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Ignoring Iraqi Protest, Iran Continues Bombing Kurdistan Region Villages

Iranian artillery on Thursday resumed attacking civilian sites north of the city of Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. The renewed Iranian shelling hit the Sidekan sub-district of the Soran region. “The attack targeted the Saqar and Barzini regions in Sidekan,” said Ihsan Shalabi, Sidekan’s mayor. “It did not result…

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Iraq Reveals Presence of Five Turkish Military Bases on its Soil

Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Army Abdel Emir Yarallah on Saturday exposed the extent of Turkey's military presence in Iraq, revealing that it is operating five bases in the country. Speaking at a special parliamentary session in wake of last week's Turkish strike on the northern Dohuk province, in…

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Iraqi Kurd Farmers Battle Drought as Lake Dukan Retreats

Farmers in Iraqi Kurdistan seeking to irrigate crops face seeing their economic lifeline slip away as the waters of Lake Dukan recede and dams upstream in Iran stem the flow. Bapir Kalkani, who is also a trade unionist, farms near the picturesque lake but has seen marked changes over the…

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Schlumberger Says It Will Not Apply for Iraqi Kurdistan Oil, Gas Tenders

US energy company Schlumberger has said it will not apply without Baghdad's consent for any tenders in the oil and gas sector of Iraq's Kurdistan region, according to a letter sent to the Iraqi oil minister and seen by Reuters. Schlumberger said it would comply with a February ruling by…

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Four Killed in Turkish Drone Strike against PKK Members in Iraq

A Turkish drone strike on Friday killed four Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants and injured one in Iraq's northern province of Sulaimaniya, Iraqi Kurdistan's counter-terrorism service said. The five people were driving their vehicle in the town of Kalar at around 6 a.m.

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Armed Drone Attack Wounds Three in Iraqi Kurdistan

Three people were wounded Wednesday evening after an armed drone struck a road in the suburbs of Iraqi Kurdistan's Erbil, security services said. "Several vehicles were damaged" in the attack, the Kurdistan Autonomous Counter-Terrorism Agency said in a statement, which took place on the road that connects Erbil to Pirmam…

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'I escaped Saddam Hussein's regime as a child - now I want to be Miss England'

Roza Kurdo and her mum scaped savage mass killings in Iraqi Kurdistan and sought a better life in Britain. She is now 25 and is hoping to be crowned Miss England 2022

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Iraqi Kurdistan Has Energy Capacity to Help Europe, Says Iraqi Kurdish PM

The Kurdish region of northern Iraq has the capacity to make up for at least some of the energy shortfall in Europe, Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said on Monday. Barzani told an industry conference in Dubai that Kurdistan would soon become an important source of energy. "I am confident…

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Iraqi Federal Court Deems Kurdish Oil and Gas Law Unconstitutional

Iraq's federal court on Tuesday deemed an oil and gas law regulating the oil industry in Iraqi Kurdistan unconstitutional, according to a document seen by Reuters. The Kurdish regional government (KRG) has been developing oil and gas resources independently of the federal government, and in 2007 enacted its own law…

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