iraq

Kurdish officials say former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has died in a Berlin hospital at the age of 83. A…

Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region plans to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Nov. 1, the Erbil-based Rudaw TV said on…

Iraq’s military prepared Saturday to take control of the international borders of the northern Kurdish region. The move is part…

International flights to and from Iraq’s Kurdistan region were set to end from 6:00 p.m. (11.00 a.m. ET) on Friday,…

Egypt’s flag carrier EgyptAir will suspend flights to and from Erbil airport in northern Iraq from Friday after the Baghdad…

Massive controversy surfaced on social media in Egypt in the wake of video footage circulated in which a 30-year-old woman…

Baghdad heaped pressure on Iraq’s Kurds on Wednesday, demanding they cancel their overwhelming vote for independence while parliament urged the…

Turkey’s border with northern Iraq remains open, although that does not mean it will remain so, the Turkish customs minister…

Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said on Tuesday that Kurds had voted “yes” to independence in a referendum held in…

Thousands of Iranian Kurds poured into the streets of Iran overnight and into early Tuesday in support of the Iraqi…