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Kurdish Voters Face Economic and Political Turmoil in Parliamentary Elections
2 months ago

Kurdish Voters Face Economic and Political Turmoil in Parliamentary Elections

Associated Press  

Kurdish region holds parliamentary elections despite economic and political divisions. The primary competitors, the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, secured significant victories in the elections, with the KDP capturing 60% of the votes and the PUK getting around 30%. The New Generation Movement garnered 5.3% of the total, up from 3% in the 2018 special election.

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Firefighters battle massive fire at northern Iraq oil refinery
6 months, 1 week ago

Firefighters battle massive fire at northern Iraq oil refinery

The Independent  

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Iraq recalls ambassador, summons Iran’s chargé d’affaires over strikes in Irbil
11 months, 1 week ago

Iraq recalls ambassador, summons Iran’s chargé d’affaires over strikes in Irbil

Associated Press  

IRBIL, Iraq — Iraq recalled its ambassador from Tehran for consultations and summoned Iran’s chargé d’affaires in Baghdad on Tuesday in protest over Iranian strikes on northern Iraq that killed several civilians overnight, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said. The Iranian attack was “a blatant violation” of Iraq’s sovereignty and “strongly contradicts the principles of good neighborliness and international law, and …

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Iran strikes targets in northern Iraq and Syria as regional tensions escalate
11 months, 1 week ago

Iran strikes targets in northern Iraq and Syria as regional tensions escalate

The Independent  

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Iran strikes targets in northern Iraq and Syria as regional tensions escalate
11 months, 1 week ago

Iran strikes targets in northern Iraq and Syria as regional tensions escalate

Associated Press  

IRBIL, Iraq — Iran fired missiles late Monday at what it claimed were Israeli “spy headquarters” near the U.S. Consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, and at targets linked to the extremist group Islamic State in northern Syria. Four civilians were killed and six injured after missiles hit an upscale area near the consulate in Irbil, the seat …

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Tehran and Baghdad reach a deal to disarm and relocate Iranian dissident groups based in north Iraq
1 year, 3 months ago

Tehran and Baghdad reach a deal to disarm and relocate Iranian dissident groups based in north Iraq

Associated Press  

BAGHDAD — Iran and Iraq have reached an agreement to disarm members of Iranian Kurdish dissident groups based in northern Iraq and relocate their members from their current bases, officials from the two countries said Monday. Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, said in a news briefing Monday that the Iraqi government had agreed “to disarm the armed …

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Turkish airstrike in northern Iraq kills 4 Kurdish insurgents as Ankara’s top diplomat visits region
1 year, 4 months ago

Turkish airstrike in northern Iraq kills 4 Kurdish insurgents as Ankara’s top diplomat visits region

Associated Press  

IRBIL, Iraq — A Turkish airstrike in northern Iraq on Thursday killed three members of a Kurdish insurgent group, officials said, as Ankara’s top diplomat visited the seat of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish regional government. On Thursday, a Turkish military drone targeted a vehicle some 137 kilometers north of the city of Irbil, the seat of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish government, authorities …

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A feud between a patriarch and a militia leader adds to the woes of Iraqi Christians
1 year, 4 months ago

A feud between a patriarch and a militia leader adds to the woes of Iraqi Christians

Associated Press  

IRBIL, Iraq — Iraqi Christians have struggled since the Nineveh plains, their historic homeland of rolling hills dotted with wheat and barley fields, were wrested back from Islamic State extremists six years ago. Chaldean Christians attend a service in the Mar Youssef Cathedral in Irbil, Iraq, on Sunday, July 30, 2023. The political tension rose last month when Cardinal Louis …

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Iraq’s parliament approves budget, ending dispute over oil revenue sharing with Kurdish region
1 year, 6 months ago

Iraq’s parliament approves budget, ending dispute over oil revenue sharing with Kurdish region

Associated Press  

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s parliament belatedly approved a record $152 billion budget for 2023 on Monday, after months of wrangling over the sharing of oil revenue between the central government in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdish region in the north. The budget — approved six months into the fiscal year and after four chaotic late-night voting sessions — allocates 12.6% …

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Kurds remain biggest winners from US-led invasion of Iraq
1 year, 9 months ago

Kurds remain biggest winners from US-led invasion of Iraq

Associated Press  

IRBIL, Iraq — Complexes of McMansions, fast food restaurants, real estate offices and half-constructed high-rises line wide highways in Irbil, the seat of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq. “We had built our own institutions, the parliament, the government,” said Hoshyar Zebari, a top official with the Kurdistan Democratic Party who served as foreign minister in Iraq’s first post-Saddam …

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Iran claims responsibility for missile barrage near US consulate in Iraq, says it was retaliation for Israeli strike in Syria
2 years, 9 months ago

Iran claims responsibility for missile barrage near US consulate in Iraq, says it was retaliation for Israeli strike in Syria

Firstpost  

The attack drew harsh condemnation from the Iraqi government, which called it a ‘violation of international law and norms’ and demanded an explanation from the Iranian leadership Baghdad: Iran claimed responsibility Sunday for a missile barrage that struck near a sprawling US consulate complex in northern Iraq, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two …

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Iran claims missile barrage near US consulate in Iraq
2 years, 9 months ago

Iran claims missile barrage near US consulate in Iraq

Associated Press  

BAGHDAD — Iran claimed responsibility Sunday for a missile barrage that struck near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in northern Iraq, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of its Revolutionary Guard earlier this week. An Iraqi official in Baghdad initially said several missiles had hit the U.S. consulate in Irbil, which is …

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Iran claims missile barrage near US consulate in Iraq
2 years, 9 months ago

Iran claims missile barrage near US consulate in Iraq

India TV News  

Highlights Iran claimed responsibility for a missile barrage that struck near US consulate in Iraq No US facilities were damaged or personnel injured, said State Department spokesman The attack drew harsh condemnation from the Iraqi government Iran claimed responsibility on Sunday for a missile barrage that struck near a sprawling US consulate complex in northern Iraq, saying it was retaliation …

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12 missiles target US consulate in north Iraq's Erbil, America suspects Iran's involvement
2 years, 9 months ago

12 missiles target US consulate in north Iraq's Erbil, America suspects Iran's involvement

India TV News  

Highlights At least six missiles were fired Sunday toward the U.S. consulate in Iraq’s northern city of Irbil. At least six missiles were fired Sunday toward the U.S. consulate in Iraq’s northern city of Irbil, with several missiles hitting the building, Iraqi and U.S. security officials said. Apart from Irbil, missiles were also fired at dawn at Arbil, the capital …

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Iraqi militia commander vows to avenge deaths in US strike
3 years, 5 months ago

Iraqi militia commander vows to avenge deaths in US strike

Associated Press  

BAGHDAD — The leader of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia has vowed to retaliate against America for the deaths of four of his men in a U.S. airstrike along the Iraq-Syria border last month, saying it will be a military operation everyone will talk about. Abu Alaa al-Walae, commander of Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, said in an exclusive interview with The Associated …

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Rockets strike near U.S. base in Iraq, killing 1, wounding 8
3 years, 10 months ago

Rockets strike near U.S. base in Iraq, killing 1, wounding 8

The Hindu  

Rockets struck outside an airport near where U.S. forces are based in northern Iraq late on Monday, killing one U.S.-led coalition contractor and wounding at least eight other people, Iraqi security and coalition officials said, sparking fears of new hostilities. At least three rockets hit areas between the civilian Irbil international airport in the semi-autonomous Kurdish-run region and the nearby …

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