By John Lee. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has announced that construction has begun on IQD 90-billion [$69-million] Shaqlawa-Harir road. The 10-km development will include two overpasses.

The U.S. has pressured Iraq to restart Kurdish oil exports via Turkey--and that pressure appears to be successful.

Washington is pressuring Baghdad to allow Kurdish oil exports to restart or face sanctions, as the US works to isolate Iran ...

"They are now trying to criminalize an organization founded 14 years ago. But their efforts are in vain—none of our comrades in HDK are criminals," said Meral Danış-Beştaş, co-spokesperson of the HDK.

Flows of crude oil through a pipeline from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq to Turkey could restart soon ...

The crude pipeline from Kirkuk to the port of Ceyhan, in Turkey, was closed by Iraq in March 2023 following a dispute with ...

Those undertaking the colossal task of building Syria’s new army face significant challenges. While former rebel commanders ...

Police in Turkey have detained 282 suspects in a large-scale operation targeting the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK ...

One of the men accused of torching and spray-painting cars in an anti-Israel vandalism spree might have been ideologically ...

Crude oil futures edged higher as near-term supply concerns were partly offset by a larger than expected rise in U.S. crude stockpiles despite a drop in net imports.

Sackings of mayors and multiple arrests threaten to torpedo a tentative peace deal with the Kurds – and Turkey’s president is doing this on purpose, experts claim.

I explain in greater detail the disconnect between common perceptions and realities of emerging markets using examples from ...