Iraqi Kurds are presently relying on American air defenses at Erbil airport that are providing critical area defense for the capital and sizable swathes of their region.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq may resume exporting oil from the Kirkuk fields through the Kurdistan Region to Turkey’s Ceyhan port as early as next week, a senior Iraqi government source said on Wednesday,

Fears are gripping Iraq's region of Kurdistan that has seen an uptick in attacks amid Iran's escalating conflict with the United States and Israel. The air defences in the territory on Saturday shot

Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq are preparing for a potential cross-border military operation in Iran, and the U.S. has asked Iraqi Kurds to support them, Kurdish officials have told The Associated Press.

At a military camp in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, a commander tells NPR his armed opposition group is waiting for a chance to go into Iran.

Masoud Barzani says KRG will do 'everything within our power' to stay away from war, calls for peaceful solutions as region faces 'complex and sensitive circumstances' - Anadolu Ajansı

Already Iran and allied Iraqi militias have launched dozens of missiles and drone attacks into northern Iraq, targeting the U.S. bases and consulate in Irbil as well as bases of the Iranian Kurdish dissident groups.

Iraq’s oil ministry said Wednesday an agreement has been reached to resume exporting Kirkuk oil through the Kurdistan Region’s pipeline to Turkey’s Ceyhan port at up to 600,000 barrels per day, as Baghdad seeks alternative export routes amid continued disruption of shipping through the Strait

Iraq’s Kurdish leadership rejects involvement in the Iran war, complicating potential US-Israeli efforts to open a northern front.