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Erbil rocket attack by Iran-backed militia was to send message to US, experts say
A rocket attack targeting US-led forces in the city of Erbil in the Kurdistan northern region of Iraq on Monday killed a civilian contractor and ... Features -
Iraq Christians fear future holds ‘total extinction,’ ISIS resurgence
When ISIS took over the Nineveh plains in northern Iraq in 2014, terrorized Christian residents fled in fear of their lives. Six years later, despite ... Features -
Iraqi Kurdistan arrests Turkish lawmaker’s brother for assassination of diplomat
Security services in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region said on Saturday they had arrested the brother of a lawmaker serving in the Turkish ... Middle East -
Turkish diplomat, one other shot dead in Kurdish capital
At least two people including a Turkish diplomat were shot dead on Wednesday in a rare attack in the capital of Iraq’s northern Kurdish region, ... Middle East -
US slams ‘wanton’ Turkish diplomat murder in Iraq’s Erbil
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo strongly condemned the murder on Wednesday of a Turkish diplomat in Erbil in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, ... World News -
ANALYSIS: The troubled relationship between Iraqi nationals and Kurds
The ongoing relationship between the Arab Iraqis and the Kurds in the north of Iraq continues to be difficult. It has evolved from the parent to child ... Features -
Barzani opens a new page in Baghdad
If the current Iraqi prime minister was someone else other than Adil Abdul Mahdi, it would have been difficult to imagine that the leader of Kurdistan ... Middle East -
Kurdish PUK party says it will not recognize poll result
One of the dominant Kurdish parties in northern Iraq said it would not recognize the results of Sunday’s parliamentary election, injecting ... Middle East -
Iraqi amputees take the plunge to forget horrors of ISIS
With artificial limbs in the place of legs they lost to extremists, a group of Iraqis plunged into a swimming pool for a special race aimed at helping ... Features -
Gunmen open fire and enter Erbil governorate building in Iraq’s Kurdish region
Gunmen entered the governorate building in Erbil, the seat of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq on Monday and began firing from ... Middle East -
Al Arabiya correspondents report from several cities during Iraq Elections
Iraqis voted on Saturday for the first time since the defeat of Islamic State, with Prime Minister Haider Abadi, an ally of both the United States and ... Features -
Iraq PM takes election campaign to Kurdish capital
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Thursday took his campaign for Iraq’s May 12 elections to the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, ... Middle East -
Kurdistan’s lost opportunity
It seems the protests which erupted last week in the Kurdistan region have missed a golden opportunity for reform. Protests erupted in Sulaymaniyah ... Middle East -
Iraqi army threatens Erbil over ignoring security pact
The Iraqi army announced that Kurdistan region ignored security agreements that have been approved previously, giving the region a "final ... Middle East -
Kurdish forces withdraw to June 2014 lines: Iraqi army commander
Kurdish Peshmerga forces have retreated to positions they held in northern Iraq in June 2014 in response to an Iraqi army advance into the region ... Middle East -
Iraq eases financial curbs on Kurdistan region, in a sign of de-escalation
Iraq’s central bank on Wednesday eased financial restrictions imposed on the Kurdistan region over its independence vote after receiving a ... Economy -
Iraqi military preparing to take control of Kurdish borders
Iraq's military is preparing to take control of the international borders of the northern Kurdish region. The preparations are part of the central ... Middle East -
All foreign flights to Iraq Kurd capital to end Friday
All foreign flights to and from the Iraqi Kurdish regional capital Erbil will be suspended from Friday evening on Baghdad's orders, its airport ... Middle East -
FlyDubai, Royal Jordanian, MEA and EgyptAir to suspend Erbil flights
Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines (MEA) will suspend flights to and from Erbil airport in northern Iraq from Friday, citing an Iraqi government ... Aviation & Transport -
Barzani demands alternative to referendum be presented within three days
Iraq's Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said on Tuesday that Erbil's union with Baghdad has come to an end.The president called for Iraq and the Iraqi ... Middle East -
Developing consensus to resolve the crisis in Iraq
The worst expected scenario to resolve the current crisis between Erbil and Baghdad is for a solution to be imposed by foreign parties either directly ... Middle East -
Iraqi Kurd parliament reconvenes to vote on independence referendum
The parliament of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region convened for the first time in two years on Friday to vote on a plan to hold a referendum ... Middle East -
Turkey warns Iraqi Kurdish referendum will ‘have a cost’
Turkey on Thursday warned Iraqi Kurdish leaders that a planned independence referendum would “have a cost” as Ankara welcomed a vote by ... Middle East -
Autumn of Iraq’s bleeding map
On the way from Erbil to Kirkuk, strange feelings haunted me. For the first time in my life, I wish I were a foreign correspondent, who writes with ... Middle East -
Iraqi girl reunited with family three years after ISIS abduction
The Ashti camp in Iraq’s northern city of Erbil on Saturday celebrated the return of a girl whose abduction by extremists three years ago sent ... Features -
Iraq’s Kurds say ‘no turning back’ on independence vote
Iraq’s Kurds said on Friday a referendum on independence will go ahead despite warnings internationally that a vote in favor of secession could ... Middle East -
Trapped Mosul civilians could face worst catastrophe of Iraq conflict, UN warns
The battle to dislodge ISIS from the Old City of Mosul, where hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians are trapped, could turn into the worst ... Middle East -
Far from Brooklyn, Iraq's hipsters declare war on poor dress sense
Far from Brooklyn, Iraq's hipsters declare war on poor dress sense Mr. Erbil is a fashion club for gentlemen in Iraq –Kurdistan that posts ... Fashion and beauty -
VIDEO: Snow blankets urban areas of Iraq’s Erbil
It had been snowing for weeks in the mountain regions near Erbil finally came down on urban areas Variety -
Turkey hits ISIS in Iraq following Kurdish request
Kurdistan has informed US Defense Secretary Ash Carter that its fighters had taken the town of Bashiqa near Mosul News