• Turkish strikes on Kurdish targets kill two in Syria: monitor

    Turkey has also launched strikes on positions of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq since Sunday, when two policemen were wounded in an attack in Ankara claimed by the PKK. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan alleged the perpetrators of the attack had been trained in Syria and warned...
  • Turkey arrests dozens in raids after Ankara attack

    The raids across a swathe of Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast came two days after a branch of the PKK -- listed as a terror group by Turkey and its Western allies -- claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack. Turkish police shot dead one of the attackers while the other died in...
  • Iraq pledges to raise financial support for Kurdistan

    Days after thousands of people took to the streets in the Kurdistan region over unpaid civil service salaries which they blamed on Baghdad, the federal government said it would disburse annually to Iraqi Kurdistan two trillion and one hundred billion dinars to be paid in three equal installments of more...
  • Iraq and Turkey foreign ministers hold talks on water supply, oil

    The foreign minister's visit is also intended to pave way for Turkish President's trip to Baghdad for which a date is yet to be finalized. The issue of water and dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, both of which have their sources in Turkey before entering Iraq, is a...
  • Iraqi Kurds hold demonstration in support of jailed journalist

    On Sunday, around 300 people demonstrated in the region's second city Sulaimaniyah against the new sentence imposed on Sherwani. NGO Community Peacemaker Teams said Saturday Sherwani did not get a fair trial, but a Kurdistan government body, after reviewing the proceedings, said Sunday that powers of attorney between prisoners were...
  • Thousands of Kurds demonstrate on Lausanne treaty centenary

    The demonstrators marched through the Swiss city in opposition to the 1923 treaty, while organisers urged the international community to reconsider the agreement and its consequences for the Kurdish people. The demonstrators, who came from across Europe, gathered by Lake Geneva before marching uphill to the Palais de Rumine where...
  • Extension of Kurdish parliament unconstitutional, says Iraq supreme court

    Iraq's supreme court ruled as unconstitutional the extended mandate of autonomous Kurdistan's parliament, rendering invalid votes taken by the chamber since last year. It is the latest source of tension between Iraq's federal authorities and Kurdistan whose leaders had denounced amendments in the federal budget affecting oil sales from the...
  • Dana Gas to hike its foreign ownership limit to 100 percent

    Sharjah, UAE--With an aim to bolster the country's capital markets, the Sharjah-based company Dana Gas has revealed that it will raise its foreign ownership limit to 100 percent. The company said that it had obtained the approval of the regulatory authorities to raise the percentage of foreign ownership from 49...
  • Lawmakers clash in Iraqi Kurdistan’s parliament

    Lawmakers came to blows in Iraqi Kurdistan's parliament in a dispute between the two biggest parties over the upcoming polls in the autonomous northern region. Parliamentarians were seen climbing desks and tearing up papers in a video posted to the legislature's YouTube channel, while footage shared by Iraqi media showed...
  • Iraqi Kurds await oil export renewal deal with Turkey

    ARBIL, IRAQ- Officials in Iraqi Kurdistan say Baghdad is still waiting to reach a "final agreement" with Ankara to resume oil exports to Turkey, where the results of tightly-contested presidential elections hang in the balance. After defying Baghdad and independently exporting crude through Turkey for nearly a decade, Iraq's autonomous...
  • Iraqi Kurds hold their breath as key Turkish election draws closer

    Iraqi Kurds are watching with anxiety the tightest electoral battle yet for Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the outcome of which could have major security and economic implications for their region. But no matter what the outcome of the vote, Iraq's Kurdish region will seek to continue with its strategic partnership with...
  • Iraq eyes deal on Kurdistan oil exports to Turkey within weeks

    Ankara stopped importing oil from Iraqi Kurdistan in March after the International Chamber of Commerce ruled the federal government in Baghdad was the only entity authorized to manage exports.
  • Iraq, Kurdish region sign accord to resume oil export

    The deal, thrashed out in talks between federal and regional officials, spells the end of independent oil exports by the Kurdish regional government and marks a clear limit to its autonomy.
  • Iraq to speed up resumption of oil exports from Kurdistan region

