BAGHDAD/ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Iraq's oilfields in the disputed Kirkuk region have taken on new significance after the United States restored oil sanctions against neighbouring Iran. Washington is ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Netherlands’ defense minister on Thursday met with local officials in Kirkuk province to discuss mechanisms for compensating victims of a Dutch airstrike carried out in ...

With ISIS gone, political realities descend upon the Middle East. So far it is the Kurds that have gotten the short end of the deal. In a closed-door meeting at a Washington think tank in July, I had ...

KIRKUK, Iraq — The cotton factory was burning and ethnic tensions were rising Friday as 4,000 U.S. troops began arriving in Kirkuk, where the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s government has left a skyline ...

DIANA, Iraq — The northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk is like a grenade primed to explode in Saddam Hussein’s clenched fist. His army has blocked most escape routes in an effort to stop civilians from ...

LONDON -- If the tension between Iraqis and Kurds in the country's north truly blows up, Kirkuk will be the fuse. Insert obligatory adjectives here: the disputed, oil-rich, bitterly divided, ...

A rare rocket attack targeted Kirkuk in northern Iraq, injuring one. Officials suspect militias or ISIS amid growing regional tensions. Several rockets were fired at the Iraqi city of Kirkuk in the ...

The International Organization for Migration reports that more than 64,000 displaced Iraqis have returned to their home areas ...

Two vital American allies have reignited their rivalry in Iraq. After months of simmering tensions, national military forces and militia moved to push Kurdish forces out of the disputed city of Kirkuk ...

Error occured during this request! Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The official appointment of a director for Kirkuk’s agriculture department has ...

When Iraqi government forces seized control of the contested city of Kirkuk on Monday, hundreds of Kurdish families were sent scattering to nearby safe havens. The swift military operation came just ...