In Iraq, federal forces launch 'major, multi-pronged' assault aimed at retaking disputed northern city of Kirkuk. The Kurdish Security Council said the assault launched late night was aimed at entering the city and retaking the K-1 military base and nearby oil fields.Iraqi government forces ...

Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Wednesday announced it would hold a referendum on independence, in a move the central government in Baghdad is likely to oppose strongly."I am pleased to announce that the date for the independence referendum has been set for Monday, Sept. 25, 2017," Kurdish ...

BAGHDAD, Nov  13, (APP/AFP) - Iraqi Kurdish forces have demolished Arab homes and buildings and in some cases entire villages in disputed areas in the country's north, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday.Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region has gained or solidified control over swathes of territory ...

BASHIQA: (APP) Iraqi Kurdish forces have seized the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from the Islamic State group, an official said Tuesday, as US-backed militia forces advanced on the jihadists' Syrian stronghold Raqa.Capturing Bashiqa would be one of the final steps in securing the eastern approaches ...

ARBIL, Iraq: (APP) Iraqi Kurdish forces on Monday wrapped up a two-day offensive during which they took several positions from the Islamic State group near its Mosul bastion, officials said.The peshmerga forces had launched the assault on Sunday to retake villages in the Nineveh plain between ...

TEHRAN, (APP): Is Kurdish rebellion on rise in Iran’s Kurdish region? Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said it killed five armed rebels in recent clashes along its border with Iraqi Kurdistan, state media reported. A statement from the Guards, published late Saturday by official news agency ...

KIRKUK, Iraq, April 24, (APP): Iraq War worst clashes between Iraqi Kurds and Turkmen Shiites. Kurdish peshmerga forces and Turkmen Shiite paramilitaries were Sunday engaged in clashes that have killed nine people in a flashpoint town and closed the highway to Baghdad, officials said. Tuz ...