Iraq’s newest province Halabja will not be considered its own constituency in Iraq’s upcoming parliamentary elections, an ...

Drone attacks for a third day on oilfields in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region have slashed crude output by 140,000 to 150,000 barrels per day, two energy officials said on Wednesday, as ...

Hours later, the anti-terrorism department said the Baadre oil field, located in the Sheikhan district of Dohuk province, was ...

A restart of Iraq's Kurdish oil exports via Turkey's Ceyhan pipeline is not imminent, four industry sources familiar with the ...

In Iraq, Turkey's relationship with the Kurdistan Regional Government is more nuanced. Whereas Turkey opposes its own Kurds, it has forged strong military and economic ties with those in Iraq.

The Iraqi Kurds’ recent territorial gains have sparked widespread speculation that they may soon be able to realize the Kurdish dream of statehood. Over the past few weeks, excited Kurds around ...

The Kurds are all too familiar with violence, Iraqi style. They have a tradition of tragedy, none more brutal than the blow that came down in a matter of minutes one bloody Friday in 1988.

In another unprecedented attack, Iran directly targeted the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil with another barrage of Fateh-110 missiles on Mar. 13, 2022. This time, however, it wasn’t targeting a ...

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Iraqi Kurds held an election today that most of the world did not want to happen. It's a referendum on Kurdish independence from Iraq. Voters are expected to support it strongly.

Masoud Barzani is the president of the Kurdistan region of Iraq. On Sept. 25, the people of Iraqi Kurdistan will decide in a binding referendum if they want independence or to remain part of Iraq.