SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region — The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Ministry of Interior on Friday accused Iraq’s Shiite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) of carrying out drone attacks on Erbil on June …
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SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region — Influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and leader of the Shiite National Movement, on Friday reaffirmed his decision to boycott Iraq’s upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled for November …
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US sanctions Iraqi network for disguising Iranian oil as Iraqi amid ongoing smuggling from Kurdistan
لەلایەن sarkawt marwanSULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region — The US Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned six entities and identified four vessels involved in smuggling billions of dollars’ worth of Iranian oil, some of which …
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SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region — The water levels of Iraq’s Tigris and Euphrates rivers have risen significantly after Turkey released larger quantities of water, Iraqi Water Resources Minister Aoun Diab announced. …
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Baghdad-Erbil talks stall over resuming Kurdistan oil exports and salary issue
لەلایەن sarkawt marwanSULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region — Five days of intensive negotiations between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Iraqi federal government over civil servant salaries and the resumption of oil exports …
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Salary issue nears resolution as efforts intensify to resume oil exports from Kurdistan Region
لەلایەن sarkawt marwanSULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region — A breakthrough appears to be on the horizon in resolving the Kurdistan Region’s long-standing salary crisis, as international oil companies have reportedly agreed not to obstruct …
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SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region — The Association of the Petroleum Industry of Kurdistan (APIKUR) announced early Thursday that its member companies are ready to immediately resume oil exports from Kurdistan through …
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Sulaimani security forces detain Zoom News Teams — media watchdog Metro Center calls for release
لەلایەن sarkawt marwanSULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region — Sulaimani security forces (Asayish) on Thursday detained two Zoom News journalism teams near the city’s Rojava General Directorate of Education, where protesting teachers had planned to …
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Tensions flare in Tuz Khurmatu as Iraqi army moves to arrest Kurdish farmers in dispute with Arab settlers over land
لەلایەن sarkawt marwanKIRKUK, Iraq — Early Tuesday, the Iraqi army raided Tapa Sawz village in Saladin province’s Tuz Khurmatu district in an attempt to arrest 26 Kurdish farmers, following complaints filed by …
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KRG official accuses Baghdad of blocking Kurdistan Region oil exports and withholding salary payments
لەلایەن sarkawt marwanSULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region — On Monday, Aziz Ahmad, Deputy Chief of Staff to the KRG Prime Minister, accused Baghdad of blocking the resumption of oil exports from the Kurdistan Region …