Iraqi Kurdistan

Hoisting non-Iraqi flags in Kirkuk unconstitutional: Iran

Apr 03, 2017 12:52

Following a recent bid by the Kirkuk Provincial Council to raise the regional flag in front of some buildings, Iran says only Iraqi national colors must be allowed to fly in the country’s northern province of Kirkuk.
Iraqi alliance: Kurdish flags in Kirkuk threaten national unity

Apr 03, 2017 08:19

The Iraqi National Alliance (INA), headed by senior cleric Ammar al-Hakim, says the hoisting of Kurdish flags over government buildings in Kirkuk is threatening national unity.
Iraqi parliament bans hoisting of Kurdish flags in Kirkuk

Apr 01, 2017 12:28

The Iraqi parliament has voted to ban the hoisting of Kurdish flags over government buildings in the northern city of Kirkuk.
Turkish FM slams decision to fly Kurdish flag in Kirkuk

Mar 29, 2017 13:27

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has criticized a decision in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk to hoist the Kurdish flag over government buildings and public places.
Daesh terrorists burn to death 15 Iraqi civilians in Kirkuk governorate

Feb 12, 2017 14:13

Members of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group have reportedly burned to death more than a dozen young Kurdish women in Iraq’s northern oil-rich governorate of Kirkuk as the terrorists continue to perpetrate various crimes against humanity in areas under their control.
US-led airstrikes kill nearly dozen civilians in Iraq, Syria

Feb 03, 2017 03:17

Nearly a dozen civilians have lost their lives when military aircraft from the US-led coalition purportedly fighting Daesh in Syria and Iraq carried out separate airstrikes in the northern parts of the two conflict-plagued Arab countries.
Turkey's prime minister meets with Iraq's Kurdistan leader

Jan 08, 2017 11:46

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has met with Masoud Barzani, the president of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), in Erbil to discuss a range of regional issues.
Daesh summarily executed Iraqi civilians near Mosul: HRW

Dec 27, 2016 16:41

Human Rights Watch says the Takfiri Daesh terrorists have "summarily executed" more than a dozen civilians near the northern city of Mosul.
Daesh snipers kill 15 children in Mosul

Dec 01, 2016 10:56

Daesh snipers have shot dead at least 15 children fleeing a terrorist-held neighborhood in Mosul which is besieged by the Iraqi army as part of a massive offensive to retake the city, a security source says.
Kurdish forces won’t withdraw from Iraq’s liberated areas: Barzani

Nov 17, 2016 02:35

The president of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region says the Kurdish Peshmerga forces will not withdraw from the regions recaptured from Daesh terrorists in Iraq.