It is estimated that the Kurdish region contains a quarter of all of Iraq's oil. That figure is likely an understatement now that the Kurds control Kirkuk — a key oil hub.

Iraqi forces move deeper into Kurdish-held areas, redrawing political map October 17, 2017 More than 7 years ago This Aug. 17, 2015, photo shows a general view of the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar ...

Iranian Kurdish dissidents have been watching from abroad for signs that the government in Tehran might falter after the ...

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The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is preventing about 4,200 Sunni Arabs from returning home to 12 villages east of Mosul, Human Rights Watch said today.

Iran's clerical rulers have stepped up suppression of persistent anti-government protests in the country's Kurdish region, deploying troops and killing at least four demonstrators Sunday, social ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say an explosion has struck next to an international airport in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region. The blast at the Suleimaniyah airport Friday came days ...

Iran's clerical rulers have stepped up suppression of persistent anti-government protests in the country's Kurdish region, deploying troops and killing at least four demonstrators on Sunday ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Iraqi officials announced Saturday that Baghdad has won an international arbitration case that will halt oil exports from the semi-autonomous Kurdish region by way of Turkey.