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Iraqi Kurdistan

Latest news from the Kurdistan region in Iraq, including stories from Erbil, Duhok, Halabja and Sulaymanyah

A member of the Kurdish Peshmerga militia faces ISIS positions in Diyala, Iraq. AFP

As US and Iraq engage in talks, the fight against ISIS continues

IraqApril 07, 2021
Protesters gather in the city of Sulaimaniyah in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on August 22, 2020, to call for the resignation of the local government, accountability for corruption, and early elections. AFP

Iraqi Kurdistan cracks down on protest coverage

August 23, 2020
Mazloum Dag has been named as the main suspect in the shooting of a Turkish diplomat in the Iraqi Kurdistan capital Erbil on July 17, 2019. Kurdistan Region Counterterrorism Unit / AFP

Iraq Kurds accuse PKK of Turkish diplomat's murder

July 27, 2019
hezbollah women supporters march in Beirut holding pictures of relatives who were killed fighting in Syria October 1, 2017. AFP

Iraq’s inability to curb Iran’s militias has ominous parallels

WorldJune 20, 2019
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi meets US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Cairo. EPA

Pompeo: no contradictions in Washington’s Syria policy

January 10, 2019
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, arrives in Erbil, in Iraq's Kurdish Region. AP

Iraqi lawmaker: US must treat Baghdad with caution

January 10, 2019
Iraqi Kurds wave flags during a demonstration outside the UN Office in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region. Safin Hamed / AFP

Iraqi Kurdish independence dreams are on hold

September 24, 2018
Dana Gas said it received Dh271 million in condensate sales from the Kurdistan Regional Government. WAM

Dana Gas to balance investment against payment owed in Egypt

EnergyAugust 14, 2018
Anti-FGM campaigner Mrs Kurdistan Rasul speaks to Said Abdulwahid, the village elder of Gomasheen. Florian Neuhof for The National

Iraqi Kurdish activists stamping out female genital mutilation

April 26, 2018
A burned poster of Massoud Barzani, the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, is displayed in front of the now abandoned building belonging to the Kurdish security forces in Kirkuk. Khalid Mohammed / AP

Kurdish leader Barzani says 'no regrets' about independence referendum

January 27, 2018
Queen Elizabeth II recording her annual Christmas message to the Commonwealth from the 1844 room at Buckingham Palace, London. John Stillwell - WPA Pool/ Getty Images
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World leaders deliver Christmas messages

WorldDecember 25, 2017

Kurdish protesters set fire to KDP office in Sulaimaniyah

December 18, 2017
British prime minister Theresa May, pictured here leaving Number 10 Downing Street in London on December 11, 2017, has vowed to protect the rights of Kurds under the Iraqi constitution. Jack Taylor / Getty Images

UK vows to protect rights of Kurdistan — within limits of Iraq constitution

December 12, 2017
Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Front forces fighters on June 20, 2017 on the Iraq-Syria border in Nineveh, Iraq. The prime minister said leaders of such militias would not be allowed to stand for election.

Abadi bans militia leaders from Iraq elections

November 19, 2017
Iraqi Kurdish prime minister Nechirvan Barzani speaks during a press conference in Erbil on November 13, 2017. Safin Hamed / AFP

Iraq Kurds say they respect federal court decision banning independence

November 14, 2017
Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi (R) pictured at the Conservative Party Conference in 2010 with then British prime minister, David Cameron. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

UK MP takes Dh145,656 a month from Kurdish oil firm

EuropeNovember 12, 2017
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