Monday, 23 June, 2014 , 17:54 AFP — US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday pledged "intense" support for Iraq against the "existential threat" of a major militant offensive pushing toward Baghdad from the north and west.
Monday, 23 June, 2014 , 17:08 AFP — Two roadside bombs struck a patrol in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh on Monday, killing five Kurdish security forces members, a spokesman said.
Saturday, 21 June, 2014 , 15:32 AFP — Turkey said Saturday it will provide fuel to Iraq's Kurdistan region to make up for a shortage caused by a militant offensive that has shut down the country's biggest oil refinery.
Saturday, 21 June, 2014 , 12:25 AFP — Baghdad's oil ministry condemned Iraqi Kurdistan Saturday for further exports of crude from wells in the autonomous northern region, part of a long-running row over the country's vast hydrocarbon reserves.
Saturday, 21 June, 2014 , 10:50 AFP — The Arbil Citadel that dominates the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan was granted World Heritage Site status Saturday in a move praised as a rare "note of optimism" amid the country's violence.
Thursday, 19 June, 2014 , 14:14 AFP — Turkey will continue to export disputed oil supplies from the autonomous Kurdistan despite escalating violence in neighbouring Iraq, Ankara's oil minister said on Thursday.
Thursday, 19 June, 2014 , 12:09 AFP — A global rights group denounced Thursday abuses committed in predominantly Kurdish areas of Syria, accusing the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) of arbitrary arrests and failing to address unsolved killings.
Wednesday, 18 June, 2014 , 14:36 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region formed a new government Wednesday after months of wrangling, with premier Nechirvan Barzani using the occasion to call for defending disputed northern territory.
Wednesday, 18 June, 2014 , 14:23 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region formed a new government Wednesday after months of wrangling, with premier Nechirvan Barzani using the occasion to call for defending disputed northern territory.
Wednesday, 18 June, 2014 , 11:07 AFP — The rapid shift to Kurdish control in Iraq's ethnically mixed oil city of Kirkuk is a step toward a long-held dream for Kurds but has sparked fears among other groups.
