Kurdish leaders affiliated with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party deployed reinforcements to the Iranian border Monday, as tensions increased over fears that federal Iraqi troops would take the Continue Reading
Militants from the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) set fire to multiple wells at the Alas oil field Friday as Iraqi security forces progressed to the second phase of an operation Continue Reading
Even before the Kurds had stopped celebrating their vote for independence, Iraq, Turkey and Iran began trying to undercut it. ERBIL, Iraq — After a century of yearning , the Continue Reading
Operations in the Kurdish north of Iraq are going according to plan and sales agreements are moving forward, a Canadian energy company said Friday. ShaMaran Petroleum Corp., a Canadian company Continue Reading
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on September 28 that he wants to hold a summit with Iranian and Iraqi leaders to coordinate their response to the Kurdish vote for Continue Reading
Turkey supports Iraq’s decision that the oil trade should be done only by the central government, reaffirming it will deal only with Baghdad, in a move that could disrupt or Continue Reading
Oil refineries are coming back online in northern Iraq as the Oil Ministry seeks to revive local economies and fuel the reconstruction of areas liberated from the self-proclaimed Islamic State Continue Reading
Iraq’s Parliament asked the country’s prime minister on Wednesday to deploy troops to a disputed area held by Kurdish forces, its latest retaliation against a referendum in which the autonomous Continue Reading
Lawmakers in Baghdad issued a 13-point directive Wednesday calling on Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi to impose federal authority over ports of entry and disputed territory controlled by the autonomous Kurdistan Continue Reading
Iraq’s prime minister on Tuesday ordered the Kurdish region to hand over control of its airports to federal authorities or face a flight ban, as the Kurds claimed victory for Continue Reading
