The foreigners appear to be mostly arrested on charges of being affiliated with ISIS or being members of families of ISIS ...

Post-2017 referendum fears of Kurdish independence, Ankara’s insistence on “full usage” of the ITP, and Baghdad’s push for a ...

The PKK, which has maintained bases in northern Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region, has fought Turkey for an autonomous Kurdish state. The conflict has claimed tens of thousands of lives since ...

For far too long, American policymakers have tiptoed around the Kurdish question, hesitant to fully endorse independence for ...

Iraq and Turkey – the past and the future In a decision published in its Official Gazette on Monday, Turkey said the existing deal dating back to the 1970s – the Turkey-Iraq Crude Oil Pipeline ...

The oil pipeline running from the semi-autonomous Kurdish region to Turkey has been shut down since March 2023, after an arbitration court ruling ordered Ankara to pay Iraq $1.5 billion for oil ...

Turkey and Iraq reaffirm commitment to work against Kurdish militants and other security threats The Iraqi prime minister's visit comes after the PKK’s jailed leader, Abdullah Ocalan, called on his ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening security cooperation on Thursday ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening security cooperation on Thursday ...