BAGHDAD/ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Iraq's oilfields in the disputed Kirkuk region have taken on new significance after the United States restored oil sanctions against neighbouring Iran. Washington is ...

ERBIL — In the ongoing crisis over independence for the Kurds of Iraq, the Kurdish Regional Government is accusing the United States of helping terrorists by supplying military support for Iraqi ...

Educators say Baghdad targets vulnerable public servants while billions vanish through mismanagement, militia-controlled ...

With ISIS gone, political realities descend upon the Middle East. So far it is the Kurds that have gotten the short end of the deal. In a closed-door meeting at a Washington think tank in July, I had ...

LONDON - Iraq will ‍export ‍a total of 223,000 ​barrels per day (bpd) in ⁠February, up by 21% ⁠on the month, loading ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Netherlands’ defense minister on Thursday met with local officials in Kirkuk province to discuss mechanisms for compensating victims of a Dutch airstrike carried out in ...

bp is set to return to Kirkuk’s oil sector in February 2025. This deal could strengthen both bp’s position in Iraq and Prime Minister Al-Sudani’s political standing. Challenges remain, including ...

This image made from a video shows Iraqi soldiers on military vehicles in the Qatash area towards Kirkuk gas plant, south of Kirkuk, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. Iraqi state media say federal troops ...

LONDON -- If the tension between Iraqis and Kurds in the country's north truly blows up, Kirkuk will be the fuse. Insert obligatory adjectives here: the disputed, oil-rich, bitterly divided, ...

KIRKUK, Iraq — The cotton factory was burning and ethnic tensions were rising Friday as 4,000 U.S. troops began arriving in Kirkuk, where the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s government has left a skyline ...

DIANA, Iraq — The northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk is like a grenade primed to explode in Saddam Hussein’s clenched fist. His army has blocked most escape routes in an effort to stop civilians from ...

Two vital American allies have reignited their rivalry in Iraq. After months of simmering tensions, national military forces and militia moved to push Kurdish forces out of the disputed city of Kirkuk ...