BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday the Kurdish independence referendum held last month in northern Iraq “is finished and has...
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday the Kurdish independence referendum held last month in northern Iraq “is finished and has...
RAQQA, Syria/BEIRUT: Kurdish groups who led the fight against Islamic State in its former capital Raqqa must navigate a complex peace to avoid...
BEIRUT: The Syrian army and allied forces pushed into the remaining Islamic State-held districts of Deir al-Zor city in eastern Syria on Tuesday,...
BAGHDAD/KIRKUK: The Baghdad government recaptured territory across the breadth of northern Iraq from Kurds on Tuesday, widening a sudden and dramatic campaign that...
Beirut: The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said Tuesday they had fully captured the Islamic State group's former Syrian stronghold Raqa, after more than...
Kirkuk, Iraq: Iraqi forces seized the Kirkuk governor's office, key military sites and an oil field as they swept across the disputed province...
BAGHDAD/KIRKUK: Iraqi government forces captured the major Kurdish-held oil city of Kirkuk on Monday, responding to a Kurdish referendum on independence with a...
ARBIL, Iraq: Iraqi forces have launched a major military operation in Kirkuk province, three weeks into a deepening crisis between Baghdad and the...
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s president said on Monday his country could no longer cope with hosting huge numbers of Syrian refugees and called on world...
BAGHDAD: Iraq said on Monday it was considering using security forces to prevent Kurdistan from shutting down output from the oil area of...
Mogadishu: Desperate Somalis searched for news of missing loved-ones on Monday, after a massive truck bomb in Mogadishu killed at least 276 people...
Kirkuk, Iraq: Thousands of residents fled Kurdish districts of Kirkuk for fear of clashes Monday after Iraqi military forces launched operations against Kurdish...
BAGHDAD: Iraq's Kurdish security forces said Baghdad would pay a "heavy price" for launching an advance on the Kurdish-held city of Kirkuk. In...
Baghdad: Iraqi forces said Monday they had taken control of roads and infrastructure from Kurdish fighters near the disputed city of Kirkuk as...
DUBAI: Iran's Foreign Ministry on Sunday denied reports that Tehran had closed a border crossing with northern Iraq in response to an independence...
Sulaimaniyah, Iraq: The presidents of Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan held talks Sunday to defuse an escalating crisis, after a deadline for Kurdish forces...
Mogadishu: Death toll from the twin bombings that hit Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday has risen to more than 90. A security official...
Baghdad: Nearly 700,000 Iraqis from the former jihadist stronghold of Mosul and nearby areas are still displaced despite the city's recapture in July,...
