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Turkey summons French envoy after Paris shooting
Turkey on Monday summoned France’s ambassador over “anti-Turkey propaganda” that it alleged French officials did little to stop following the killing ... World News -
Syrian Kurds protest against Paris attack
Hundreds of Syrian Kurds staged a protest in northern Syria on Sunday in response to a deadly attack targeting members of the ethnic community in ... Middle East -
Erdogan tells Putin to ‘clear’ Kurdish forces from northern Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Sunday that it was imperative the Kremlin “clear” Kurdish forces ... Middle East -
Iraq condemns Iranian, Turkish attacks on Kurdistan region
Iraq on Monday condemned Iranian and Turkish attacks on its northern Kurdistan region, the state news agency INA reported, citing a foreign ministry ... Middle East -
Car bomb injures two in northern Iraq, security sources say
Two people were injured in a car bombing in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniya on Thursday, police and hospital sources said, a relatively rare ... Middle East -
Missile attack targets gas field in Iraq’s Kurdistan region: Sources
At least eight missiles were fired at the Khor Mor gas field in Iraq’s Kurdistan region on Wednesday, but the attack did not result in casualties or ... Middle East -
Iraqi Kurdistan lawmakers delay polls and extend term
Parliament in Iraq’s autonomous northern Kurdistan region voted Sunday to extend its term by a year, postponing polls against a backdrop of a wider ... Middle East -
Iran launches fresh strikes on Kurd opposition in Iraq: Kurds
Iran launched artillery and drone strikes Saturday targeting Kurdish militants in Iraq’s north, an Iranian Kurdish official told AFP, days after cross ... Middle East -
Oil firms seek US mediation to defuse Iraq-Kurdistan tensions
Oil firms operating in Kurdistan have asked the US to help defuse an upsurge in tension between Iraq’s central government and the semi-autonomous ... Middle East -
Iraq threatens new legal action against Kurdistan crude buyers
Iraq’s state-owned oil marketer SOMO has threatened fresh legal action against buyers of crude oil originating from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan ... Energy -
Turkish troops, Kurdish fighters exchange heavy shelling in Syria’s Kobane
Turkish troops and US-backed Kurdish fighters exchanged heavy shellfire on Tuesday in the northern Syrian border town of Kobane, leaving one civilian ... Middle East -
Iraq and Kurdistan choose ‘dialog’ to ease oil dispute
The federal government in Baghdad and the autonomous Kurdish region pledged Saturday to “increase dialog” to ease a simmering oil dispute that has ... Energy -
Two bomb-laden drones downed near Turkish base in Iraq: Mayor
Two bomb-laden drones targeting a Turkish military base in northern Iraq were shot down Friday, a local mayor said, amid heightened tensions days ... Middle East -
Iraq’s Kadhimi condemns Turkey for ‘violation’ after deadly Kurdistan strike
Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi condemned artillery strikes blamed on Turkey that authorities said killed nine civilians Wednesday in the ... Middle East -
At least eight killed in shelling attributed to Turkey in northern Iraq
Turkish airstrikes killed eight tourists in northern Iraq and wounded over 20, Iraqi Kurdish officials said on Wednesday.At least four missiles struck ... Middle East -
Dutch journalist says she was deported from Iraqi Kurdistan
A Dutch journalist said she was deported from Iraq’s autonomous region of Kurdistan on Wednesday, blaming her expulsion on Turkey’s reaction to her ... Middle East -
Iran says members of Kurdish ‘terror network’ arrested
Iran’s intelligence ministry said Wednesday its officers had arrested 10 members of a “terror network,” in the country’s northwest, affiliated with ... Middle East -
US oilfield services trio to exit Kurdistan region: Iraqi ministry
US oilfield services companies Schlumberger, Baker Hughes and Halliburton have pledged to comply with a federal supreme court ruling and withdraw from ... Energy -
Rocket targets UAE’s Dana Gas complex in Iraq, ‘no damage or injuries’
A Katyusha rocket fell near a gas complex in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region on Wednesday without damaging the facility or causing any ... Middle East -
Drone strike kills three in Iraqi Kurdistan: Officials
Three people were killed on Friday in an unclaimed drone strike on a vehicle in Iraq's autonomous northern region of Kurdistan, medical and security ... Middle East -
Kurdish tensions stymie Iraqi region’s gas export ambitions
The prime minister of Iraqi Kurdistan, Masrour Barzani, has been touting the autonomous region’s gas export capabilities as an alternative to Russian ... Energy -
Iraq’s Congo fever death toll rises to 27: Ministry
Iraq’s death toll from tick-borne Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever has increased to 27 this year, according to the latest figures released Saturday by ... Middle East -
Iraq’s Kurdistan judicial council defies supreme court over oil law
The judicial council of Iraq’s Kurdistan said the region’s oil law remained in force, rejected a ruling from the federal supreme court that Kurdish ... Middle East -
Iraqi Kurdish leader rejects federal court oil and gas ruling
Iraqi Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said on Tuesday that the semi-autonomous region rejected a federal court ruling on its oil and gas ... Middle East -
Iraq’s oil ministry aims to establish new oil company in Kurdistan region
Iraq’s federal government aims to establish a new oil company in the Kurdistan region, the oil ministry said in a statement on Saturday.The aim of the ... Middle East -
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards attack ‘terrorist bases’ in Iraq’s Erbil: Iranian TV
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards shelled an area north of the Iraqi Kurdish capital of Erbil on Wednesday, targeting what Iranian state television ... Middle East -
Nineteenth century Iraq church celebrates first mass since ISIS defeat
Dozens of faithful celebrated mass Saturday at a Mosul church in northern Iraq for the first time since it was restored after its ransacking by ... Middle East -
Erdogan claims that Iraq backed Turkey’s push against Kurdish militants
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said the central government in Baghdad supported Turkey’s latest offensive against outlawed ... Middle East -
Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq: Report
Turkish warplanes, helicopters and drones hit Kurdish militant targets, camps, tunnels, shelters, and ammunition storage areas in northern Iraq, ... Middle East -
Iraq’s Kurds face Iranian resistance to energy development: PM
The development of oil and gas in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region may not be in the interest of major regional energy producer Iran, Kurdish Prime ... Middle East