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Published time: 2 Dec, 2017 13:30 Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, who is visiting Paris, has reaffirmed to French President Emmanuel Macron that the autonomous region will respect Iraqi federal court ruling against the independence referendum that took place in September. The Kurds will engage in dialogue with Baghdad in order to mend relations and […]
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake killed more than 300 along the Iran/Iraq border. The earthquake trigger landslides that hindered rescue efforts. The head of Iranian Red Crescent said more than 70,000 people were in need of emergency shelter. BAGHDAD/ANKARA (Reuters) – More than 300 people were killed in Iran when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted the […]
On a sandstorm-swept morning in Baghdad earlier last week, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the legendary deputy leader of Hashd al-Shaabi, a.k.a. People Mobilization Units (PMUs) and the actual mastermind of numerous ground battles against ISIS/Daesh, met a small number of independent foreign journalists and analysts. This was a game-changing moment in more ways than one. It […]
Thomson Reuters IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraq’s Kurdish fighters have lost more territory in Iraq, a day after Iraqi forces pushed them out of the disputed oil-rich city of Kirkuk. In the town of Sinjar, commander of the local Yazidi militia, Masloum Shingali, says the Kurdish forces left before dawn on Tuesday, allowing Shiite-led militiamen […]
“Very few of my friends have come to Kurdistan on holiday, but I don’t understand why it’s still seen as such a risky place to visit,” says Sophie*, 28, who has lived in Erbil for five and a half years and works for a local NGO. “Those that do make the trip are always surprised […]
REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra The operation to retake Iraq’s second city of Mosul from the so-called Islamic State (IS) has entered its crucial phase. The Iraqi army, federal police, elite counter-terrorism units, and rapid response troops are operating on the ground, bolstered by discreetly embedded US special forces. The US and Iraqi air forces, meanwhile, are carrying […]
