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Iraqi Kurdistan says will resume oil exports


Thursday, 2 August, 2012 , 08:47 AFP Iraq's Kurdistan region said it will resume oil exports during the first week of August as a confidence-building measure, after stopping them for more than four months following a row with Baghdad.

Turkish FM visits Iraqi Kurdistan


Wednesday, 1 August, 2012 , 14:40 AFP Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu arrived in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region on Wednesday for talks with regional president Massud Barzani, an AFP correspondent reported.

Two Turkish troops killed in clash with Kurdish rebels


Wednesday, 1 August, 2012 , 07:51 AFP Two Turkish soldiers were killed Wednesday in a clash with Kurdish rebels in the country's southeast, according to local officials.

French Total signs Iraqi Kurdistan oil deal


Tuesday, 31 July, 2012 , 15:29 AFP French energy giant Total said on Tuesday it has signed an oil exploration deal for areas in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, putting it on a collision course with the central government in Baghdad.

French oil group Total signs deal in Iraqi Kurdistan


Tuesday, 31 July, 2012 , 13:37 AFP French energy giant Total said Tuesday it had signed an oil exploration deal in the Kurdistan region in Iraq's north, a move likely to put it at odds with the central government in Baghdad.

Iraqi Kurdistan trained Syrian Kurds, says official


Tuesday, 31 July, 2012 , 09:48 AFP Iraqi Kurdish forces gave basic training to Syrian Kurds to fill any "security gap" should the Syrian regime fall, a top official in the party of the Kurdistan region's president said on Tuesday.

Syria opposition chief visits Iraqi Kurdistan


Sunday, 29 July, 2012 , 21:23 AFP Syrian National Council chief Abdel Basset Sayda is on a visit to Iraqi Kurdistan in a bid to convince Kurdish leaders to join the opposition, an official from a Syrian Kurdish group said.

Kurds in secret weapons deal: Iraqi official


Sunday, 29 July, 2012 , 14:51 AFP A high-ranking Iraqi official on Sunday said security agencies have uncovered a secret weapons deal between the autonomous Kurdistan region and an unnamed foreign country.

Kurds in secret weapons deal: Iraqi official


Sunday, 29 July, 2012 , 14:29 AFP A high-ranking Iraqi official on Sunday said security agencies have uncovered a secret weapons deal between the autonomous Kurdistan region and an unnamed foreign country.

Turkey vows to take every measure against PKK in Syria


Sunday, 29 July, 2012 , 10:08 AFP Turkey said Sunday it would do everything it could to prevent "terrorist" formations near its border with Syria that would threaten its national security.