ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s ruling Shiite Coordination Framework on Monday named Ali al-Zaidi as its “consensus ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Dams along Iraq’s primary river for drinking water and agriculture and power for millions are ...

The attack has been condemned by France and Iraq, but Iran has distanced itself from the incident. Iranian-backed militias in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kurdish Peshmerga fighters affiliated with PAK train on January 18, 2026 near Erbil, Iraq. (photo credit: Ethan Swope/Getty Images ...

One of the biggest targets of Iranian attacks has been in Iraq, against armed Iranian opposition bases in the Kurdistan region. Many opposition fighters see this moment as an chance to go home.

The Kurdistan Men’s Union reports 186 complaints of violence and dozens of suicides among men in early 2026 due to economic ...

The autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq borders Iran. Therefore, it also finds itself close to the front line. For many years, the Kurdistan region has had a complex relationship with Tehran. In the ...

BAGHDAD, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region was hit by 809 drone and missile attacks between Feb. 28 and April 20, leaving 20 civilians dead and 123 others wounded, local ...

The Trump administration reportedly halted dollar shipments to Baghdad to pressure Iraq into disbanding Iran-backed militias ...

Several explosions, some of them from suicide bombers, struck the heart of Iraq’s northern Kurdish region Sunday, setting off chaos and gunfights in the streets of the region’s capital, Erbil. The ...

AKRE, Kurdistan Region of Iraq — For many people, the vernal equinox — which marked the beginning of spring Friday — is just another date on the calendar. But in Iran, it's celebrated as the Persian ...

The Kurdish people are an ethnic minority group in the Middle East without an independent state. Estimates of the population range between 25 million and 45 million worldwide, with most living in the ...