Asharq Al Awsat The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Monday its fighters had clashed with government forces in Aleppo province in the country's north, in the latest incident to cast a ...

Marking the 11th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani on Sunday announced a ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s foreign ministry on Sunday called for increased international cooperation to rescue Yazidis ...

Iraq approved a plan for its semi-autonomous Kurdish region to transfer oil to Baghdad, a step toward resuming exports that have been halted for more than two years.

Drone strikes on five oil fields in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) by unknown groups between July 14 and 16, 2025, ...

Hours later, the anti-terrorism department said the Baadre oil field, located in the Sheikhan district of Dohuk province, was ...

Since 1984, the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) has waged an insurgency against the Turkish state that has cost over 40,000 ...

More than 30 percent of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region now has 24-hour state electricity, authorities said Thursday, with plans to extend full coverage by the end of 2026. "Today, two million ...

The Kurds are all too familiar with violence, Iraqi style. They have a tradition of tragedy, none more brutal than the blow that came down in a matter of minutes one bloody Friday in 1988.

The Iraqi Kurds’ recent territorial gains have sparked widespread speculation that they may soon be able to realize the Kurdish dream of statehood. Over the past few weeks, excited Kurds around ...

Iraqi Kurds have been in control of their region since 1991, when, with the help of the U.S.-enforced no-fly zone, they drove Saddam’s forces out of northern Iraq.