2019-05-14 KirkukNow correspondent in Kirkuk arrested by Iraqi army More Schools in Kurdistan Region join Wadi’s No to Violence campaign In 2017, the German Wadi organization launched a No to Violence campaign in the Kurdistan Region’s Garmyan area with the aim of ending violence in schools... Gunmen attack Iraqi federal police northwest of Kirkuk Islamic State militants attacked Iraqi federal on the road between Kirkuk and Erbil near Kloor village in Pirde (Altun Kopri) northwest of Kirkuk. Three... Kirkuk University announced winner at THE Awards Asia 2019 The University of Kirkuk won the Outstanding Support for Students category at the Times Higher Education THE Awards Asia 2019 ceremony. Dr. Abbas Hassan... UN rehabilitates 502 houses for returnees in Shingal The United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) and UN Development Program (UNDP) handed over 502 rehabilitated houses to returnees in Ninewa’s... Ezidi Spiritual Council accepts children of IS victims of rape into community The Ezidi Supreme Spiritual Council has decided to allow children of Ezidi women born to Islamic State Group (IS) fighters into the community, ending a long... IOM Study: 41% of Iraq IDPs originate from Mosul and Shingal A recent study by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has revealed that “for 41 per cent of IDPs, Mosul and Sinjar (Ninewa) are the districts... Human Rights Watch: Torture of detainees continues in Mosul prison “I saw eight detainees standing naked. Four guards were throwing water at them from a bucket, after which they pushed the detainees to the floor one by one,... PUK official: our negotiating team ignored Kirkuk issue following their agreement with Massoud Barzani Deputy head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PYK)’s organizational center in Kirkuk expressed resentment over his party’s agreement with Kurdistan... Kirkuk acting governor commends PUK’s initiative to release detainees from Sulaimaniyah prisons Acting governor of Kirkuk urged political groups to avoid statements that might undermine the administration’s joint initiative with the Patriotic Union of... Commission of integrity reclaims five state-owned properties in Kirkuk The Kirkuk office of the Iraqi commission of Integrity said they have managed to return five properties worth a total of 3 billion Iraqi dinars (US$ 2.5... “Discrimination continued to stoke ethno-sectarian tensions in disputed territories” US State Department releases 2018 report on human The US State Department’s 2018 report on Human Rights Practices for Iraq indicated that violence continued throughout the year, largely fueled by the... Call for support of Yazidi Women and their Children To our friends, supporters, activists, the media, international and national political decision makers, and to the Yazidi people: The following lines... ‹ 1 2 ... 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ›