National Defense Minister Akar: Sinjar will not be allowed to be a new Kandil
1 year agoSharing a message after his meeting with Nadia Murad, Minister of Foreign Affairs Çavuşoğlu has stated that they discussed "the situation of Yezidis" while Murad has written that they met "to discuss the Turkish airstrikes in Sinjar"
1 year agoNetherlands Foreign Minister arrives in Erbil, capital of the Kurdistan Region. He will meet with the KRG officials tomorrow.
HPG reports Turkish airstrikes on Gare, Xakurke and Heftanin
The Consul General highlighted the ongoing operations of Russia's oil giants in the region, noting that their continued work would "improve the economy of Kurdistan [Region]."
1 year agoVideo of airstrike carried out by Iraqi F-16 last week
1 year agoIraqi security forces surrounding this house in Kirkuk just because of raising the Kurdistan Flag in FlagDay
Protests at Basra University.
13 suspected militants were killed in Turkish airstrikes in Gara Region of North Iraq
Turkey will continue "anti-terror operations in Sinjar [Shingal] as long as terror groups exist" in the region, announces Turkish Foreign Ministry in clear reference to outlawed PKK group.
1 year agoBasra protesters are back. Tires burning in commercial street. Iraq security forces have been deployed those areas.
Police fire live rounds to disperse protest in Iraq's Basra
1 year agoAn image shows one of many Basra protesters fainted after inhaling the tear gas that was fired by Iraq security forces tonight.
Iraq's FM summons Turkish ambassador over yesterday's air strikes on Sinjar and Makhmour camp, handing him a letter of protest
1 year agoProtests resume in the oil-rich city of Basra, in southern Iraq. Protesters block the main road of the city's Provincial Council, demand better services and jobs.
8 suspected terrorists were killed in air strikes in the north of Iraq, Zap and Hakurk areas
In Iraq, Office of Baghdad Mayor: the water color in some areas of Baghdad has changed because of high levels of mud in the Tigris River.
Three suspected terrorists killed by air strikes on the border between Diyala and Salahaddin
1 year agoErbil police officers rescue a child stranded in the middle of a flooded road as heavy rainfall continued to affect areas this week.
More than 20 combat aircraft, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles and tanker aircraft, took part in the campaign against PKK targets in northern Iraq last night
1 year agoResidents of the Makhmour refugee camp are condemning Turkey's airstrikes in which 4 members of the Self Defence Units were killed (Pictures: @h_dogancetin)
1 year agoIraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi has arrived in Erbil. He will meet with KRG officials and pay a visit to Lalish.
Mayor of Makhmour says they have lost contact with a refugee camp sheltering Kurds from Turkey after Turkish airstrikes
Turkish fighter jets bombarded 5 PKK targets in Shlo and Sakina villages western Sinjar. Casualties feared.
Turkey's Ministry of Defense confirms that it conducted airstrikes against PKK positions in Mount Qarachokh and Shingal.
Turkish warplanes have targeted PKK bases in Sinjar and Qarachokh mount.
1 year agoInherent Resolve:Coalition Forces, in coordination with ISF, struck an ISIS tunnel in the Makhoul Mountains in the Salah ad Din province of Iraq, Dec. 10. ISF surveyed the site afterwards and confirmed the tunnel, and the weapons and explosives inside, were destroyed completely. DefeatISIS
Interior Ministry orders sacking of more than 125 Kurdish policemen in Kirkuk
Amnesty International report: Islamic State group's decapture destruction of agriculture in northern Iraq has hindered the return of residents.
US Secretary of energy @SecretaryPerry asked Kurds to cut their ties with Iran specially in the case of oil exporting by tankers from Kirkuk.
