Iraq’s Kurds have vowed to hold an independence referendum on Monday (September 25) despite opposition from the government in Baghdad and warnings it could cause unrest across the region. Turkey and Iran fear that...
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Turkey Votes to Extend Mandate for Troops in Iraq and Syria
Turkey’s parliament voted on Saturday to extend by a year a mandate authorising the deployment of Turkish troops in Iraq and Syria, stepping up pressure against an independence referendum in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region...
A Stark Warning for Iraq’s Kurds
Iraq is prepared to intervene militarily if the Kurdish region’s planned independence referendum results in violence. The country’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi made the statement to the Associated Press news agency on Saturday. He...
Iraqi Kurds to Hold Independence Referendum
The parliament of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region approved a plan to hold a referendum on independence on September 25, ignoring Iraqi, Iranian and Turkish opposition as well as US and Western concern that the...
Iraq: ‘More Than 80’ Killed in ISIS Suicide Attacks
More than 80 people are now reported dead in southern Iraq where so-called Islamic State claimed responsibility for three suicide attacks on Thursday.
Iraqi Kurds Campaign for Independence
Iraqi Kurds took to the streets in celebration early Tuesday morning (Sept. 5) marking the official start of campaigns for the region’s upcoming referendum. Despite calls from Baghdad and the US to postpone the...
ISIS Fighters Flee Iraqi City Tal Afar to Defend Nearby Al Ayadiya
Peshmerga troops have detained several suspected ISIL members as they flee following the fighting to recapture of the Iraqi city of Tal Afar. Hundreds of self-styled Islamic State fighters are said to have now...
Survivors Recount Atrocities of ISIS Occupation in Mosul
More than 1 million people once lived in Mosul, Iraq, a city reduced to rubble after three years of ISIS occupation and a brutal nine-month battle to take it back. An estimated 700,000 civilians...
Homeless Iraq Veteran Gets Place to Call Home
A homeless Iraq war veteran in California has a unique place to finally call home. Vernon Poling moved into an apartment made of shipping containers. The complex built for homeless veterans is believed to...
Rebuilding Mosul – Bringing the Demolished City Back From the Dead
After nine months of continued conflict, work has begun to rebuild the Iraqi city of Mosul. Many of the residential districts have been heavily damaged, if not completely flattened. With the economy also in...
