Iraqi Kurdistan

Two Killed in Iraq Airstrike Blamed on Turkey

Two people were killed on Friday in a Turkish airstrike on Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, according to a local source. Two people were killed on Friday in a strike on the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, an official said, accusing Turkey of being behind the raid. Turkey frequently carries out ground and air operations on ...

Baghdad Tightens Its Grip on Autonomous Kurdistan

"Political revenge" or a return to control? Iraq's federal government is reviewing its relations with autonomous Kurdistan and tightening its grip on it. Iraq is using a period of relative stability to assert more control over the oil-rich autonomous Kurdistan region, which has long had fraught relations with federal authorities, analysts and ...