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The U.S., Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Kurds — they all have interests here but risk touching off a war if they each have their way ...
A drone crashed near Makhmour in the latest attack on Iraq’s Kurdistan region, as officials blame Iran-aligned groups for a ...
Thank God, this project is very important and has spared us from generators, environmental pollution, and noise,” said Moayad Shukri, a resident of the Kwestan neighborhood in central Erbil. “Now we ...
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Monday reaffirmed Erbil's commitment to ...
By bnm Gulf bureau Bahrain expressed its intention to open a consulate in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, and launch direct flights between Manama and Erbil, Shafaq News reported on August ...
Erbil has begun implementing its massive Green Belt project, a long-term plan to plant thousands of dunams of trees to combat ...
Kurdish singers from across the region were centre stage at Erbil’s citadel on Friday for a concert that offered a rare ...
Last week, the Kurdish city of Erbil was threatened. The siege of the Kurds has been relieved somewhat by 19 U.S. air strikes on ISIS over four days.
The US dollar continued its decline against the Iraqi dinar on Sunday, with Baghdad's central exchanges recording a rate of ...
Erbil is close to the front-lines. ISIS militants advanced to within just a handful of miles of Erbil last summer, but were eventually repelled by Kurdish forces with the help of U.S. airstrikes.
With a flagship 1,800-seat location in the city of Erbil and a second 800-seat location in Sulaimani (also spelled Sulaymaniyah), ABC is one of Iraq’s most popular restaurant brands, with often ...
As Kurdistan is both largely secular and religiously diverse, Erbil has a busy nightlife scene, with dozens of bars, liquor stores, clubs, and restaurants opening in the past 10 years.