Kurdistan

July 25, 2022

Ancient fortress found by archaeologists may be a lost royal city

(CNN) – A 2,000-year-old fortress built on a mountainside in what’s now Iraqi Kurdistan could be part of a lost…

December 4, 2021

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — An attack by Islamic State militants on a village in northern Iraq killed at least 12…

November 16, 2021

BAGHDAD (AP) — When Gaylan Delir Ismael heard that other Iraqis were making their way to Europe via an easily…

May 18, 2021

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish security forces have killed an alleged high-ranking Kurdish militant in an operation in northern Iraq,…

December 23, 2020

ANKARA (Reuters) – The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Turkey must immediately release prominent Kurdish politician…

December 21, 2020

ANKARA (Reuters) – A Turkish court on Monday sentenced a former pro-Kurdish lawmaker who was stripped of her parliamentary status…

October 8, 2019

BEIRUT (AP) — For Syria’s Kurds, the United States’ abrupt pull-back from positions in northeast Syria carries a sharp sting,…

February 13, 2019

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – The wrecks of vehicles used by Islamic State militants as car bombs and other metal debris…

December 3, 2018

CAIRO (Reuters) – Iraq’s Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has nominated Nechirvan Barzani for the presidency of Iraqi Kurdistan and…

November 26, 2018

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said no effort should be spared to help victims of a 6.3 magnitude…