Kurdistan

Kurdish authorities have sent thousands more troops to the oil region of Kirkuk to confront “threats” from Iraq’s central government,…

Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region plans to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Nov. 1, the Erbil-based Rudaw TV said on…

International flights to and from Iraq’s Kurdistan region were set to end from 6:00 p.m. (11.00 a.m. ET) on Friday,…

Baghdad heaped pressure on Iraq’s Kurds on Wednesday, demanding they cancel their overwhelming vote for independence while parliament urged the…

Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said on Tuesday that Kurds had voted “yes” to independence in a referendum held in…

Thousands of Iranian Kurds poured into the streets of Iran overnight and into early Tuesday in support of the Iraqi…

President Tayyip Erdogan warned on Monday Turkey could cut off the pipeline that carries oil from northern Iraq to the…

China supports Iraq’s unity, the country’s foreign ministry said on Monday, as voting started in an independence referendum organized by…

“For the sake of the sacrifices and blood of the martyrs, let’s all say yes for Kurdistan independence,” reads a…

Iranian forces have launched war games in an area near the border with Iraq’s Kurdistan region, Iran’s state media reported…