Iraqi forensic officials uncovered the remains of 17 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters - killed during the country’s battles against the Islamic State (ISIS) - in a mass grave in Kirkuk’s western Hawija ...

Additionally, he instructed the Iraqi Deputy Minister of Justice to visit Kirkuk and take necessary legal measures regarding ...

Local officials confirmed to VOA on Thursday that a mass grave containing the remains of 17 people has been found in Hawija ...

"President Radev expressed his appreciation for the contribution of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to the promotion of stability and development in Iraq and the Middle East region," the statement read.

Hopes for a resumption oil flows have been buoyed by the Iraqi parliament’s approval last week of a budget amendment.

ERBIL — A mass grave containing the remains of 17 Peshmerga fighters has been discovered in the Hawija district of Kirkuk province, an Iraqi official confirmed on Thursday. Yasmin Munzir, director of ...

Kirkuk’s fields, operated by the state-run North Oil Company, were previously under Kurdish Peshmerga control until the Iraqi federal government regained control in 2017. Oil exports via the ...

The Federal Court of Iraq has rejected complaints from Arabs and Turkmen regarding the alleged illegal formation of Kirkuk’s local government. This has led to tensions within the Turkmen Front ...

Control over oil and gas has long been a source of tension between Baghdad and the Kurds, with Kirkuk - a region rich in hydrocarbons - at the centre of the dispute. The Kurds lost control of the ...

Oil major BP is expected to spend up to $25 billion over the lifetime of a project to redevelop four Kirkuk oil and gas fields, a senior Iraqi oil official told Reuters, as Baghdad seeks to win back ...

ISIS remains a threat to the region and beyond, and CENTCOM, along with partners and allies, will continue to aggressively pursue these terrorists to protect the homeland,” CENTCOM said.