Elections

Oct 18, 2017

Iraq's Kurdish region postpones elections

Kurdish media says Iraqi Kurdish officials have postponed elections for parliament and president of the autonomous region in the wake of the withdrawal of Kurdish forces from disputed regions across northern and eastern Iraq


The Latest: Iraqi forces seize oil fields in Kirkuk
Oct 17, 2017

The Latest: Iraqi forces seize oil fields in Kirkuk

The Latest: Iraqi forces push Kurdish allies out of oil-rich Kirkuk as U.S urges negotiations.


Iraqi forces enter territory disputed with Kurds
Oct 16, 2017

Iraqi forces enter territory disputed with Kurds

Iraqi federal forces have entered disputed territory held by Kurds, seeking to end a nearly month-old political fight over areas taken under control by Kurdish militias three years ago to defend the oil city of Kirkuk against the Islamic State group


Oct 15, 2017

The Latest: Iraq media say troops enter area held by Kurds

Iraqi state media say federal troops have entered disputed territories occupied by the nation's Kurds


Palestinian rivals reach preliminary deal on governing Gaza
Oct 12, 2017

Palestinian rivals reach preliminary deal on governing Gaza

Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas have reached a preliminary agreement that could return the Gaza Strip to President Mahmoud Abbas' control and ease a decade-old Israeli-Egyptian blockade of the coastal territory.


Oct 8, 2017

Speaker's visit to Kurds divides Iraqi parliament

Office of Iraq's parliament speaker says Salim Jabouri is traveling to the country's Kurdish region to meet with its leader, Masoud Barzani in wake of independence referendum


Oct 4, 2017

Iraqi Kurds mourn death of leader Talabani, symbol of unity

Iraq Kurdish region begins week of mourning after death of former president, Jalal Talabani, who symbolized unity


Oct 3, 2017

Kurdish leader Talabani, onetime hope for Iraqi unity, dies

Jalal Talabani, the Kurdish guerrilla leader who became Iraq's president after the U.S. toppled Saddam Hussein, and who embodied hopes for a unified, peaceful future through years of strife, has died at the age of 83.


Sep 30, 2017

Iraqi military preparing to take control of Kurdish borders

Iraq's military is preparing to take control of the international borders of the northern Kurdish region


Sep 29, 2017

Iraqi forces to take control of Kurdish regional borders

A central government imposed ban on international flights servicing airports in Iraq's Kurdish region has gone into effect Friday evening at 6:00 p.m. local


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