Thursday, 28 December, 2017 , 14:37 AFP — Iraqi authorities have extended through February an international flight ban slapped on the autonomous Kurdish region in response to a controversial independence vote, an airport official said on Thursday.
Thursday, 28 December, 2017 , 12:24 AFP — Iraqi authorities have extended through February an international flight ban slapped on the autonomous Kurdish region in response to a controversial independence vote, an airport official said Thursday.
Tuesday, 26 December, 2017 , 15:31 AFP — At least 600 people have been arrested since protests began last week against authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan over corruption and the fallout from a failed independence push, lawmakers said Tuesday.
Tuesday, 26 December, 2017 , 14:24 AFP — More than three dozen Syrian rebel groups, including influential Islamists, have rejected a Russian-led initiative for talks next month in Sochi on ending Syria's war.
Friday, 22 December, 2017 , 17:05 AFP — Demonstrators irate at the authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan took to the streets for a fifth day Friday, demanding the release of more than 200 protesters detained over violent rallies that have roiled the region.
Thursday, 21 December, 2017 , 14:40 AFP — Hundreds of protesters faced off with security forces in Iraqi Kurdistan for a fourth day Thursday, demanding the resignation of politicians accused of graft.
Thursday, 21 December, 2017 , 10:35 AFP — Hundreds of detainees in Iraq are feared to have been "forcibly disappeared" by Kurdish authorities after they were arrested for suspected ties to the Islamic State group, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
Wednesday, 20 December, 2017 , 16:51 AFP — Protests raged for a third day in Iraqi Kurdistan on Wednesday despite a clampdown by security forces after five people were killed as ire exploded at the calamitous fallout from an independence vote.
Wednesday, 20 December, 2017 , 14:46 AFP — Protests raged for a third day in Iraqi Kurdistan Wednesday despite a clampdown by security forces after five people were killed as ire exploded at the calamitous fallout from an independence vote.
Wednesday, 20 December, 2017 , 10:15 AFP — Heavily armed troops and anti-riot police locked down Iraqi Kurdistan's second city Sulaimaniyah on Wednesday after two days of protests killed five people and wounded nearly 200 across the region.
