News 2020-11-09 The Baghdad-Erbil agreement lays bare a schism in Ezidi community Daquq delegation seeks President Salih’s role in resolving outstanding issues A number of Kurdish and Turkmen notables from Kirkuk’s Daquq district and the village of Bashir appealed to the Iraqi President to work on protecting... New Ezidi spiritual leader to be appointed soon The Ezidi Spiritual Council will soon choose a new leader for the title of Baba-Shékh, the highest spiritual office for Ezidis, from three candidates who... Iraqi army, Federal Police broker agreement between Arab and Kurdish farmers Arab and Kurdish farmers have agreed that an area of 18,5 square kilometres (1,850 hectare) of agricultural lands not to be cultivated by either side for... Activist group sues local government in Kirkuk An activist collective called Street Group in Kirkuk has filed a legal complaint against the governor, mayor of Kirkuk City, the committee of... Woman dies in Kirkuk seven days after alleged self-immolation A woman who had allegedly self-immolated, died at a hospital in Kirkuk after seven days. The police say she had said that she was mentally distressed. The... Authorities close down all IDP camps in Baghdad and Karbala Iraq’s Ministry of Migration and Displacement has closed all IDP camps in the provinces of Baghdad and Karbala. Closing the camps in Nineveh is next on... Iraqi Parliament reaches consensus on Kirkuk’s electoral constituencies Members of the Iraqi Parliament reached consensus on the electoral constituencies of Kirkuk in the early hours of this morning. It has been determined that... Peshmerga fills security vacuum after murder of three men by ISIS Peshmerga Forces will be deployed in the Shékh Bzén areas in Kirkuk province to protect residents from ISIS attacks, according to Major General Mariwan... Press Secretary releases contradictory statements about former governor’s health conditions Nashwan Jalal, the press secretary for Kirkuk’s former Governor Najm al-Din Karim, has given out contradictory information about Karim's... Tortured body of kidnapped university lecturer found in Kirkuk After 21 days of his kidnapping, the family of a 52-year-old Kurdish university lecturer learned about his fate today. His body had been found 11 days ago... Kirkuk: oilfield guard killed, police arrest two “ISIS leaders” Kirkuk Police announced on 26 October the arrest of two “leaders” of ISIS. On the same day "ISIS militants" attacked a guarding post of Khabaza oilfield... High-profile Ezidi figure resigns in protest Shérzad Farouq, one of the deputies of Mir (prince) of the Ezidis, has announced his resignation. In the resignation letter which KirkukNow has obtained a... ‹ 1 2 ... 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 ... 115 116 ›
