Mosul’s Christians Face Dilemma After Islamic State
The jihadists may have been ousted from their Iraqi hometown of Mosul but many Christians like Haitham Behnam refuse to ...
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Erdogan Calls Iraqi Kurdish Referendum ‘error and Threat’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday strongly criticised the decision of the authorities in Iraq's Kurdistan region to hold ...
Journey To Statehood Still Long For Iraq Kurds
Many Iraqi Kurds hailed last week's announcement of a September referendum on independence as historic, but major obstacles will remain ...
US Immigration Sweep Targets Iraqi Christians In Detroit
Iraqi Christians in the US are expressing alarm over the arrests of Chaldean immigrants in the Detroit area for deportation ...
Iran Opposes Iraqi Kurdish Independence Vote
Iran voiced its opposition on Saturday to an announcement by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region that it will organise a vote ...
Turkey Says Iraqi Kurds’ Referendum Plan A ‘grave Mistake’
Turkey on Friday warned that a decision by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region to hold an independence referendum would be a ...
Kurdish Referendum Would Distract From IS Fight, US Warns
The United States on Thursday warned that a decision by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region to hold an independence referendum could ...
After Fleeing Mosul, Displaced Face Arrest Over Alleged IS Ties
After fleeing the battleground city of Mosul, Yusra Mohammed says her children were detained by Iraqi Kurdish forces and she ...
Dozens of Yazidis Enslaved By IS In Iraq Now Free
hirty-six members of the Yazidi religious minority are free after nearly three years in the hands of so-called Islamic State ...
Freed From IS, But Iraq’s Qaraqosh Is Now A Ghost Town
In the Iraqi Christian town of Qaraqosh, time stands still. The Islamic State group was expelled in October 2016, but ...
Disputed Iraqi Province Votes To Fly Kurdish Flag
Provincial councillors in disputed, oil-rich Kirkuk province voted Tuesday to fly the Kurdish regional flag over government buildings, a move ...
Iraqi Kurd Forces Halt Pumping Through Key Oil Pipeline
Iraqi Kurdish forces deployed at a state-run oil company Thursday, temporarily halting pumping through a pipeline that is one of ...
Canada To Welcome 1,200 Yezidi Refugees From Iraq
Canada will resettle 1,200 Yezidi refugees who faced persecution by the Islamic State group, the immigration minister said Tuesday. Some ...
ISIS Burn 19 Girls to Death for Refusing to Have Sex with Militants
Extremist jihadis of the Islamic State (ISIS) on Thursday executed 19 Yezidi girls by burning them to death, activists and ...