Wednesday, 18 October, 2017 , 03:40 AFP — Iraqi forces Wednesday appeared poised to take full control of the oil fields in the disputed northern province of Kirkuk, dashing Kurdish hopes of creating a viable independent state.

Tuesday, 17 October, 2017 , 20:05 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish community has long been persecuted, in particular under the regime of dictator Saddam Hussein.

Tuesday, 17 October, 2017 , 19:47 AFP — Iraqi forces took control of nearly all the oil fields in the disputed northern province of Kirkuk on Tuesday, dashing Kurdish hopes of creating a viable independent state.

Tuesday, 17 October, 2017 , 18:25 AFP — The referendum on independence for Iraqi Kurdistan is now "a thing of the past", Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 17 October, 2017 , 18:22 AFP — The fall of the Islamic State group's last bastion in Syria was a victory for Washington's military plan, but comes as the US political strategy for the region seems to stumble.

Tuesday, 17 October, 2017 , 17:58 AFP —

Tuesday, 17 October, 2017 , 17:06 AFP — An escalating crisis between the Iraqi government and Kurdish separatists is threatening the supply of oil and could push up prices, analysts warned on Tuesday.

Tuesday, 17 October, 2017 , 16:58 AFP — Iraq's lightning seizure of oil-rich Kirkuk has pitched the country's main Kurdish factions against each other as Baghdad exploits deep divisions over an independence vote.

Tuesday, 17 October, 2017 , 16:50 AFP — Iraqi forces took control of nearly all the oil fields in the disputed northern province of Kirkuk on Tuesday, dashing Kurdish hopes of creating a viable independent state.

Tuesday, 17 October, 2017 , 16:33 AFP — Iraqi President Fuad Masum on Tuesday blamed a Kurdish independence referendum for triggering a military intervention by Iraqi forces to take control of the disputed province of Kirkuk.