News

Bianet4h
Turkey says gas exposure that killed 12 soldiers in Iraq's north was first of its kind
Nineteen soldiers were hospitalized after being exposed to methane gas during a cave search in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish ...
Agence France-Presse on MSN1d
Iraq's Kurdistan enjoys all-day state electricity
More than 30 percent of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region now has 24-hour state electricity, authorities said Thursday, with ...
Rudaw10h
Iraq’s top court to hear key cases on delayed Kurdistan salaries
Erbil, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court is set to review two critical lawsuits on Monday concerning the delayed disbursement of salaries for public employees in the Kurdistan Region.
Kurdish fighters in Iraq to hand over weapons in first step toward disarmament
IRBIL, Iraq -- A Kurdish militant group that has waged a long-running insurgency in Turkey announced Thursday its fighters in ...
Associated Press13d
Iranian Kurdish dissidents abroad watch for signs of Tehran vulnerability after war with Israel
They include a handful of exiled Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish ...
Rudaw2d
France hails Iraq ties, stresses Kurdish inclusion in Syria’s future
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - France’s foreign ministry on Tuesday described relations with Iraq as “very dynamic and very dense, ...
Jailed Kurdish militant leader urges PKK fighters to disarm before a symbolic peace ceremony
The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party has renewed his call for fighters to disarm. Abdullah Ocalan emphasized ...
Christianity Today7d
What Do Iraq’s Persecuted Yazidis Believe?
Maao said that in the Yazidi story, God rewarded this angel (which they believe was a spirit called Melek Tawûs) for his ...
Rudaw1d
Iraqi ministerial committee on Erbil-Baghdad budget issues holds first meeting
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s newly formed ministerial committee tasked with resolving outstanding disputes between Erbil ...
Syria’s government and Kurds still at odds over merging forces after latest talks, US envoy says
A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the ...