Iran slaps fuel trade embargo on Iraqi Kurdistan
TEHRAN: Iran has embargoed exports and imports of fuel products to and from Iraqi Kurdistan… Read More
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International air ban over Iraqi Kurdistan comes into effect
ERBIL: A ban on international flights to Iraqi Kurdistan, imposed by Iraq’s central government in… Read More
8 years ago
Turkey wants summit with Iran and Iraq after Kurd vote: PM
ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Thursday he wants to hold a summit… Read More
8 years ago
Iraq suspends flights to Kurd region over independence referendum
BAGHDAD: All foreign flights to and from the Iraqi Kurdish capital Arbil will be suspended… Read More
8 years ago
Massive ‘yes’ vote in Iraqi Kurd independence referendum
ERBIL: Iraq's Kurds announced a massive "yes" vote for independence on Wednesday following a referendum… Read More
8 years ago
Pope Francis urges world to open arms to migrants
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Wednesday urged people across the world to open their arms… Read More
8 years ago
Iraqi PM calls on Kurds to cancel independence referendum result
BAGHDAD/ERBIL: Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi demanded on Wednesday that Kurdish authorities “cancel” the outcome… Read More
8 years ago
Erdogan warns of ‘ethnic war’ risk over Iraqi Kurdish independence
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday warned the Iraqi Kurdish leader against pushing… Read More
8 years ago
Damascus ready to discuss autonomy for Syria Kurds: minister
DAMASCUS: The Syrian government is ready to discuss autonomy for the country's Kurds, Syrian Foreign… Read More
8 years ago
Historic independence referendum for Kurdistan underway in Iraq
ARBIL: Iraqi Kurds are to vote in an independence referendum on Monday in defiance of… Read More
8 years ago
Iraq Kurd head says Baghdad partnership ‘failed’, vote to go ahead
ERBIL: Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani, on the eve of a disputed independence referendum, said… Read More
8 years ago
Kurdish government meets Baghdad officials on eve of independence vote
ERBIL, IRAQ: A delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government held talks with the Iraqi government… Read More
8 years ago
Iraq brings all of remaining IS territory under attack
BAGHDAD: Iraq brought all of its territory still held by the Islamic State group under… Read More
8 years ago
Saudi Arabia urges Kurds to scrap independence referendum
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday urged Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani to call off to… Read More
8 years ago
Kurds: one stateless people across four countries
ARBIL, Iraq: The Kurds, a non-Arab ethnic group, number between 25 and 35 million people… Read More
8 years ago
Russia and Iraq restore air travel after 13-year freeze
MOSCOW: Russia and Iraq restored scheduled commercial airline (Air Travel) services on Sunday for the… Read More
8 years ago
Iranians among 52 dead in Iraq attacks claimed by IS
NASRIYAH, IRAQ: Gunmen and suicide car bombers on Thursday killed at least 52 people including… Read More
8 years ago
Iraq retakes Tal Afar and surrounding areas from IS
BAGHDAD: Iraq declared on Thursday that its forces had retaken the northern city of Tal… Read More
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‘Gates of Hell’: Iraqi army says fighting near Tal Afar worse than Mosul
BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces battling to retake the small town of al-’Ayadiya where militants fleeing Tal… Read More
8 years ago
Jordan, Iraq reopen only border crossing
AMMAN: Jordan and Iraq on Wednesday reopened their only border crossing, saying security had been… Read More
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