Putin Heads to Turkey as Ties Rapidly Thaw
ISTANBUL — In a sign of rapidly deepening ties, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will welcome his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to the presidential palace…
Iraqi Kurds
Iraqi Kurdish fashionistas make a splash
Conflict and militancy may be first things that occur to many about Iraq, but a group of young fashion-conscious Kurds are hoping to help project…
Kurdistan PM argue against Canada’s ‘organized migration’ of Yazidis
Iraq’s Kurdistan region,— The Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq opposes the Canadian plan to bring what could be thousands of Kurdish Yazidi refugees to…
Iraq’s Kurdish party concerned about Shia militias
The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in northern Iraq has said on Sunday it would not let al-Hashdi al-Shabi, a Shia militia group, settle in the…
Kurds seize ISIS-held town near Mosul
Iraqi Kurdish forces have seized the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from the Islamic State group, an official said Tuesday, as US-backed militia forces advanced…