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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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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 Iraq and Syria as regional tensions escalate
11 months, 1 week ago

Iran strikes targets in Iraq and Syria as regional tensions escalate

The Hindu  

Iran said late Monday, January 15, 2024, it had launched strikes against a “spy headquarters and gathering of anti-Iranian terrorist groups” shortly after missiles hit an upscale area near the U.S. consulate in Irbil, the seat of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region. Peshraw Dizayi, a prominent local businessman with a portfolio that included real estate and security services companies, was killed …

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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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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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In north Iraq, Chinese language school projects soft power
2 years, 10 months ago

In north Iraq, Chinese language school projects soft power

The Independent  

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