• Erbil, Kurdistan. (worldatlas.com)
  • Beirut Erbil for Potato Products company participates in 'Our Industry, Our Identity' exhibition in Mosul, Iraq! (potatopro.com)
  • The Director of the International Trade Center (ITC), Mr. Eric Bochot, Representatives of the International Trade Center, accompanied by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAIM) and NRC visits the Beirut-Erbil company for signing a memorandum of joint cooperation for improving agricultural and trade status in Iraq. (potatopro.com)
  • Michel Rentenaar, the Dutch Ambassador to Iraq, along with Hans Akerboom, the Dutch consul in the Kurdistan Region visited Beirut Erbil for Potato Products company (B.E.P.P CO), the Iraq-based potato chips manufacturer and exporter. (potatopro.com)
  • Fighters were today just 25 miles from Erbil, the Kurdish capital, which has been a safe haven in the country throughout the rise of ISIS, and also during the Iraq war to topple Saddam Hussein. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq, Nov 12 (Reuters) - At least four people died in Iraq and several were killed across the border in Iran on Sunday when a strong earthquake hit the region, officials and state media in the two countries said. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • There were similar scenes in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, and across other cities in northern Iraq, close to the quake's epicentre. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • Turkish Red Crescent Chairman Kerem Kinik told broadcaster NTV that Red Crescent teams in Erbil were preparing to go to the site of the earthquake, and that Turkey's national disaster management agency AFAD and National Medical Rescue Teams (UMKE) were also preparing to head into Iraq. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • We are also getting prepared to make deliveries from our northern Iraq Erbil depot," he said. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • Iraqi Kurdish protesters hold a banner and wave flags of their autonomous Kurdistan region during a demonstration calling for its independence, Erbil, Iraq, July 3, 2014. (al-monitor.com)
  • Now time has come for Erbil and Baghdad to be courageous enough to admit that we have failed and if we continue to insist on failure, we will not bring about a different outcome, therefore we believe that friends and partners should not insist on a failed one Iraq policy. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Iraqi Kurdistan This descriptive, cross-sectional study of 6 weeks' duration was undertaken at Erbil Paediatric Hospital in Iraqi Kurdistan between March and May 2005. (cdc.gov)
  • Under the terms of the deal announced in April, sales of Kurdish oil are to go through the Iraqi National Oil Co., and no longer exclusively through the authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan. (arabnews.com)
  • On July 19, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) suspended its participation in the Iraqi Kurdish parliament, in effect shutting it down. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • The Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla movement which historically operated throughout Kurdistan but is now primarily based in the mountainous Kurdish-majority regions of southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq. (wikipedia.org)
  • The PKK's ideology was originally a fusion of revolutionary socialism and Marxism-Leninism with Kurdish nationalism, seeking the foundation of an independent Kurdistan. (wikipedia.org)
  • In May 2007, serving and former members of the PKK set up the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), an umbrella organisation of Kurdish organisations in Turkish, Iraqi, Iranian, and Syrian Kurdistan. (wikipedia.org)
  • The new group focused on the oppressed Kurdish population of Turkish Kurdistan in a capitalist world. (wikipedia.org)
  • The poll was voted for and supported by all the Kurdish people in Iraq despite the government terming it as illegal. (worldatlas.com)
  • Three of our team walked into the gathering of about a hundred Kurdish peace and justice activists at the Cultural Café, in Suleimani, Iraqi Kurdistan, to celebrate the International Day of Peace. (cpt.org)
  • The savage group - which boasts of crucifying, mutilating and executing those it conquers - is now advancing into the Kurdish northern area of Iraq, which was formerly thought to be safe. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • The Kurdistan government has set a goal to meet the demand for locally-produced food and curb the need to import basic food from foreign countries," the Kurdish official said. (ynetnews.com)
  • In Iraq, on the basis of the concepts of the Yinon Plan, Israeli strategists have called for the division of Iraq into a Kurdish state and two Arab states, one for Shiite Muslims and the other for Sunni Muslims. (pravda.ru)
