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Iraqi Kurd parliament delays elections for 8 months
Oct 24, 2017 (AFP)
Regional legislative and presidential elections had both been due on November 1 but were postponed after Baghdad seized a swathe of territory from Kurdish force...
Iraq's Barzani isolated by his drive for Kurdish independence
Oct 23, 2017 (AFP)
He organised the September 25 referendum in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq with much fanfare, despite domestic and international objections. But...
15 Afghan army trainees killed in Kabul suicide attack: defence ministry
Oct 21, 2017 (AFP)
"This afternoon when a minibus carrying army cadets was coming out of the military academy, a suicide bomber on foot targeted them, martyring 15 and wounding fo...
Clashes as Iraq army takes last Kurd-held area of Kirkuk province
Oct 20, 2017 (AFP)
Iraq's Joint Operations Command said police, counter-terrorism units and allied militias seized the Altun Kupri region, extending the central government's terri...
Kurd disarray highlights Iraq army's newfound prowess
Oct 20, 2017 (AFP)
For 14 years since the US-led invasion, the Kurds had taken advantage of the weakness of the federal army to slowly chip away at territory they had long claimed...
Iraqi Kurds say open to talks after Baghdad military operation
Oct 19, 2017 (AFP)
"The cabinet welcomes the initiative of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on starting negotiations with the regional government to solve pending issues according t...
Independence dreams turn to despair for Iraq's Kurds
Oct 18, 2017 (AFP)
But now those dreams have turned to dust as Iraqi forces snatched the disputed city of Kirkuk and its surrounding oil riches in a lightning strike back that rob...
Baghdad says mission accomplished in Kurd operation
Oct 18, 2017 (AFP)
On Monday and Tuesday, federal troops and allied militia retook the northern province of Kirkuk and its lucrative oil fields, as well as formerly Kurdish-held a...
Iraqi army retakes almost all disputed areas from Kurds
Oct 18, 2017 (AFP)
The retreat of Kurdish forces, almost without a fight, triggered recriminations amongst Kurdish politicians and prompted the regional parliament to postpone ele...
Kurdish infighting opened way for Iraqi advances
Oct 17, 2017 (AFP)
Iraqi forces on Tuesday took control of five out of six oil fields in the disputed province, dealing a body blow to Kurdish finances and hopes of establishing a...
Iraq's Kurds, long persecuted under Saddam Hussein
Oct 17, 2017 (AFP)
Kurds make up 15-20 percent of the country's population -- some five to six million people -- and live mostly in the oil-rich north. Significant populations of ...
Iraqi forces seize Kirkuk governor's office in push against Kurds
Oct 16, 2017 (AFP)
The rapid advance, involving troops, tanks and armoured vehicles, aims to recapture oil and military targets that Kurdish forces took over during the fightback ...
Clashes between Iraqi, Kurdish troops close to Kirkuk city
Oct 16, 2017 (AFP)
Shortly before, state television announced that government troops had taken "large areas" of the province from Kurdish peshmerga fighters "without fighting", al...
Baghdad accuses Kurds of 'declaration of war'
Oct 15, 2017 (AFP)
Kurdish officials denied Baghdad's claim that forces from Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were among its peshmerga fighters in an armed standof...
Iraqi Kurds deny PKK forces posted in Kirkuk
Oct 15, 2017 (AFP)
"There are no PKK forces in Kirkuk, but there are some volunteers who sympathise with the PKK," the Kurdistan Workers' Party, said General Jabar Yawer, head of ...
Iraq, Kurds in crisis talks over Kirkuk standoff
Oct 15, 2017 (AFP)
Thousands of Iraqi troops are locked in an armed standoff with Kurdish peshmerga fighters in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk, amid spiralling tensions following...
Iraq PM denies attack plan as tensions rise with Kurds
Oct 12, 2017 (AFP)
"We are not going to use our army to fight our people or to make war on our Kurdish citizens or others," Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said. "Our duty is to pr...
Afghan civilian casualties soar as US ramps up airstrikes
Oct 12, 2017 (AFP)
Women and children accounted for more than two thirds of the victims, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said in a report, a toll increased by the Afghan ...
Iraq ratchets up pressure on Kurds after independence vote
Oct 09, 2017 (AFP)
The latest moves come exactly two weeks after an overwhelming majority of voters in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region backed independence in a non-binding ball...
Trump sends lieutenants to Pakistan with tough message
Oct 07, 2017 (AFP)
Weeks after Trump angrily accused Islamabad of providing safe haven to "agents of chaos," Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to depart for Pakistan late thi...
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