 injured... READ MORE

14th November, 2017 3806

IRAN-IRAQ QUAKE A SUDDEN WAVE OF DEATH


READ MORE Iran-Iraq earthquake What happened and why Fatemeh said people were screaming and wailing in the streets following the major temblor... READ MORE

13th November, 2017 1968

IRAN-IRAQ EARTHQUAKE DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO MORE THAN 400


More than 70,000 people were in need of emergency shelter, the Iranian Red Crescent said... READ MORE

13th November, 2017 12891

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

13th November, 2017 8

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

13th November, 2017 2425

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

13th November, 2017 173

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

13th November, 2017 2785

WITH IRAQI-KURDISH TALKS STALLED PHONE DIPLOMACY AVERTS NEW CLASHES


With the deadline past, Mr. Abadi instead ordered the federal forces to push into Kirkuk, and then farther north toward the Turkish border... READ MORE

12th November, 2017 860

KURDS: IRAQ COURT'S ANTI-SECESSION RULING 'REVENGEFUL'


The court is responsible for settling all disputes between Baghdad's central government and regional provinces... READ MORE

9th November, 2017 509

BARZANI: US KNEW IRAQI FORCES PLANNED KIRKUK TAKEOVER


But last month's operation by the Iraqi army resulted in Baghdad retaking five oil fields from the Kurdish forces... READ MORE

8th November, 2017 1091

BAGHDAD COURT RULES SECESSION ATTEMPT UNCONSTITUTIONAL


The court is responsible for settling disputes between the central government in Baghdad and the country's regions and provinces, including northern Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region... READ MORE

7th November, 2017 369

FOR KURDS IN BAGHDAD, THE FAILED KURDISH INDEPENDENCE BID PROVOKES AN IDENTITY CRISIS


Akd al-Akrad, or Quarter of the Kurds, is a neighborhood in central Baghdad where about 200 Kurdish families have lived for generations... READ MORE

31st October, 2017 260

'WHY WOULD WASHINGTON PUNISH US?' RESIGNING IRAQI KURDISTAN LEADER ACCUSES US OF BETRAYAL


Prior to the independence referendum, the Kurds fought alongside Iraqi forces in their US-backed campaign against Islamic State terrorists... READ MORE

30th October, 2017 1644

IRAQI KURDISH LEADER TO STEP DOWN OVER FALLOUT FROM INDEPENDENCE POLL


Erbil's friends and foes alike had strongly opposed the holding of the referendum, leaving Barzani isolated before it was held and marooned ever since... READ MORE

30th October, 2017 261

KURDISH LEADER MASOUD BARZANI WILL NOT EXTEND TERM


Barzani's legacy The president only recently re-activated parliament to vote through the controversial September 25 referendum on secession, which Barzani wanted to be his legacy... READ MORE

29th October, 2017 183

IRAQI KURDISTAN LEADER BARZANI WILL HAND OVER PRESIDENTIAL POWERS AT END OF TERM ON WEDNESDAY


Iraqi Kurdistan's veteran leader Massoud Barzani will not extend his presidential term beyond Nov. 1, a Kurdish government official said on Saturday. His d... READ MORE

29th October, 2017 0

IRAQI KURDISTAN LEADER BARZANI WILL HAND OVER PRESIDENTIAL POWERS ON NOVEMBER 1


Iraqi Kurdistan's veteran leader Masoud Barzani will not extend his presidential term beyond Nov. 1, a Kurdish government official said on Saturday... READ MORE

28th October, 2017 866

CANADA SUSPENDS SPECIAL FORCES TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE MISSION IN IRAQ


Fighting broke out between Iraqi and Kurdish forces on Oct. 16, after Iraqi forces seized the northern oil city of Kirkuk... READ MORE

28th October, 2017 1549

IRAQ ORDERS TRUCE WITH KURDS TO ALLOW PEACEFUL DEPLOYMENT AT BORDER CROSSINGS


To work on the deployment of federal Iraqi forces in all disputed areas, including Fish-Khabur, and the international border, Abadi said in a statement... READ MORE