  • Mission accomplished" for both the US with its long planned redrawing of the Middle East and North Africa - and Israel, through whose friendship with the Iraqi Kurdish autocracy, was set to become pretty well a partner in an autonomous, independent Iraqi Kurdistan. (pravda.ru)
  • It is unnecessary to repeat here the history of the powerful Kurdish independence movement in Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran. (libcom.org)
  • After the explosion of Iraq into three entities (Sunni, Shiite and Kurd), the Syrian civil war has liberated a territory in Syria where Kurdish autonomy has taken a new form. (libcom.org)
  • They are lining up for oil prospection in Kurdistan , despite Baghdad's ban on signing contracts with Kurdish authorities. (worldcrunch.com)
  • Iraq's opposition movements and parties in exile, as well as the Kurdish political parties that operate in the north of the country beyond Baghdad's control, maintain web sites. (hrw.org)
  • The interim constitution, guaranteeing broad autonomy to the Kurdish north of the country, had just successfully passed the Iraqi parliament, helped by strong American pressure. (joshualandis.com)
  • The report asserted that the Syrian Kurds were organized by Kurdish leaders in neighboring Iraq. (joshualandis.com)
  • We are proud - Syrian Kurds - of the Kurdish experience in North Iraq. (joshualandis.com)
  • Turkey's ground and air offensive against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq has forced hundreds of Christians and other minorities to flee their villages in recent weeks. (thenationalnews.com)
  • Christians say Iranian forces shell border areas in Iraqi Kurdistan claiming it is targeting bases of the Iranian Kurdish opposition parties, but often strike villages. (thenationalnews.com)
  • Celebrations in Kurdistan after Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani declared the region had voted 'yes' to independence. (euronews.com)
  • One of the decisions taken by the council of ministers today was to take control of the border crossings, both land and airport, in the (Kurdish) region as well as in federal Iraq. (euronews.com)
  • The Kurdish Party of a Free Life for Kurdistan (PJAK) and Iran's Revolutionary Guards have been fighting since mid-July in the border areas between the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan and Iran. (undispatch.com)
  • Just as Iranian shelling moved away from some of these villages, Kurdish warplanes began bombarding another Kurdish rebel group - the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) - thus preventing some of the villagers from returning even a month after they abandoned their homes. (undispatch.com)
  • Both organizations work for the cause of Kurdish nationhood, but they are also known to have engaged in widespread militant activities that have been described as acts of terrorism by NATO and other countries. (undispatch.com)
  • The Kurdish northeastern part of the country has been the scene of an on-and-off insurgency for decades, sometimes supported by Iran and other outside powers. (merip.org)
  • With Turkey, its northern neighbor, Iraq has recently cooperated militarily against Kurdish insurgents. (merip.org)
  • In addition to international bodies, regional powers and Baghdad, the Shiite Kurdish group known as Feylis is also fundamentally opposed to Kurdistan's secession from Iraq. (al-monitor.com)
  • The KRG, led by Massoud Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, announced its intention to hold a referendum, including in "Kurdish areas outside the administration of the Kurdistan region. (al-monitor.com)
  • Nasruddin Sindi, head of the KRG's Kurdistan Areas Authority, which deals with Kurdish areas outside the Kurdistan region, said July 8 that there is a lack of general agreement on the referendum even at the Kurdish political center and that this will affect the rate of voter participation both within and outside Kurdistan. (al-monitor.com)
  • Feylis have contributed to the establishment of Kurdish nationalist and resistance movements, including the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, throughout the history of modern Iraq, but generally the main Kurdish political parties have been reluctant to acknowledge Feylis' Kurdish identity and welcome them to their organizations. (al-monitor.com)
  • 2014a) supported the efficacy of two CHW-delivered interventions, cognitive processing therapy (CPT) and brief behavioral activation treatment for depression (BATD), for reducing depressive symptoms and functional impairment among torture survivors in the Kurdish region of Iraq. (harvard.edu)
  • The aim of this thesis is to investigate how the Kurdish question in Turkey has affected the country`s security policies during the time between 1984 and 2005. (lu.se)
