ERBIL — Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani are expected to hold direct talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Thursday to address the worsening ...

ERBIL — Growing concerns are emerging over drug use and trafficking within the ranks of Iraq’s security forces, following multiple reports in Iraqi and Arab media. Investigations have revealed that ...

ERBIL — Prominent Iraqi journalist Steven Nabil has warned that Iraq’s oil smuggling operations are far more extensive than previously reported by the US Treasury Department, accusing government ...

ERBIL — Several Iraqi provinces have announced the suspension of official working hours for Sunday, while others have adjusted work schedules due to soaring temperatures reaching record highs.

PM Barzani, UN Envoy Discuss Security, Attacks on Kurdistan InfrastructureERBIL — Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani met on Monday with Mohamed Al Hassan, the Special Representative of ...

ERBIL — Iraq’s State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO) has acknowledged that crude oil is being smuggled out of the country through southern ports, in what it described as unauthorized and high ...

ERBIL — The United States on Wednesday imposed a new wave of sanctions targeting Iran’s oil and petrochemical sector, aiming to cut off funding for Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, regional proxies, and ...

US Repatriates Child from Syrian Camp, Urges Global ActionERBIL — The United States has repatriated a minor American citizen from a displacement camp in northeastern Syria, the State Department ...

US, European Countries Condemn Iran for Plotting Killings, KidnappingsERBIL — A coalition of European countries and the United States issued a joint statement on Thursday condemning Iranian ...

ERBIL — Cardinal Louis Sako, Patriarch and Head of the Chaldean Church in Iraq and the World, has expressed his gratitude to Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Democratic Party ...

ERBIL — The United Nations on Monday called on Iran to immediately halt its use of the death penalty, warning of a “deeply disturbing” spike in executions that has seen at least 612 people put to ...

ERBIL — The Israeli military announced on Sunday a daily “tactical pause” in three areas of Gaza to allow humanitarian aid to reach civilians facing severe hunger, as international pressure mounts ...