Kurdish women pedal, dunk, spike as Iraq’s top athletes
When Iraq's female cycling team snatched bronze and silver medals at a landmark pan-Arab race,… Read More
6 years ago
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Kurdish refugee wins ‘Nobel of mathematics’ Fields medal
Kurdish refugee turned Cambridge University math professor Caucher Birkar was among four winners of the… Read More
7 years ago
Iraqi forces, Kurdish Peshmerga agree on ceasefire, US-led coalition says
BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters reached an agreement on Friday to stop fighting… Read More
7 years ago
Islamic State’s Baghdadi almost certainly alive: Kurdish security official
SULAIMANIA, Iraq: A top Kurdish counter-terrorism official said on Monday he was 99 percent sure… Read More
8 years ago
US Marines deploy artillery battery to Syria
WASHINGTON: The United States has sent a Marine Corps artillery battery into Syria to help… Read More
8 years ago
Anti-Islamic State assaults gain ground in Iraq and Syria
MOSUL, IRAQ: Iraqi forces advanced in west Mosul and fighters in neighbouring Syria seized a… Read More
8 years ago
Eight killed, over 100 wounded by PKK bombing Turkey’s southeast: PM
DIYARBAKIR: Eight people were killed, including two police, and over 100 wounded in a car bombing… Read More
8 years ago
Turkey police detain co-leaders of main pro-Kurdish party
ISTANBUL: Turkish police on Friday detained the two co-leaders of the country's main pro-Kurdish party,… Read More
8 years ago
Islamic State drone kills Kurdish fighters, hurts French troops
WASHINGTON: A remote-controlled jihadist hobby plane rigged with hidden explosives killed two Kurdish fighters and… Read More
8 years ago
How far to go? Photographers divided over graphic war snaps
BAYEUX: How far to go in terms of gore and shock value when covering conflict? Capturing… Read More
8 years ago
US-backed Syria alliance pushes into IS border hub
BEIRUT: US-backed Syrian fighters pushed further into the Islamic State group stronghold of Manbij on… Read More
9 years ago
Kurdish forces say Islamic State defeated in Iraq’s Sinjar
SINJAR TOWN: Kurdish forces said they had secured strategic facilities in the northern Iraqi town… Read More
9 years ago
Turkish jets hit Kurdish militant camps in Iraq, at least 55 killed: sources
DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY: At least 55 militants were killed when Turkish warplanes hit Kurdistan Workers Party… Read More
9 years ago
Turkish court arrests British journalists on ‘Islamic State terror’ charges
DIYARBAKIR: A court in Turkey's Kurdish-dominated southeast on Monday remanded in custody two British journalists… Read More
10 years ago
Car bomb kills three outside U.S. consulate in Iraq’s Kurdish capital
ERBIL: A car bombing claimed by the Islamic State killed three people on Friday outside… Read More
10 years ago
U.S.-led jets strike Islamic State in northeast Syria: monitor
BEIRUT: U.S.-led jets have struck Islamic State positions in northeast Syria in an area where the militants… Read More
10 years ago
Top Iraq Kurd officer among six killed in IS attack
KIRKUK: The Islamic State jihadist group killed a senior Kurdish commander and five fighters Friday… Read More
10 years ago
Kurds defeat Islamic State jihadists in Syria's Kobane
BEIRUT: Kurdish militia drove the Islamic State group from the Syrian town of Kobane and… Read More
10 years ago
Suicide car bomb hits Iraqi Kurdish capital
BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle in the heart of the usually secure… Read More
10 years ago
Obama to send 1,500 more troops to Iraq as campaign expands
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the number… Read More
10 years ago