According to Iraq’s constitution, the president must be elected by a two-thirds majority in parliament, equating to 220 out ...

The decision by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms and apparently disband has reverberated across the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. For decades, the Turkish army has operated ...

Syrian government officials have held talks with the commander of the main Kurdish-led force over plans to merge it with the ...

Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government have agreed to extend their critical oil export deal, ensuring the continued flow ...

Barham Salih is a worthy pick for U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees ...

Iraq uses drones and advanced surveillance systems as part of efforts to tighten security along its borders, particularly ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Tensions have escalated between Iraq’s central government in Baghdad and the semiautonomous Kurdish region in the country’s north in a long-running dispute over the sharing of oil ...

IRBIL – Residents of Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region went to the polls in long-awaited parliamentary elections Sunday under the shadow of ongoing rivalries, economic instability and ...

As the U.S. mulls over a plan to withdraw troops from Iraq, its Kurdish allies have a message: Don’t forget us. "This is not the time to reduce coalition forces in Iraq," Treefa Aziz, the Kurdistan ...

Iraq’s transport ministry told Rudaw on Sunday that efforts to lift the ban on flights through European airspace have reached ...

Instead of gaining independence, the Kurds have suffered historic setbacks. — -- In ongoing standoff following a referendum for an independent state separate from Iraq, Kurds in northwestern Iraq ...

For decades, the Turkish army has operated in northern Iraq and has established bases and posts in the mountainous Kurdish region. This autonomous region of Kurdistan in northern Iraq has its own ...