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ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Four drones crashed in areas of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region on Wednesday morning, with no casualties reported, according to local sources. The unmanned ai…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Four unidentified drones crashed in areas under the Sulaymaniyah administration in the Kurdistan Region early Wednesday, causing property damage and a mount…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — A three-day fair focused on the healthcare and medical sector opened at the Kurdistan Region International Fairground in Erbil. The event was inaugurated by…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Two people were wounded in a rocket attack on offices of an opposition Kurdish party north of Erbil, according to local reports. Security forces were dispat…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The fourth international chess tournament opened in Erbil with 62 players from across the Kurdistan Region and other parts of Iraq, organizers said. The fiv…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Region's Hajj and Umrah Directorate closed its electronic registration system for the Hajj lottery covering the 2027 and 2028 seasons at midni…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — A two-day international and local university fair opened in Erbil on Wednesday alongside the 9th Scientific Conference, bringing together universities, inst…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani met on Monday with Ali Shamran, Iraq's newly appointed ambassador to Spain, in Erbil to discuss strengthening b…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Erbil Traffic Directorate has announced new regulations for vehicle window tinting applications, including tiered annual fees that could reach 1 million…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry of Interior has issued new instructions regulating the tinting of vehicle windows across the region. Colonel He…
ErbilBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Kurdistan Region Presidency condemned an explosion that struck a passenger bus in the Syrian town of Jaramana, injuring multiple people, and conveyed …
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Region's Meteorology Directorate published its 48-hour weather forecast on Friday, reporting partly cloudy to mostly clear conditions with lig…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The dollar rose against the yen and euro on Friday as doubts grew over a possible agreement with Iran and US Treasury yields advanced. The move came ahead o…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Erbil city police said an initial investigation into the wounding of Mokri Hussein Yezdan Bana, son of Iranian Kurdish opposition leader Hussein Yezdan Bana…
ErbilWASHINGTON, United States — The U.S. Treasury Department announced the lifting of sanctions on two Iraqi airlines, including Fly Baghdad and Iraqi Airways, following an i…
ErbilBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Erbil Security Directorate said Wednesday that coordinated operations in three cities led to the arrest of suspects wanted for murder and kidnapping, …
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The United Kingdom has reaffirmed its support for the Peshmerga forces during a meeting in Erbil between Peshmerga Minister Shorish Ismail and Holly Veer, t…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — A US Central Command (CENTCOM) official said the redeployment of American forces and military assets across the Middle East is continuing, but declined to c…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani met on Monday with Patriarch Mar Paulus Nona III of the Chaldean Catholic Church of Iraq and the World in Erbil, discussing th…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Former Iraqi parliament speaker Mohammed Halbusi arrived in Erbil on Wednesday heading a senior delegation on an official visit, where he held talks with Ku…
