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Iraqi parliamentary committee suggests increase in incentives to encourage return of IDPs — 2019-08-13
Iraqi parliamentary committee suggests increase in incentives to encourage return of IDPs

Kirkuk oil exports down for July

Kirkuk oil exports down for July

Exports from the Kirkuk oilfields to the Turkish port of Ceyhan have fallen for July compared to the previous month by about 50 thousand barrels per...

How KDP’s Kirkuk provincial council seats boosted?

How KDP’s Kirkuk provincial council seats boosted?

When the provincial elections were held in Kirkuk in 2005, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) had only 7 seats within the Brotherhood list out of the...

Nadia Murad: Baghdad-Erbil disputes set back return of displaced Ezidis

Nadia Murad: Baghdad-Erbil disputes set back return of displaced Ezidis

Ezidi activist and 2018 Nobel peace prize winner Nadia Murad said ongoing disputes between the Iraqi federal government and the Kurdistan regional...

Remains of Ezidi victims to be reburied in two cemeteries in Shingal

Remains of Ezidi victims to be reburied in two cemeteries in Shingal

Remains of Ezidi victims slaughtered by Islamic State fighters are due to be reburied in two cemeteries soon after the remains exhumed from mass graves are...

Baghdad and Erbil close to reaching agreement on return of Peshmarga to disputed territories

Baghdad and Erbil close to reaching agreement on return of Peshmarga to disputed territories

The Iraqi Ministry of Defense and the Kurdish Peshmerga forces have reached an agreement to fill the security vacuum in areas located around Kirkuk and...

Iraq’s high electoral body extends biometric voter card registration and renewal period for IDPs

Iraq’s high electoral body extends biometric voter card registration and renewal period for IDPs

Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission has decided to extend the period set for internally displaced people across the country to renew their...

Kirkuk airport project forces evacuation of nearby neighborhood

Kirkuk airport project forces evacuation of nearby neighborhood

Kirkuk administration has ordered evacuation of Hamzali neighborhood located near the multi-ethnic city’s Kirkuk International Airport, a decision which has...

Human Rights Watch criticizes conditions in Ninewa detention facilities

Human Rights Watch criticizes conditions in Ninewa detention facilities

The Human Rights Watch organization, in a report published on Thursday July 4, said that thousands prisoners in Iraq, most held on terrorism charges live...

Iraqi PM orders integration of PMF units into regular armed forces

Iraqi PM orders integration of PMF units into regular armed forces

Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi issued a decree ordering the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) to integrate into the regular armed...

KDP and PUK fail to agree on Kirkuk governor issue <br> KDP: A candidate should be approved by both parties and other Kirkuk communities

KDP and PUK fail to agree on Kirkuk governor issue
KDP: A candidate should be approved by both parties and other Kirkuk communities

Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) officials stressed that a candidate for the position of Kirkuk governor should be approved by both the KDP, the Patriotic...

Iraqi displaced families trapped in limbo

Iraqi displaced families trapped in limbo

An estimated 1.8 million people remain displaced across camps and informal housing arrangements across Iraq despite the end of fighting. According to a...

Kirkuk: Security forces arrest police officer accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a girl

Kirkuk: Security forces arrest police officer accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a girl

Security forces in Kirkuk said they have arrested a police officer charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a girl. A security source said the...