    Baghdad, Iraq--Iraqi oil ministry has affirmed the federal government's keenness on speeding up the resumption of the Kurdistan region of Iraq's oil exports through the Turkish port of Ceyhan as well as work to bring views closer to serve the public interest. In a statement issued on Sunday, the ministry...
  • Oil exports from Iraq’s Kurdistan region to restart on Monday

    Spelling the end of independent oil exports by the regional government, Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region will resume oil exports through Turkey on Monday, but in the future they will be supervised by the federal government in Baghdad. The outcome was achieved in talks between federal and regional officials.
  • Iraq’s Kurdistan announces November vote after delay

    ARBIL, IRAQ - Authorities in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region announced on Sunday a November date for legislative elections which had been postponed by a year due to disputes between two major parties. The regional parliament had voted in October to extend its term and reschedule the vote amid disagreements between the...
  • Turkey stops handling oil exports from Kurdistan region: Iraq

    The Iraqi oil ministry said that Turkey stopped oil exports from Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region on Saturday in the wake of arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce. It said that Baghdad's claims had been accepted in a dispute with Ankara over who had responsiblity for exporting the autonomous region's...
  • Iraq to hold first provincial elections in a decade on Nov 6

    The provincial councils, created by the 2005 constitution following the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, carry relatively significant power in federal Iraq, including allocating the budgets for health, transport and education.
  • Dana Gas 2022 net profit $182m

    The rise in adjusted net profit driven by high energy prices.
  • Iraq’s Kurdistan restarts oil exports through Turkey after quake

    A day after the powerful earthquake devastated Turkey and Syria, Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region has said that it resumed oil exports through Turkey after suspending them as a precaution in the wake of the quake. The Kurdish ministry of natural resources said the oil exports restarted via the pipeline connecting...
  • Syrian Kurds protest against Paris attack

    A gunman opened fire at a Kurdish cultural center and a hairdressing salon in Paris on Friday, killing three Kurds. The semi-autonomous Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria called for the Sunday protest in Hasakeh, which drew hundreds of people brandishing photos of the three victims and calling for accountability.
  • Iran hits Kurdish groups in Iraq, second attack in week

    Carrying out a second attack in a week, Iran has launched a fresh wave of strikes against Kurdish opposition groups based in Iraqi Kurdistan on Sunday. Tehran accuses the groups of instigating unrest in Iran, which has been rocked by two months of protests set off by the death of...
  • Protest-hit Kurdish town fears a major Iranian crackdown

    Activists on Sunday expressed alarm that Iran was implementing a major crackdown in a Kurdish-populated town that has seen intense anti-regime protests in the last few days.
  • Dana Gas net profit up 64%

    The company reported net profit of $161m for 9M of 2022.
  • As Iraq concrete jungle swelters, ancient stone houses stay cool

    Tracing its roots back 2,700 years, the picturesque Kurdish town of Akre says it is better adapted to the modern-day perils of climate change than other parts of Iraq. "Stone houses are far more resistant" to the rising temperatures and also preserve the town's unique character, said Mayor Baland Reda...
  • Protest-hit Iran launches strikes that kill 13 in Iraqi Kurdistan

    The September 16 death of Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, 22, while in the custody of Iran's morality police has sparked a major wave of protests and a crackdown that has left dozens of demonstrators dead. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has accused the Iraq-based Kurdish groups of "attacking and infiltrating...
  • Turkey’s court rules Kurdish politician to stay in jail

    Turkey’s top court has rejected a plea for the release of Aysel Tugluk, a Kurdish politician, but ordered that she receive regular neurological and psychiatric treatment in hospital. Her lawyer told media that providing medication was not enough, and her illness was only worsening in detention.
  • Dana Gas posts $110m profit

    The better results were driven by high hydrocarbon prices.
  • Police use force on Iraq Kurds demanding end to corruption

    Violence erupted in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region when security forces fired tear gas and rubber-coated bullets Saturday into crowds of anti-government protesters demanding better living conditions, an end to corruption and authoritarian practices by the local government.
  • Rockets hit Emirati-owned gas complex in north Iraq

