Kurds see Iraq as a failed sectarian state, while local leaders promise an independent Kurdish state would be multicultural and democratic. Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq — The day after the ...

Lawyer, political analyst and writer Hiwa Zandi, believes that, Kurdistan Region could have agreed on the calls to postpone the independence referendum, that way Iraq would not have the excuse to ...

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Iraq’s Oil Ministry announced an imminent deal with BP to boost production in Kirkuk, raising concern in Erbil over the lack ...

With a population exceeding 30 million, the Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without their own state. Instead, they are spread across Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey. Kurds have been ...

MOSCOW, October 24. /TASS/. The situation surrounding the referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan will not affect long-standing relations between Baghdad and Moscow, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al ...

Iraqi Kurds have rejected a call by the US to postpone a referendum on the independence of their autonomous Kurdish region, planned for next month, according to a high-ranking Kurdish official.

Iraq’s semi-autonomous north is grappling with a severe economic crisis, with many residents forced into massive personal debt.

Masoud Barzani, president of Iraq's Kurdistan region, announced he won't extend his current term when it ends on Wednesday. World News // 7 years ago Kurdistan starts voting in controversial ...

MOSCOW, October 23. /TASS/. Russia backs Iraq’s territorial integrity and regards creating new division lines based on national and religious grounds as unacceptable, Foreign Minister Sergey ...