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ErbilWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army confirmed that Patriot air defense systems have been withdrawn from Erbil, in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Erbil Tennis Federation elected Sirvan Taha Osman as its new president during an electoral congress held in the Kurdistan Region capital on Saturday. Zi…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Erbil's Civil Defense Directorate has recorded nearly 700 fire incidents across the city since the beginning of the year, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. Th…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — A suspect in a murder reported Friday morning in the Erbil neighborhood of Badawe has been taken into custody, the Erbil Provincial Police Directorate said.…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Forty-three years after Iraq's former Baath regime removed thousands of Barzani men and boys from detention camps near Erbil on July 31, 1983, mass graves a…
ErbilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Crude oil prices fell by more than a dollar on Friday, but benchmarks were heading toward a roughly 20% monthly gain as the year drew to a close. Brent fu…
ErbilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Agriculture said it has released 155 million fish fry into natural water bodies since the start of 2026, a 65 percent increase over the…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Mohammed al-Halbusi, leader of the Taqaddum Party and speaker of Iraq's parliament, arrived in Erbil on Thursday at the head of a senior party delegation. K…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Region’s share of Iraq’s federal budget is a constitutional right guaranteed under Article 121, third paragraph, of the Iraqi constitution, wh…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Erbil Trade Hall opened in the capital of the Kurdistan Region, organized by the Erbil Chamber of Commerce and Industry in cooperation with the German A…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — A site belonging to Iran's Kurdistan Democratic Party (PDKI) was hit by drones north of Erbil on Monday, according to initial reports from the area. The str…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — A center belonging to an Iranian Kurdish opposition group was struck by drones on Wednesday in the Balisan valley area north of Erbil, a security source sai…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Kurdistan Region Interior Minister Riber Ahmed said the region is being targeted from multiple directions, with peshmerga, security forces and civilians suf…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Erbil Club announced on Tuesday that it has signed Iraq national team player Ibrahim Bayesh to a one-year contract covering the 2026-2027 season. The club s…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Region's Ministry of Electricity has announced a discount of up to 50 percent on accumulated electricity debts incurred before the launch of i…
ErbilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Drones attacked two sites belonging to Iranian Kurdish opposition parties in the Balaca and Halifan areas north of Erbil late on Monday, according to a pa…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — A drone was shot down over Erbil, the administrative center of the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq, a security source said, while a separate group of dron…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Coalition warplanes intercepted multiple drones over Erbil overnight Monday into Tuesday, a local source reported. The aircraft shot down the unmanned aeria…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Erbil's Traffic Directorate said a lane leading from the 40-meter street to the airport junction will be closed to vehicles for two hours starting at 5:00 p…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani chaired a special meeting in Erbil on Monday to address shortages of gasoline and other fuel pr…