28th October, 2017 332

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

27th October, 2017 0

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

26th October, 2017 231

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

25th October, 2017 2015

TILLERSON CALLS FOR IRAQI UNITY, URGES DIALOGUE ON KURDISH ISSUE


Tillerson made his remarks in his discussion with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi over the tension between Baghdad and the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan... READ MORE

24th October, 2017 0

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

24th October, 2017 0

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

21st October, 2017 3223

IRAQI FORCES COMPLETE TAKEOVER OVER OIL-RICH KIRKUK PROVINCE FROM KURDS


An Iraqi military spokesman accused the peshmerga of using rockets supplied by Germany... READ MORE

21st October, 2017 2

KURDISH OFFICIALS SAY UP TO 100,000 HAVE FLED KIRKUK SINCE IRAQI ARMY TAKEOVER, FEARING REPRISALS


Iraqi armed forces also took control of Kurdish-held areas of Nineveh province north of Kirkuk, including the Mosul hydro-electric dam, after the peshmerga pulled back... READ MORE

20th October, 2017 0

'100,000 FLEE KIRKUK' SINCE IRAQI ARMY TAKEOVER


Baghdad has retaken five oil fields from Kurdish forces in Kirkuk, leaving the Kurds in control of only one in the province... READ MORE

20th October, 2017 272

Trending News Headlines : Iraqi Kurdistan

MORE THAN 92% OF VOTERS IN IRAQI KURDISTAN BACK INDEPENDENCE


More than 92 percent of voters in Iraqi Kurdistan back independence... READ MORE

28th September, 2017 17845

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

9th October, 2017 10841

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

17th October, 2017 8409

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

4th October, 2017 6702

ERDOGAN WARNS OF SANCTIONS OVER KURDS' INDEPENDENCE BID


Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that his government will consider imposing sanctions on northern Iraq's semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan over its planned independence referendum... READ MORE

20th September, 2017 6587

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

16th October, 2017 6134

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

13th October, 2017 5534

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

25th September, 2017 5492

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

30th September, 2017 5133

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

16th October, 2017 4956

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

24th September, 2017 4721

IRAQ, TURKEY FORCES IN JOINT DRILLS AFTER KURDISH VOTE


Iraq army and Turkish forces conduct joint military manoeuvres after divisive Kurdish referendum on Monday... READ MORE

26th September, 2017 4512

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

16th October, 2017 4352

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

4th October, 2017 3967

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

26th September, 2017 3583

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

16th October, 2017 3523

CLASHES AFTER IRAQI FORCES ADVANCE ON KURDISH-HELD SITES


Kirkuk is not part of the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 3453

RECALLING A TORTURED PAST IRAQI KURDS TO VOTE ON INDEPENDENCE


Recalling a Tortured Past, Iraqi Kurds to Vote on Independence... READ MORE

24th September, 2017 3289

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

26th September, 2017 3032

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

27th September, 2017 2925

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

28th September, 2017 2537

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

16th October, 2017 2403

IRAQ ORDERS KURDISTAN TO SURRENDER ITS AIRPORTS


The Kurdistan Regional Government antagonized Iraq, Turkey and Iran by holding the referendum on Monday... READ MORE

26th September, 2017 2339

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

2nd October, 2017 2336

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

16th October, 2017 2249

IRAQI FORCES MOVE INTO CENTRE OF KIRKUK


Iraqi government forces enter disputed city of Kirkuk, residents say, weeks after Kurdish independence referendum... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 2145

IRAQ IMPOSES FLIGHT BAN ON KURDISH REGION AFTER POLL


Foreign airlines suspended flights to the region's Erbil and Sulaimaniya, obeying a notice from the government in Baghdad, which controls Iraqi air space... READ MORE

29th September, 2017 2109

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

24th September, 2017 2063

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

26th September, 2017 2054

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

28th September, 2017 2053


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