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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›
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›
'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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
'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›
IRAQI KURDS' INDEPENDENCE DREAMS TURN TO DESPAIR AS THEY QUIT KIRKUK AS ALLY U.S. SITS ON THE SIDELINES
In the face of the Iraqi advance, Kurdish forces retreated from Kirkuk, handing the strategic territory to Baghdad with barely a whimper... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES SEIZE KIRKUK GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IN ADVANCE ON KURDS
The rapid progress of Iraqi forces suggested that Kurdish fighters were withdrawing with little or no resistance in many areas... READ MORE›
FIGHT AGAINST ISIS: IRAQI-KURDISH STANDOFF WORRIES U.S.
Standoff is tense but violence is averted as Iraqi forces move into disputed areas held by rival Kurds... 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›
A DIVIDED IRAQ TESTS U.S. INFLUENCE AS FIGHT AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE WANES
After years of focusing divided Iraq on a shared fight against the Islamic State group, the United States is now straining to leverage its limited influenc... 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›
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 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›
US MILITARY RUSHES TO DEFUSE LOOMING CRISIS IN KIRKUK AFTER IRAQI ARMY ADVANCES
Iraqi forces claim rapid progress in operation to 'impose security' on kirkuk... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES SEIZE KIRKUK GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IN PUSH AGAINST KURDS
The rapid progress of Iraqi forces suggested that Kurdish fighters were withdrawing with little or no resistance in many areas... 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›
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›
Trending News Headlines : Matthew Gardiner
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›
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›
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›
HOW TWO U.S. MARXISTS WOUND UP ON THE FRONT LINES AGAINST ISIS
A florist and an American University graduate didn't intend to fight, but they were sent into battle against the Islamic State in Syria... 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›
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›
ISIS DESTROYS MORE ARTIFACTS IN SYRIA AND IRAQ
But Thursday was the first time that the Islamic State said it had destroyed Palmyra statues... 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›
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›
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›
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›
TURKEY CALLS DEADLY BLAST NEAR SYRIA BORDER TERRORISM
When Turkish authorities blocked access to several Islamic news websites last week, Islamic State sympathizers in Turkey threatened to carry out an unspecified retaliation... 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›
IS THIS AMERICA'S WORST ERROR IN THE MIDDLE EAST SINCE THE IRAQ WAR?
Turkey conflict with Kurds Was approving air strikes against the PKK America's worst error in the Middle East since the Iraq War?... 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›
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›
ANALYSIS | INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENTS IN CATALONIA AND IRAQI KURDISTAN FACE THE POINT OF NO RETURN
On Monday, the regional government in Iraqi Kurdistan plans to go ahead with a referendum on independence... READ MORE›
HAIDER AL-ABADI VOWS TO USE LAW TO CONTROL KURDS
Turkey, also home to a large Kurdish minority, is especially concerned and has threatened a series of measures to isolate the Iraqi Kurds... READ MORE›
IRAQ REFUSES TALKS WITH KURDS ABOUT REFERENDUM RESULTS
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Guterres noted the referendum was unilaterally declared, included disputed areas and was opposed by Iraqi authorities and the global community... 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›
US PROBES 'STRAY SYRIA AIR DROP'
The new fighting came as Turkey said it would allow Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters to cross into Syria to fight IS... READ MORE›
1. WHY DOES THE KURDISH REGION MATTER TO OIL MARKETS?
That experience and disputes between the Kurdish government and Iraqi national authorities have kept most big oil companies away and prompted some investors to pull back... READ MORE›