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The U.S., Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Kurds — they all have interests here but risk touching off a war if they each have their way ...
Recent drone attacks in Kurdistan are once again bringing the issue of Iraq’s Iran-backed militias to the fore.
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Iraqi parliament is set to meet in an extraordinary session on Monday to discuss the recent drone attacks targeting critical oil infrastructure in the Kurdistan Region.
Hours later, the anti-terrorism department said the Baadre oil field, located in the Sheikhan district of Dohuk province, was ...
By bnm Gulf bureau Bahrain expressed its intention to open a consulate in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, and launch direct flights between Manama and Erbil, Shafaq News reported on August ...
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s foreign ministry on Sunday called for increased international cooperation to rescue Yazidis ...
Drone strikes on five oil fields in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) by unknown groups between July 14 and 16, 2025, ...
The U.S. and allies are ramping up energy and infrastructure deals to bolster ties with Iraq and its semi-autonomous ...
Most of the attacks targeted energy infrastructure in Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq. The KRG has blamed Iranian-backed militias affiliated with the Popular Mobilization Forces ...
SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey began laying down their weapons in a symbolic ceremony on Friday in ...
Iraqi Kurds have been in control of their region since 1991, when, with the help of the U.S.-enforced no-fly zone, they drove Saddam’s forces out of northern Iraq.