9 killed in Iranian attack in northern Iraq
Nine people were killed and 30 others injured on Saturday in an Iranian attack on a camp of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan in…
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Why Kurds deserve independence
Kurdish people in Iraqi Kurdistan, or South Kurdistan, revolted against the Iraqi government and gained semi-autonomy in 1991. After Saddam Hussein’s regime fell in 2003,…
Assad aide: Syrian Kurds must learn lesson from fate of Kurdistan Region
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – An advisor to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) must learn a lesson from the…
Turkey: Erbil should declare referendum ‘null and void’
ANKARA The Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) should declare the referendum “null and void” as “everyone” expects, the Turkish presidential spokesman said on Wednesday. Speaking at…
Kurdish official denies Iraqi forces control Turkey crossing
IRBIL, Iraq — An Iraqi Kurdish official is denying reports that Iraqi federal forces have taken control of a key border crossing between Turkey and…
Iraq orders truce with Kurds to allow peaceful deployment at border crossings
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered a 24-hour suspension to military operations against Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, to allow for the…
Iran spoiled a plot to create second Israel in Iraq: Iranian official
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the Quds commander Qassem Soleimani have spoiled an American-Israel plot to create a second Israel in…
How Iraq crushed the Kurds’ dream of independence
We crossed the Kurdish frontline without realising. It did not amount to much on the morning of 16 October; a few lightly armed men in…
Turkey, Iran ‘glad’ to work together to support Iraq’s territorial integrity
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Turkey and Iran have pledged to take “necessary steps” and to stand together against violations of the territorial integrity of Iraq….
Kurdish leader meets EU envoy to Iraq in Erbil
Masoud Barzani, president of northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, met Tuesday with EU Ambassador to Iraq Patrick Simonnet in the city of Erbil. According to…