US B-52 planes bombed the Iraqi front line between the town of Dohuk and the city of Mosul in the north of the country today, while more bombs hit Iraqi positions near the oil hub of Kirkuk.

Here’s a look at Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within countries in the Middle East including northern Iraq, eastern Turkey, western Iran and small ...

November 3, 1918 – (IRAQ) With the discovery of oil in the Kurdish province of Mosul, British forces occupy ... including the oil-rich town of Kirkuk. After allied support to the Kurds is ...

When Helsinki-based writer Hassan Blasim follows the heated debated around migration, he is reminded of a journey he would ...

The complex history of the Kurdish people, from nomadic tribes to modern-day struggles for autonomy and recognition.

In the north, Kurdish fighters and US commandos met almost no resistance as they rolled into the strategic oil-rich city of Kirkuk ... of Tikrit and the cities of Mosul and Kirkuk near the ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A women’s rights organization on Monday called for the complete abolition of polygamy in the Kurdistan Region, citing it as the root cause of a horrific crime committed last ...

The force has been able to secure the vitally important Mosul Dam and swept into the disputed city of Kirkuk just a few days after ISIS captured Mosul. Armed largely with aging Soviet-produced ...