MENA News Iraq says captures positions south of Kirkuk including airbase Yomna Yasser Oct 16, 2017 0 Iraqi forces captured several positions south of Kirkuk from Kurdish fighters on Monday in their bid to regain…
MENA News Iraq’s Kurds beef up, move back defence line around oil-rich Kirkuk Yomna Yasser Oct 14, 2017 0 Kurdish authorities said on Friday they had sent thousands more troops to Kirkuk to confront "threats" of Iraqi…
MENA News Saudi Flynas says to be first Saudi airline to fly to Iraq in 27 years Yomna Yasser Oct 12, 2017 0 Saudi Arabian budget airline Flynas said on Wednesday it would start flying to Iraq, the first Saudi airline to go…
MENA News Russia accuses U.S. of pretending to fight IS in Syria, Iraq Yomna Yasser Oct 10, 2017 0 Russia accused the United States on Tuesday of pretending to fight Islamic State and of deliberately reducing its…
MENA News Iraq forces retake centre of IS bastion Hawija: army Yomna Yasser Oct 5, 2017 0 Iraqi forces said Thursday they had retaken the centre of Islamic State group stronghold Hawija and were pushing…
MENA News Iran sends tanks to border with Iraq’s Kurdish region, Kurdish official says Yomna Yasser Oct 3, 2017 0 Iran deployed a dozen tanks supported by artillery at its border with Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region on Monday,…
MENA News Iraqi military braces to take control of Kurdish borders Yomna Yasser Oct 1, 2017 0 Iraq's military prepared on Saturday to take control of the international borders of the northern Kurdish region.…
MENA News All foreign flights to Iraq Kurd main city to be suspended Friday Yomna Yasser Sep 28, 2017 0 All foreign flights to and from the Iraqi Kurdish regional capital Arbil will be halted from Friday evening, its…
MENA News 92% of Iraq’s Kurds vote ‘yes’ to independence referendum Yomna Yasser Sep 28, 2017 0 Majority of Iraq's Kurds have voted yes to create an independent state, the High Elections and Referendum…
MENA News Iran vows to stand with Iraqi, Turkey against Iraqi Kurds’ independence push Yomna Yasser Sep 27, 2017 0 Tehran vowed Tuesday to stand alongside Baghdad and Ankara against the outcome of an independence referendum staged…