Tag: Kurdistan

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan region on Monday to resolve their conflict over Kurdish self-determination and disputed territories through dialogue, reported Reuters. "We are concerned and a bit sad," Tillerson said in his opening remarks. "We have...

Iraqi Kurdistan's main opposition party called for the autonomous region's president to resign after Baghdad seized swathes of disputed territory from Kurdish forces in response to an independence vote, reported AFP news agency on Sunday. Shoresh Haji of the Goran movement, which holds 24 out...

The German armed forces, or Bundeswehr, resumed on Sunday their advisory mission in Iraq, which had been temporarily put on hold due to the situation around Kirkuk, according to an official statement on their website. The German armed forces have been operating in the north...

The US State Department on Friday urged the Baghdad government to avoid clashes in northern Iraq by limiting the movement of federal troops in disputed areas to those coordinated with the Kurdistan Regional Government, reported Reuters. In a statement, it said Washington was concerned by...

The Iraqi oil ministry announced on Tuesday plans to construct a new refinery in the Kirkuk region, the site of recent clashes between federal government forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters. According to the minister of oil Jabar al-Luaibi, the government in Baghdad intends to increase...

Iraqi forces took control on Friday of the last district in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk still in the hands of Kurdish Peshmerga fighters following a three-hour battle, security sources said, as reported by Reuters.

About 100,000 Kurds have fled Kirkuk, fearing unrest, since Monday’s takeover of the region by Iraqi forces, officials from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said on Thursday. About 18,000 families have taken shelter in the cities of Erbil and Sulaimaniya, the governor of Erbil...

Iraq’s Supreme Justice Council ordered the arrest of Kurdistan Regional Government Vice President Kosrat Rasul on Thursday, Reuters reported. The official has been accused of allegedly describing Iraqi troops which took over the city of Kirkuk as “occupying forces.”

Iraqi forces on Tuesday took control of previously Kurdish-held areas around Mosul in Nineveh province, northern Iraq, according to a Wednesday military statement as cited by Reuters. The Mosul Dam, to the north-west of the city, is among the positions retaken from Kurdish Peshmerga forces. The...

Kurdish provinces in northern Iraq face new humanitarian challenges as thousands of people are displaced from Kirkuk, following the central government's control of the diverse area on Monday. "Our humanitarian colleagues in Iraq tell us that military movements in northern Iraq have displaced of thousands...

The Iraqi prime minister says the Kurdish secession referendum is now over and it is “a thing of the past”. Haider al-Abadi was speaking at a press conference in Baghdad. He called for dialogue under the Iraqi constitution to resolve the row over the...

Suspected Kurdish bomb attacks in northern Iraq have left at least four Turkish soldiers dead and several others injured. Turkish armed forces say the blasts were caused by improvised explosive devices planted by militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, the PKK. Officials say the explosions occurred...

People in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Monday have poured into the streets to celebrate after the army seized key installations outside the city from Kurdish forces. The Iraqi army, counter-terrorism troops and Popular Mobilization Units made rapid advances throughout the oil-rich region...

The U.S.-led coalition said an Iraqi-Kurdish clash in the region of Kirkuk where Iraqi army took control on Monday of Kurdish-held positions was a "misunderstanding" and urged both sides to avoid escalation, reported Reuters. "Coalition forces and advisors are not supporting Government of Iraq or...

The U.S.-led coalition said an Iraqi-Kurdish clash in the region of Kirkuk where Iraqi army took control on Monday of Kurdish-held positions was a "misunderstanding" and urged both sides to avoid escalation, reported Reuters. "Coalition forces and advisors are not supporting Government of Iraq or...

At least ten Kurdish fighters killed in clashes with Iraqi forces on Monday, said officials. --- The Iraqi military forces have reported the capture of the Kirkuk airport from the Kurdish army. Iraqi army units on Sunday seized positions in and around Kirkuk, a major oil city that's...

The Iraqi military forces have reported the capture of the Kirkuk airport from the Kurdish army. Iraqi army units on Sunday seized positions in and around Kirkuk, a major oil city that's dominated by the country's Kurdish people and which voted for independence last month. https://twitter.com/VOP_Today/status/919877408152604672 https://twitter.com/AlSuraEnglish/status/919876857733922816 https://twitter.com/AFP/status/919877162886402049 https://twitter.com/aawsat_eng/status/919850264202563584 ...

The Iraqi military forces have reported the capture of the Kirkuk airport from the Kurdish army. https://twitter.com/aawsat_eng/status/919850264202563584 https://twitter.com/AlSuraEnglish/status/919851712298360833 https://twitter.com/AlSuraEnglish/status/919849376364748803 https://twitter.com/thestevennabil/status/919849138153332736 --- Stay connected with , , and never miss the breaking news stories happening around the world 24/7.

Iraqi forces began moving at midnight on Sunday towards oil fields and an important air base held by Kurdish forces near the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, Iraqi and Kurdish officials said. The object of the advance was taking control of the K1 airbase, west of...

The Iraqi army launched an operation to retake Kurdish-held positions around the disputed oil city of Kirkuk on Friday amid a bitter row with the Kurds over a vote for independence last month. A senior Kurdish official said thousands of heavily armed fighters had been...