Kurdistan

Counter-ISIS Coalition countries temporarily withdrawing personnel from Iraq

Members of the US-led Coalition against ISIS are pulling troops from Iraq as training of both the Iraqi Security Forces and Kurdistan Region's Peshmerga are paused

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Turkish diplomat killed in shooting in Iraqi Kurdistan capital

A Turkish diplomat was shot and killed in a restaurant in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq

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Turkey’s thirst for power threatens water war with Iraq

Iraq, including Kurdistan, relies on the Euphrates and Tigris for 98 percent of its water. Hydroelectric dam building in Turkey is blamed for a 40 percent drop in water levels

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Erbil and Baghdad are on brink of war in Kirkuk – Kurdistan Representative

Kurdistan is calling on the international community to help de-escalate situation in Kirkuk as the region is hovering on the brink of war.

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