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President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey may shut its border with northern Iraq “at any moment” after closing its air space…

Iraqi forces captured several positions south of Kirkuk from Kurdish fighters on Monday in their bid to regain control of…

Kurdish authorities have sent thousands more troops to the oil region of Kirkuk to confront “threats” from Iraq’s central government,…

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) offered to hold talks with Iraqi authorities on the status of Kurdish airports, border posts…

France offered on Thursday to mediate in a political crisis pitting Iraq’s government against Kurdish regional authorities, and promised to…

Iraqi forces have captured the town of Hawija and the surrounding area from Islamic State, though some fighting still raged…

Iran’s state TV is reporting the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is visiting Iran as Tehran and Ankara weigh how…

Iraqi forces launched a final assault on Wednesday to capture the town of Hawija, one of two pockets of territory…

Flags flew at half-staff across Iraq’s northern autonomous Kurdish region on Wednesday as Iraqi Kurds began observing a week of…

Up to 78,000 people could be trapped in Islamic State-held Hawija in northern Iraq, the United Nations said on Tuesday, as…