  • Furthermore, Turkey`s foreign policies will also be analysed insofar it has been affected by the Kurdish presence in Turkey and its neighbouring countries. (lu.se)
  • The setback is only the latest example of local leaders trying to score political points while the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) reels under the serial shocks of financial crisis, coronavirus pandemic, and military raids by Iran and Turkey. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • Eastern Kurdistan which covers north-western Iran. (worldatlas.com)
  • There are about 35 million Kurds living in the regions that spread over the borders of Armenia, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey, and this makes them the 4th, largest ethnic community in the whole of Middle East region. (worldatlas.com)
  • The governments of Iraq, Iran, and Turkey continue to oppose the idea by using all the resources at their disposal to ensure it never gains traction in the region. (worldatlas.com)
  • Iraq has been successively ravaged by the 1980-1988 war with Iran, crippling sanctions after its invasion of Kuwait in 1990, internal conflict after the U.S.-led invasion of 2003, and the transnational jihadists of Islamic State after 2014. (crisisgroup.org)
  • The US Geological Survey said the quake measured a magnitude of 7.3, while an Iraqi meteorology official put its magnitude at 6.5 with the epicentre in Penjwin in Sulaimaniyah province in the Kurdistan region close to the main border crossing with Iran. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • Next, Statoil and Lukoil found that West Qurna was littered with old ordinance like mines and unexploded artillery shells from the Iran-Iraq War . (blogspot.com)
  • The situation in Iraq is still precarious, Kurdistan is in a conflict with Turkey and while maintaining relations with neighboring country Iran. (ynetnews.com)
  • The first step towards establishing this was a war between Iraq and Iran, which the Yinon Plan discusses. (pravda.ru)
  • At the time Yinon wrote, the eight year, Western driven Iran-Iraq war was in to its second year - with another six grinding years of loss, tragedy and heartbreak, valleys of widows, orphans, maimed, on both sides of their common border. (pravda.ru)
  • Iraq of course, in an historic error, had virtually been fighting a proxy war for an American regime, even then obsessed with Islam, which, in Iran they had decided was the wrong sort of Islam. (pravda.ru)
  • Kurds gather together on their historical land in the Middle East, that is, The Great Kurdistan which extends from south-east of Turkey to the south of the Syrian and Iraq and north-west of Iran. (joshualandis.com)
  • The PKK maintains bases in a mountainous triangular area of northern Iraq between its borders with Turkey and Iran. (thenationalnews.com)
  • It joined the US, a number of European countries and Iran in speaking out against the vote, describing it as destabilising during the fight against ISIL. (euronews.com)
  • Iranwire, which documents human rights abuses in Iran, said it had confirmed some 580 cases of blinding in Tehran and the province of Kurdistan alone, "but the actual numbers across the country are much higher. (rferl.org)
  • Iran has been involved in skirmishes with PJAK rebels on-and-off in the past, but the current spate is unprecedented in its duration - it is likely the longest lasting combat operation by the Revolutionary Guards since the Iran-Iraq war ended more than 20 years ago. (undispatch.com)
  • by lefting back two bodyguards countries Turkey/Pakistan to protect Iran. (mercopress.com)
  • you well know that the fragmentation of Iran by Azerbaijan and Iraq by Kurdistan are inevitable. (mercopress.com)
  • Iraqi Kurds outside KRG-controlled territory are mostly Feylis, who live along the border between Iran and Iraq, from south of Sulaimaniyah to north of Basra in Diyala, Wasit and Maysan provinces. (al-monitor.com)
  • That some Feylis live in Iran has led to those in Iraq being branded non-Iraqis. (al-monitor.com)
  • Kurds have faced marginalization and persecution both in Syria and throughout the Middle East, where they are the fourth largest ethnic group, with sizable populations in Iraq, Iran, and Turkey 8 . (cdc.gov)
  • BAGHDAD, NEW YORK: Iraq's oil minister expressed hope on Wednesday his government can reach an agreement soon on the resumption of crude exports from the autonomous Kurdistan region to Turkiye. (arabnews.com)
  • Ankara stopped importing oil from Iraqi Kurdistan in March after the International Chamber of Commerce ruled the federal government in Baghdad was the only entity authorized to manage exports. (arabnews.com)
  • ExxonMobil was the real precursor in October 2011, when it ignored pressure from Baghdad and signed six prospection contracts in Kurdistan, breaking down a taboo. (worldcrunch.com)
