2019-08-24 Mine Action Office opened in Mosul to speed up clearing operations Iraq’s Kakayi minority say government turning its back on them Soon after they swept through Iraq’s northern province of Ninewa, the Islamic State (IS) group began to blow up sacred sites of the Kakayi religious... More than 40 days passed since PUK-KDP agreement No progress in appointment of new governor for Kirkuk The spokesman to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) declared that no steps have been taken to appoint a new governor for the multi-ethnic province of... Kurdistan Region still hosts over one million IDPs and refugees A total of 1,040,365 individuals are still registered as internally displaces persons and refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan Region provinces, out of this number... Woman jumps off Mosul’s Old Bridge in apparent suicide A young woman from Mosul committed suicide after she jumped into the Tigris River, a security source told KirkukNow. “Early on Sunday August 18, a... Kirkuk: Woman arrested for involvement in husband’s murder Police in Kirkuk arrested a woman for allegedly planning her husband’s murder. A source from the police department told KirkukNow that the 20-year-old... Iraqi parliamentary committee suggests increase in incentives to encourage return of IDPs The Iraqi parliament’s labor and migration committee announced plans to form permanent committees to inspect the situation in IDP camps across the country;... 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? 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 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 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 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 Independent High Electoral Commission has decided to extend the period set for internally displaced people across the country to renew their... ‹ 1 2 ... 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ›