Turkey condemns bomb attacks on Iraqi Turkmen
Turkey has condemned Wednesday bomb attacks on ethnic Turkmen in Kirkuk, northern Iraq in which 10 people were injured. “We condemn the bomb attacks on…
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Bombs wound 11 people in Iraqi city of Kirkuk
Several roadside bombs and mortar rounds wounded 11 people in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, witnesses said. A police official said…
Car bomb near ballot box site in Iraq’s Kirkuk kills one
One person was killed in Iraq’s Kirkuk on Sunday when a suicide car bomb went off near a storage site housing ballot boxes from a…
Iraq and BP sign deal to boost Kirkuk crude output
Iraq signed a memorandum of understanding with BP on Thursday to boost production capacity at its northern Kirkuk oilfields, the country’s oil ministry said in…
UPDATE 1-Iraq plans tender for new Kirkuk oil pipeline
VIENNA, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Iraq will announce a tender for a new oil export pipeline from the Kirkuk oilfield within a week, the country’s…
Iraq to sell Kirkuk oil to Iran
Iraq and Iran agreed in principle to export Kirkuk oil to Iran, according to the Iraqi oil ministry. Iraqi Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaibi said on Friday in…
Riyadh: reluctant US partner in Iraq
WASHINGTON DC, United States (Kurdistan 24) – The US opposes Iranian proxies everywhere, it seems, except in Iraq, and a key US partner in Iraq,…
Kurds fearful and angry after Iraqi forces take Kirkuk
As the sun lowers over Kirkuk, crowds of young Arabs and Turkmen take to the streets waving Iraqi flags, dancing and honking car horns in…
The Iran conundrum
President Trump’s decision to decertify the Iran deal followed by his threats to pull out (while senior officials contradicted him by insisting he wanted to…
Iraq’s military declares mission accomplished in Kirkuk
Iraq’s military says it achieved its objectives in a lightning-quick operation that saw troops sweep through disputed Kurdish-held territory in a punishing riposte to an…