Ministers told of precise links between Iran and Baghdad-backed Shia militia operating in Iraq, claims former UK and Nato official... READ MORE›
President Trump signed the controversial executive order that halted refugees and residents from predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States... READ MORE›
Iran and Turkey are both part of the Astana negotiations aimed at effecting closure in Syria... READ MORE›
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›
Yazidis who suffered genocide are fleeing again, but this time not from the Islamic State... READ MORE›
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›
In the last week following the Kurdish referendum, Turkey has held joint military exercises with Iraq... READ MORE›
Iraqi Kurdish oil is exported through Turkey and its southern Ceyhan port, a key economic lifeline for the region... READ MORE›
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›
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›
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›
In the last week following the Kurdish referendum, Turkey has held joint military exercises with Iraq... READ MORE›
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›
Kirkuk is not part of the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region... READ MORE›
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›
Masoud Barzani, the president of the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government KRG, announced the vote on Twitter on Wednesday... READ MORE›
Iraqi forces have claimed control of all of Kirkuk province after intense fighting against Kurdish Peshmerga forces... READ MORE›
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›
Initial results in Kurdish referendum in northern Iraq show a majority supporting independence from Baghdad... READ MORE›
At least 129 people were killed in Iran's Kermanshah province on the Iraqi border, the provincial deputy governortold state television... READ MORE›
Authorities in Iraq's Kurdish region announced in June this year the decision to hold an election on independence... READ MORE›
All three countries have been conducting military exercises near the border of Iraqi Kurdistan this week... READ MORE›
In 2003, a 6.6 magnitude earthquake flattened the historic city of Bam in southeastern Iran, killing some 26,000 people... READ MORE›
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›
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 government forces enter disputed city of Kirkuk, residents say, weeks after Kurdish independence referendum... READ MORE›
Abdel Hamid said that despite the air blockade, the land border between Iran and Iraq's Kurdish region remains open... READ MORE›
Iraqi Kurdish president Masoud Barzani speaks during a news conference in Erbil, Iraq September 24, 2017... READ MORE›
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›
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›
And in Iraq, the onslaught of the Islamic State allowed the Kurds to claim new territory, including Kirkuk, which was abandoned by fleeing Iraqi soldiers... READ MORE›
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