Kurds could opt out of next Iraqi government: president
ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - The president of Iraqi Kurdistan, Masoud Barzani, said Iraq had been led in an authoritarian direction by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and threatened to end the...
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Iraqi Kurds entrench political faultline with Syria border ditch
ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurds are digging a 17-km (10-mile) trench on their border with Syria, reinforcing a political faultline between the two rival parties that dominate on either...
Kurds solidify autonomy in Syria on eve of peace talks
ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Kurds in Syria declared a provincial government in the north of the country on Tuesday, consolidating their geographic and political presence on the eve of peace...
Kurdish rebels threaten new fight in Turkey as Syria clashes intensify
QANDIL MOUNTAINS, Iraq (Reuters) - Kurdish rebels are ready to re-enter Turkey from northern Iraq, the head of the group's political wing said at his mountain hideout, threatening to rekindle...
Syria chemical attack reopens old wounds among Kurds
HALABJA, Iraq (Reuters) - A sweet smell, like that of apples, wafted through the air. In a field, a cow's eyes began to stream. A bird fell from the sky,...
Baghdad, Big Oil on alert for retaliation to a Syria strike
ARBIL, Iraq/LONDON (Reuters) - Baghdad and foreign oil companies at work in Iraq's giant oilfields are adopting extra security measures in anticipation of retaliatory attacks if the United States strikes...
First Kurdish rebels arrive in Iraq under Turkey peace plan
HEROR, Iraq (Reuters) - The first group of Kurdish militants to withdraw from Turkey under a peace process entered northern Iraq on Tuesday, and were greeted by comrades from the...
Fuel, food aid draw Iraq, Syria Kurds closer
FISHKHABOUR, Iraq (Reuters) - Kurds on either side of the river Tigris that runs between Syria and Iraq are linked by kinship, a history of oppression and now by fuel...
Fuel, food aid draw Iraq, Syria Kurds closer
FISHKHABOUR, Iraq (Reuters) - Kurds on either side of the river Tigris that runs between Syria and Iraq are linked by kinship, a history of oppression and now by fuel...
With or without Exxon, Iraq Kurds strive for energy autonomy
ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Behind the closed doors of their offices in the United States, top executives and lawyers for Exxon Mobil are poring over two sets of contracts, weighing...