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Rubio holds call with Iraqi Kurdish leader, State Department saysU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed gratitude to the Kurdistan Regional Government for facilitating oil exports from Iraq to glob...27 Mar, 2026, 09.50 AM IST- Iran could be a ‘forever war’ if the Kurds join the fightA Kurdish ground insurgency against Iran could significantly change the course of the current conflict but may also risk creating a prolong...07 Mar, 2026, 02.04 PM IST
- Iraq's Kurdish Regional Security Council announces arrest of top aide of former Islamic State leaderKurdish Regional Security Council captured senior Islamic State figure, Socrates Khalil, a confidant of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, known for mak...18 May, 2024, 07.17 AM IST
- Left-wing extremist Kurdish MP warns Sweden on compromise with Turkey regarding NATOFormer Peshmerga fighter Amineh Kakabaveh holds the decisive vote and says that the Scandinavian country will lose its dignity and values b...06 Jun, 2022, 09.11 PM IST
- A fragile partnership in Iraq tries to prevent IS revivalThe scene earlier this month in the small northern Iraqi farming village of Lheiban was a rare instance of coordination between the federal...17 Dec, 2021, 11.44 AM IST
- Islamic State 'blows up' Iraq oil wells, kills policeman: OfficialsIraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces took control of Kirkuk, home to key oilfields including Bay Hassan, in June 2014 after federal forces withdr...05 May, 2021, 04.54 PM IST
- Allegations of abuse, mismanagement shadow gains against ISThe Trump administration's decision to provide Syria's Kurds with more advanced weapons has raised concerns among the various players in Sy...31 May, 2017, 08.35 AM IST
- US unleashes Delta Force in Iraq to target ISIS operativesIt is a strategy that worked in May 2015, when Delta raided a compound in Syria, killing ISIS operative Abu Sayyaf and capturing his wife, ...01 Mar, 2016, 03.25 PM IST
- US and Iraq plan operation to regain control of MosulCENTCOM officials said main attack force would consist of five Iraqi army brigades, which will all go through US training sites before they...20 Feb, 2015, 11.32 AM IST
- Iraq's divisions will delay counter-offensive on Islamic StateAmericans' training mission aims to prepare Iraqi troops for a spring offensive to retake territory, incl Mosul and Islamic State's powerba...01 Dec, 2014, 02.45 PM IST
- ISIS poses major threat to global security: Angela MerkelIS poses a major threat to global security, says German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she calls upon the nations around the world to join the...04 Oct, 2014, 01.06 PM IST
- Germany supplies arms and ammunition to Kurdish forces in IraqGermany today delivered arms and ammunition to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq to boost their firepower against the Islamic State mili...27 Sep, 2014, 01.56 PM IST
- Germany rules out air strikes, ground troops against Islamic StateGermany has ruled out participation in air strikes or any other ground offensive against the Islamic State militants in Iraq.22 Sep, 2014, 01.57 PM IST
- This British man has to pay for your promise: ISIS killer tells David CameronThe brutal murder comes just a day after the aid worker's family issued a public plea for his captors to contact them.15 Sep, 2014, 11.10 AM IST
- Retaking Iraqi dam: US airstrikes have deadly effect on militants of the Islamic StateIt was not until President Barack Obama authorized airstrikes by the US military on August 7 that the Sunni fighters' advance was halted.20 Aug, 2014, 06.36 PM IST
- Evacuation of civilians from Iraqi mountain 'less likely': USThe US has said any evacuation mission on a mountain in northern Iraq besieged by Islamic State extremists is now "less likely".14 Aug, 2014, 10.38 AM IST
- Oil wealth fans ethnic flames in Iraqi townIn a mirror image of Kirkuk, the Kurdish town of Khanaqin near the border with Iran that holds sizeable oil reserves is being exposed to et...26 Sep, 2008, 08.06 AM IST
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