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The drone strikes on the Kurdistan Region’s oil facilities are a “dangerous escalation” that risks fueling disputes between ...

Drone strikes on five oil fields in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) by unknown groups between July 14 and 16, 2025, ...

In a meeting with the UN's top Iraq envoy, PM Barzani demanded the KRG's constitutional rights and financial dues be ...

Turkey is negotiating with Iraq to fully utilize the Kurdistan-Ceyhan oil pipeline and extend their agreement, which expires ...

A U.S. lawmaker vows to block funding to Iraq for financing “terrorist militias” attacking the Kurdistan Region. The threat follows new drone attacks and aligns with growing U.S. pressure on Baghdad ...

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Tuesday received a high-level Iranian delegation to discuss enhancing bilateral ties and cross-border cooperation. The visit comes as Iraq is set to ...

Drone attacks for a third day on oilfields in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region have slashed crude output by 140,000 to ...

Iraqi Kurdistan will resume oil exports through a pipeline to Turkey after a two-year halt, Iraq's federal government said on ...

Iraq approved a plan for its semi-autonomous Kurdish region to transfer oil to Baghdad, a step toward resuming exports that ...

Recent targeted attacks on KRI oil fields have halved its output, with suspicion falling on Iran-backed militias.

The decision by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms and apparently disband has reverberated across the ...