Iraqi Kurdistan

Anti-government protesters clash with police in Iraq’s Kurdistan

Dec 19, 2017 11:06

Security forces in Iraq’s Kurdistan region have clashed with demonstrators protesting corruption and unpaid salaries for a second day.
Mass grave of 400 Daesh victims discovered in northwestern Iraq

Dec 14, 2017 11:02

Iraqi security forces have discovered yet another mass grave containing the bodies of at least 400 people slain by Daesh terrorists in the city of Sinjar in northwestern Nineveh Province.
Iraqi Hashd al-Sha’abi fighters discover two Izadi mass graves

Dec 02, 2017 13:37

Iraqi pro-government fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units have found two mass graves in the country’s northern province of Nineveh, which contain the bodies of more than a hundred members of the Izadi minority group believed to have been executed by Daesh Takfiri terrorists.
UN urges Iraq’s Kurdistan to respect court ruling on secession vote

Nov 22, 2017 10:15

The United Nations has called on the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to abide by a top court ruling that declared the recent secession referendum in northern Iraq unconstitutional.
Iraq court rules Kurdistan secession vote unconstitutional

Nov 20, 2017 12:07

Iraq's Supreme Federal Court has ruled Kurdistan’s controversial secession referendum as unconstitutional, saying the results of the vote are void.
Iraqi PM urges Kurds to withdraw to pre-2003 borders

Nov 15, 2017 09:27

The Iraqi prime minister has welcomed a decision by Kurdish officials to respect a recent court ban on secession, but called on them to hand over control of the territory they have illegally overrun since 2003.
Iraq’s Kurdistan says respects secession ban ruling

Nov 14, 2017 10:09

Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) says it abides by a recent top court ruling that bans any secession from the mainland, expressing hope that the decision will set the stage for dialog between Baghdad and Erbil.
Iraq in talks to export Kirkuk oil to Iranian refinery

Nov 08, 2017 10:37

Iran and Iraq have reportedly started talks over the shipment of crude oil from the fields around Kirkuk to the Kermanshah refinery inside the Iranian territory.
Abadi calls on Kurdistan govt. to stand committed to Iraq’s unity

Nov 06, 2017 13:23

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has called on the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to clearly announce its firm committed to the national unity following tensions between Baghdad government and Kurdish authorities over a non-binding Kurdish independence vote.
Iraq's top court bans any secession after Kurdish crisis

Nov 06, 2017 12:26

Iraq's Supreme Federal Court has ruled that no region or province could secede from the homeland after an unconstitutional Kurdish referendum that ended in failure but brought the country to the brink of a new crisis.