The sudden reason for the arrest of Lahur Talabany is not clear but it casts a potential shadow over the Patriotic Union of ...

At least five people have been killed and 18 others wounded in Sulaymaniyah, in northern Iraq, following the arrest of a ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A giant Turkish power generating ship harboured in Iraq's southern Khor Al-Zubair Port on Saturday ...

Hunt Oil has resumed operations in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, a company spokesperson said on Friday, nearly a month after a drone attack struck an oilfield the U.S. company operates in ...

Three security forces killed, 19 wounded during arrest of Opposition figure in Iraqi Kurdistan; tensions rise in region.

A court in Iraqi Kurdistan on Thursday extended the detention of opposition leader Shaswar Abdulwahid following his arrest ...

A senior politician in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region was arrested on Friday after a night of heavy clashes in the northern city of Sulaymaniyah between his supporters and security forces.

Authorities in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region handed down a new prison term on Tuesday to jailed investigative journalist ...

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 ...

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.

In Iraq, Turkey's relationship with the Kurdistan Regional Government is more nuanced. Whereas Turkey opposes its own Kurds, it has forged strong military and economic ties with those in Iraq.

Three members of the security forces in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region were killed and 19 wounded during the arrest of an ...