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FILE: Iraqi forces hold a position in the area of al-Shurah, some 45km south of Mosul, as they advance towards the city to retake it from the Islamic State group jihadists. Picture: AFP.

Iraqi kurdish peshmerga fighters

Iraq threatens to resume military operations against Kurds

By Reuters

Abadi ordered economic and military retaliation against the KRG after Iraqi Kurds voted for independence in September in a referendum that Baghdad declared...

  • Iraqi security secure the area of a car bomb on March 16, 2013, in the northern city of Kirkuk, which injured some 18 people. Picture: AFP/ MARWAN IBRAHIM

    In Kirkuk, Kurds' joy turns to fear after Iraqi army takeover

    An Arab couple who have seen Kirkuk change hands several times before said they now feel safer and more comfortable.

    1671 days ago
  • An Iraqi Kurdish man poses as he carries a child wearing the Kurdish flag on his head during a celebration in the northern city of Kirkuk on 25 September, 2017 as Iraqi Kurds vote in a referendum on independence. Picture: AFP.

    Iraqi forces seize oil city Kirkuk from Kurds in bold advance

    The short suspension in production helped push up world oil prices LCOc1 as the shutdown represented more than half of total Kurdish output.

    1675 days ago
  • Iraqis check the damage after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle in northern Baghdad's Sadr City on 17 May 2016 security and medical officials said. Picture: AFP.

    After bombings in Baghdad kill 77, Sadr's forces deployed in some areas

    Islamic State claimed a suicide bombing which killed 41 people and wounded more than 70.

    2192 days ago
  • An Islamic State group (IS) flag and banner in Iraq. Picture: AFP.

    Islamic State fighter from US in custody in Iraq

    The man had left territory controlled by Isis, but was caught by Peshmerga fighters.

    2256 days ago
  • Iraqi Sunni and Shiite fighters pose for a photo with an Islamic State group flag in the Al-Alam town, northeast of the Iraqi city of Tikrit, on March 17, 2015 after recapturing the town from IS fighters earlier in the month. Picture: AFP.

    OPINION: Fight against Islamic State deepens

    Peter Van Buren looks at the heightened involvement and costs of the battle against Islamic State.

    2389 days ago
  • FILE:Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters patrol the town of Gwer which remains on the frontline of fighting between Kurdish forces and militants from Islamic State (IS), 40Km south of Erbil, Iraq, 18 September 2014. Picture: EPA.

    Militants launch attacks in Iraq's western Ramadi city

    Security forces killed 12 militants who tried to storm a mosque and a house close to Shujairiya.

    2736 days ago
  • Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Martin Dempsey speaks to the press about the ongoing bombing campaign against militants in Iraq and Syria during a news conference at the Pentagon on 26 September, 2014 in Arlington, Virginia. Picture: AFP.

    Dempsey says battle with Islamic State starting to turn

    General Martin Dempsey said it also predicted a drawn-out campaign lasting several years.

    2741 days ago
  • People watch from a hill during sunset after an US-led coalition airstrike on Kobani, Syria, as seen from the Turkish side of the border. Picture: EPA.

    Iraqi Kurds join fight against Islamic State in Kobani

    They are hoping their support backed by US-led air strikes will keep ISIS from seizing the town.

    2754 days ago
  • Peshmerga on their way to Kobani arrive at the Habur gate crossing on the Turkey-Iraq border. Picture: EPA.

    Iraqi Kurdish forces enter Syria to fight Islamic State

    Kobani, on the border with Turkey, has been encircled by the Sunni Muslim insurgents.

    2757 days ago
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