(BasNews) The establishment of a Kurdish independent state should not be interpreted as a conspiracy plan against Baghdad, said a Kurdish Peshmerga commander. “This [Kurdistan independence] is a case
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Erbil (BasNews) Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani and Brett McGurk, the US Special Presidential Envoy to the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State (IS) discussed bilateral ties and
(Reuters) Iraqi troops battled Islamic State fighters for control of a bridge over the River Tigris in Mosul on Tuesday as civilians streamed out of recaptured western neighborhoods, cold,
(Reuters) Iraqi forces battling Islamic State faced tough resistance from snipers and mortar rounds on Monday as they tried to advance on Mosul’s Old City and a bridge
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State extremists executed late Monday eight civilians in the group’s stronghold town of Hawija, Kirkuk, for helping fellow locals flee the region, sources said.
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Authorities in Kirkuk province have run into a mass grave containing the bodies of Kurdish Peshmerga troops, officials say. Shakhwan Abdullah, a member of the Iraqi
(Reuters) The number of civilians escaping the fighting in Mosul has increased significantly as battles intensify between U.S.-backed Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants, and some have
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) The Chief of Staff of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, Lieutenant General Jamal Mohamed, announced on Thursday, that the Peshmerga forces will not withdraw from the areas
(Reuters) Crude flows from Iraq’s northern Kirkuk fields resumed on Thursday after being halted for several hours when Kurdish forces stormed a facility in protest at the Iraqi
(Reuters) U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Tuesday battled their way to within firing range of Mosul’s main government buildings, a major target in the offensive to dislodge