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›
The head of Iranian Red Crescent said more than 70,000 people were in need of emergency shelter... 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›
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›
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... READ MORE›
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 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›
The Kurds say the referendum acknowledges their contribution in confronting Islamic State after it overwhelmed the Iraqi army... READ MORE›
The Iraqi PM earlier said the operation was aimed at protecting the unity of Iraq following Kurdistan's independence vote... READ MORE›
Yazidis who suffered genocide are fleeing again, but this time not from the Islamic State... READ MORE›
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›
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›
By the time the Islamic State swept through northern Iraq in 2014, that figure had fallen to roughly 400,000... 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›
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›
All three countries have been conducting military exercises near the border of Iraqi Kurdistan this week... 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›
And pesh merga officials said, they intercepted radio traffic from the Islamic State fighters suggesting that their forces were deserting... READ MORE›
Coalition airstrikes have been essential in destroying Islamic State positions and paving the way for Kurdish advances... READ MORE›
Abdel Hamid said that despite the air blockade, the land border between Iran and Iraq's Kurdish region remains open... READ MORE›
Iraq's Transport Ministry ordered international airlines to halt service to Erbil, the Kurdish regional capital, and Sulaimaniyah, its second city... READ MORE›
Militias that have lately been the United States' main partners in fighting the Islamic State in Syria, but whom Turkey considers enemies... READ MORE›
Kurdish regional president vows talks after referendum, but Baghdad says it will not accept disintegration of Iraq... READ MORE›
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›
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›
Former journalist starts business to meet rising demand for military uniforms for Kurdish soldiers in northern Iraq... READ MORE›
Turkey, Iran and the Shia-dominated government of Iraq have a common interest in repressing Kurdish hopes for independence... READ MORE›
Five Islamic State militants were captured, officials said, and at least 10 were killed... READ MORE›
Turkey has agreed to give passage as long as the peshmerga fighters bring back the weapons that they take in to Kobani... READ MORE›
When the Yazidis do come back from Isil they have nothing... READ MORE›
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›
There, thousands of Iranian Kurds, jubilant for their Iraqi kin, staged demonstrations in support of the vote... READ MORE›
The new fighting came as Turkey said it would allow Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters to cross into Syria to fight IS... READ MORE›
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