Wednesday, 16 February, 2022 , 08:50 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region has rejected a ruling by the country's top court ordering it to cede control over all of its oil output to the federal government in Baghdad.

Tuesday, 15 February, 2022 , 14:03 AFP — Iraq's top court on Tuesday ordered the autonomous Kurdistan region to deliver all oil produced there to the federal government in Baghdad -- a move that could reignite long-standing tensions.

Thursday, 3 February, 2022 , 20:21 AFP — President Joe Biden said Thursday that a "terrorist threat to the world" was removed when the head of the Islamic State blew himself up, as US special forces swooped on his Syrian hideout in an "incredibly challenging" nighttime helicopter raid.

Wednesday, 2 February, 2022 , 18:09 AFP — Turkey said Wednesday it launched deadly strikes against Kurdish targets in Iraq and Syria, where Kurd forces have been left reeling from the largest Islamic State group attack in nearly three years.

Wednesday, 2 February, 2022 , 15:14 AFP — Turkey said Wednesday it launched deadly strikes against Kurdish targets in Iraq and Syria, where Kurd forces have been left reeling from the largest Islamic State group attack in nearly three years.

Wednesday, 2 February, 2022 , 14:14 AFP — Turkey said Wednesday it launched deadly strikes against Kurdish targets in Iraq and Syria, where Kurd forces have been left reeling from the largest Islamic State group attack in nearly three years.

Wednesday, 2 February, 2022 , 13:40 AFP — Eight people, including at least five civilians, died Wednesday in artillery shelling on a Turkish-held city in northern Syria, a war monitor reported, without specifying the source of the attack.

Wednesday, 2 February, 2022 , 10:51 AFP — Turkey has launched deadly strikes against Kurdish targets in Iraq and Syria, where Kurdish forces were still reeling from the largest Islamic State group attack in nearly three years.

Wednesday, 2 February, 2022 , 08:55 AFP — A Turkish strike on a Kurdish-run power plant in northeastern Syria killed four people, a monitor said Wednesday, an operation Ankara said coincided with raids on Kurdish targets in Iraq.

Wednesday, 2 February, 2022 , 06:27 AFP — Turkish warplanes carried out strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and Syria, the Turkish defence ministry said Wednesday, with authorities in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region reporting "casualties".