Kurdistan
Girl killed, eight people hurt in Iraqi airstrike: Kurdish official
World
July 7, 2014
Girl killed, eight people hurt in Iraqi airstrike: Kurdish official
A 12-year-old girl has been killed and eight other civilians wounded in an Iraqi airstrike on a Kurdish-held town in…
Kerry in Kurdistan to urge leaders to be part of national government
World
June 24, 2014
Kerry in Kurdistan to urge leaders to be part of national government
US Secretary of State John Kerry was in Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday to urge its leaders not to withdraw from…
U.N. plans first aid airlift to Syria from Iraq as winter grips
World
December 10, 2013
U.N. plans first aid airlift to Syria from Iraq as winter grips
The United Nations' first relief airlift to Syria from Iraq will deliver food and winter supplies to the mostly Kurdish…
Kurd rebels free Turkish soldiers seized in weekend unrest
World
December 9, 2013
Kurd rebels free Turkish soldiers seized in weekend unrest
Kurdish rebels freed on Monday four Turkish soldiers abducted in the southeast of the country in the worst flareup of…
Suicide bomber kills 22 inside Iraqi Shia mosque
World
January 23, 2013
Suicide bomber kills 22 inside Iraqi Shia mosque
A suicide bomber disguised as a mourner killed at least 22 people inside a Shia Muslim mosque in northern Iraq…
Turkish jets ‘bomb Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq’
World
August 25, 2012
Turkish jets ‘bomb Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq’
Turkish warplanes bombed areas of northern Iraq early Saturday in a bid to target rear bases of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a…
Kurdish Syria: From cultural to armed revolution
World
July 28, 2012
Kurdish Syria: From cultural to armed revolution
DERIK, Syria — The Kurdish rebellion in northeastern Syria intensified in fighting that erupted Saturday 22 July, as militias raising…
Hundreds protest flag ruling in disputed Iraq Kurdish town
World
October 16, 2011
Hundreds protest flag ruling in disputed Iraq Kurdish town
Hundreds rallied in the disputed Iraqi town of Khanaqin on Sunday to demand the reversal of a central government ruling…
Iraq’s oil minister: Kurds can export their oil through nation’s network
World
December 25, 2010
Iraq’s oil minister: Kurds can export their oil through nation’s network
Iraq's newly appointed oil minister said on Saturday that Kurds can sell their oil to the outside world only through…
Egypt’s Kurdistan consulate launches operations
Egypt
November 11, 2010
Egypt’s Kurdistan consulate launches operations
Egypt’s new consul in Kurdistan, Suleiman Othman, on Thursday began diplomatic operations in the semi-autonomous Iraqi region. Othman arrived in…