(Reuters) U.S. backed Syrian forces repelled a major counter-attack by Islamic State militants holding out at the country’s largest dam and in the nearby town of Tabqa,
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Erbil (BasNews) The leader of al-Jabouri Arab tribes in Kirkuk Sheikh Masrour al-Jabouri described the Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri as a defector to Iran and declared al-Jabouri tribes’
Tuz Khurmatu (BasNews) Two improvised explosive devices (IED) injured six Peshmerga troops in west of Tuz Khurmatu, south of Kirkuk province, early on Sunday. Mohamed Fayaq, head of Tuz
Kirkuk (BasNews/IraqiNews.com) Kirkuk Provincial Council has made it clear that the Iraqi parliament’s decision against hosting the Kurdistan flag in Kirkuk will not be enforced. The
Kirkuk (BasNews) Kurdish members of the Iraqi parliament left a parliamentary session on Saturday after it issued a decision against raising the Kurdistan flag on state buildings in Kirkuk
Erbil (BasNews) The independence referendum in Kurdistan Region will be held this year and the United Nations (UN) and the US will have a supporting role in the move,
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Airstrikes killed six Islamic State leaders southwest of Kirkuk on Friday, according to Kurdish military sources. The six members were killed when an airstrike targeted their
Erbil (BasNews)/(IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Shi’ite politician and the leader of Islamic Dawa Party, Nouri al-Maliki, has opposed recent decision by Kirkuk provincial council to hoist Kurdistan flag
Erbil (BasNews) Kurdistan Region will soon hold a referendum on independence to show the will of the people to the world, said Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani during a
Erbil (BasNews) Al-Janbeen Arab tribe in Kirkuk stated their support for affixing the city to Kurdistan Region. Jawad al-Janabi, the representative of Al-Janabeen tribe in Kirkuk, told BasNews “Raising