The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

Keir Starmer hit back as vice president accused of ‘erasing experience’ of UK armed forces personnel who served alongside US in Iraq and Afghanistan

JD Vance has hit out at “absurdly dishonest” honsest criticism of comments he made which appeared to dismiss UK military involvement in Iraq and…

The mountains of northern Iraq have for years been a sanctuary for Kurdish militants fighting a decades-long insurgency against the government in neighboring Turkey

A momentous ceasefire declaration has stirred a mix of emotions in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq, where people bore the brunt of the 40-year conflict between Kurdish militants and the Turkish state

Kurdish militant group responds to call from its jailed leader Abdullah Öcalan to lay down arms

The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party, the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, has called for an end to the fight against the Turkish state. This may open the door to ending four decades of conflict that has claimed over 40,000 lives. RFI's correspondent in Istanbul looks at the implications for…

Turkish president’s comments come as his party urged PKK affiliates in Iraq and Syria to also dissolve and disarm.

A senior Turkish official says groups affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in Syria and Iraq should dissolve themselves

Abdullah Ocalan urges the PKK to disarm and dissolve, signalling a possible end to decades of conflict with Turkiye.