    Three Katyusha rockets hit a gas complex in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region on Saturday, a local official said, in the latest attack to target the Emirati-owned facility. The assaults have come amid a simmering oil dispute between Kurdistan and the federal government in Baghdad.
  • Iraq PM blames Turkey after Kurdistan shelling kills 9 civilians

    Nine civilians including children were killed in a park in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region Wednesday by artillery fire that Baghdad blamed on neighbouring Turkey, a country engaged in a cross-border offensive. In an unusually strong rebuke, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi warned Turkey that Baghdad reserves the "right to retaliate", calling...
  • Investors stay away as oil fuels tension in Iraq

    The long-simmering dispute came to a head in February when the federal supreme court ordered Kurdistan to hand over oil extracted from its territories to the federal authorities. Authorities in the Kurdistan capital Arbil have cried foul, accusing Baghdad of heaping "unjust pressure" on them.
  • For some Iraqi Kurds, Europe is a destination well worth the risk

    Iraqi Kurd Haresh Talib says he struggles to get paid and his children's schooling is disrupted in his conflict-riddled country, so he wants to try to flee with his family to Europe again.
  • German lawmakers recognize the 2014 Yazidi ‘genocide’

    Germany, home to a large Yazidi diaspora, is one of the few countries to have taken legal action against IS.
  • Rockets hit key oil refinery in Iraq, causes minor damage

    Six rockets landed Sunday in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Kurdish counter-terrorism forces said, with "minor damage" reported at a key oil refinery, according to a separate security source. "Six rockets fell near the Zab river in the Khabat district," Kurdish counter-terrorism forces said in a statement, without specifying the target...
  • Iraq voices protest at Turkey’s offensive in Kurdistan region

    Iraq on Tuesday summoned Turkey's ambassador to Baghdad in protest against the new Turkish offensive targeting rebels in the north's autonomous Kurdistan region.
  • Three rockets land near oil refinery in northern Iraq

    It comes less than a month after Iran's Revolutionary Guards claimed an assault on Arbil that it said targeted an Israeli ‘strategic center’.
  • Women bear brunt of domestic violence in Iraqi Kurdistan

    A woman burned alive by her husband, others shot dead by a father or a teenage brother -- bloody violence against women has spiked in northern Iraq's Kurdish region.
  • Qatar Red Crescent Society project in Kurdistan benefits thousands

    QRCS Warm Winter campaign this year aims at meeting the food and winterization needs of around 42,040 families.
  • Endangered big cat trapped in northern Iraq

    The leopard which was given anesthetic before it was captured, is believed that fewer than 1,000 exist in the wild, with another 200 in captivity.
  • Iraqi labourer preserves calligraphic art

    Hussein's creations are made with a reed pen that he buys from Turkey or Iran. He sometimes sells the work for posters, shop displays and even tombstones.
  • Despite dangers, Iraqi Kurds crossing borders to reach Europe

    About 3,000 Kurds have left the region in the past three months, of whom 1,600 have gone to Belarus on tourist visas, according to the Kurdistan Refugee Association.
  • Women gain power without parity in Iraqi Kurdish city

    Mayor, university dean, director of the veterinary department, and health spokesperson are some of the senior posts held by women in Halabja.
  • Dana Gas doubles its earnings to $256m from its sites in Egypt and Iraq

    Dana Gas, the UAE-based natural gas company, has seen its earnings double from its operations in Egypt and Iraqi Kurdistan so far this year.
  • Iraqi Kurdistan seeks to attract Turkish investors as gateway to wider markets

    DUBAI: Iraq's Kurdistan is a gateway for Turkish firms to explore the wider Iraqi market, President Nechirvan Barzani said as he sought to lure Turkish investors on Sunday by promising them business opportunities in the semi-autonomous region. Given the size of the Iraqi market, Turkish firms have many investment opportunities...
  • Fujairah Chamber keen to foster ties with Iraqi businesses

    Businessmen on both sides to exchange knowledge and ideas to create opportunities for collaboration.