Like residents of Berlin during the airlift, inhabitants of Arbil–capital of the Kurdish enclave in northern Iraq–get a little flutter in their hearts when they see a plane coming in to land ...

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 ...

Shan Abdullah Ahmed travels to Arbil in northern Iraq at least once a month so her teenage daughter can shop for the latest catwalk fashions and stroll freely through an amusement park without ...

ARBIL, Iraq, Feb. 21 -- Shakur Ahmed's last view of Iraqi forces, he recalled, was from within a gutted television set where he was hiding from government agents looking to arrest him.

Arbil relies on 1,240 wells dotted across the city alongside the Ifraz water station that draws from the upper Zab River, which has its source in Turkey and joins the Tigris in Iraq.

ARBIL, Iraq, Oct 21 (Reuters) - In a country that bears the scars from decades of war and economic sanctions, the city of Arbil in the heart of Iraq's northern Kurdish region is a popular holiday ...

ARBIL, Iraq – As central Iraq grapples with a surge in violence and a longer-term struggle to wean its economy off a dependence on oil, Abdullah Abdulkarim stands at a car dealership in the ...

Iraq recalled its ambassador from Iran on Tuesday, condemning as a "clear act of aggression" deadly missile strikes by its ally on its autonomous Kurdish region.Iraq challenged Iran's claim that the ...

A U.N. team arrived in Iraq last week to evaluate the coalition’s plans for transition and assess the feasibility of holding broad-based elections before the June 30 deadline.

The taps have run dry, and the wells are almost empty. In the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, 80-year-old Babir hasn't bathed in weeks and impatiently waits for trucked-in water ...

The taps have run dry, and the wells are almost empty. In Arbil, capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Babir hasn't bathed in weeks and impatiently waits for trucked-in water deliveries ...

In the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, 80-year-old Babir hasn't bathed in weeks and impatiently waits for trucked-in water deliveries.