  • More importantly, Kurdistan, who gained autonomous status from Iraq in 1970, offers production sharing contracts that are much more lucrative than the one to two dollar service contracts set up by Baghdad. (worldcrunch.com)
  • One final advantage is that the Kurdistan contracts enable companies to put pressure on Baghdad to obtain better conditions in the rest of the country. (worldcrunch.com)
  • To avoid this obstacle, Kurdistan is cooperating with Ankara to build a pipeline to directly export crude to Turkey , which has strained relations between Ankara and Baghdad. (worldcrunch.com)
  • Iraq announces punitive measures against Kurdistan following an indepedence vote Baghdad says is unconstitutional. (euronews.com)
  • Question -After the independence of Kurdistan what relations will you pursue with Baghdad? (timesofisrael.com)
  • Today there is an opportunity for us to be courageous and to admit that we have failed in bringing about a genuine partnership, therefore engaging in a serious process of negotiations and communication with Baghdad is very important so that we communicate and also we don't make room for provocation because this is a national demand for the people of Kurdistan, not a political demand. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Iraq's Transport Corridors - no place for Kurdistan? (qantara.de)
  • Kibbutz Afikim in the Jordan Valley is planning to set up an Israeli dairy farm in northern Iraq's Kurdistan region, with the hopes that Baghdad's residents will get to enjoy its products in the future. (ynetnews.com)
  • Turkish air strikes and shelling destroyed large areas of forest and countryside in Duhok province of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, residents and officials told The National . (thenationalnews.com)
  • Kurdistan can become Iraq's corridor in its relations with Turkey, Europe, and beyond. (timesofisrael.com)
  • I hope the Kurds get thier own country one day! (globalgaz.com)
  • Constant disagreements and political interests among the Kurds have also undermined all efforts of establishing a united front that could accelerate the process of creating Kurdistan nation. (worldatlas.com)
  • The Kurds have been torn apart for decades through the rivalry between these countries and the repression that they suffer there. (libcom.org)
  • Feylis, who are Shiite Kurds, are also fundamentally opposed to Kurdistan's possible secession from Iraq. (al-monitor.com)
  • On June 27, Haidar Hisham, head of the Committee of Feyli Kurds in the Wasit Provincial Council, in eastern Iraq, announced the Feylis' opposition to the referendum and possible secession. (al-monitor.com)
  • This intervention study investigated the role of a health education campaign and peer spiritual leaders in improving vaccination coverage rates in Akre district in Kurdistan region, Iraq. (who.int)
  • In 1972-1973 the organization's core ideological group was made up largely of students led by Abdullah Öcalan ("Apo") in Ankara who made themselves known as the Kurdistan Revolutionaries. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ankara blamed both the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Iraqi federal government for failing to expel PKK fighters from Iraq. (thenationalnews.com)
  • Western Kurdistan which is in the north of Syria. (worldatlas.com)
  • They are among the hundreds of thousands of families in Iraq and Syria uprooted from all that gave them identity and stability. (cpt.org)
  • Archaeological research in key sites in the region has been badly hit by war in Iraq and subsequently Syria. (hnn.us)
  • The continuing rapid growth in refugee numbers underscores the urgency of last week's revised Syria Regional Response Plan seeking $487.9 million in support of up to 710,000 Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries by the end of this year. (unhcr.org)
  • Rahimpour, in an interview in London on December 5, said the strikes were not coordinated with the United States, which along with allies is also waging an air campaign against the extremist group in Iraq and Syria. (rferl.org)
  • In addition to the on-going Syria crisis, new conflicts in the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Ukraine and most recently in Iraq have caused terrible human suffering and massive displacement. (unhcr.org)
  • The magnitude of this drama has profoundly impacted the neighbouring countries that are so generously providing protection to those fleeing Syria. (unhcr.org)
  • Countries in the region, mainly Turkey, Jordan and Syria, have already registered more than 175,000 new Iraqi refugees. (unhcr.org)
  • Syrian refugees in Iraq, Iraqi refugees in Syria - this is one of the paradoxes of our present time. (unhcr.org)
  • Syria's pre-war population of 22 million people has been reduced to approximately 17 million, with an estimated 5 million having fled the country 2 , 3 , and more than 6.5 million displaced within Syria 4 . (cdc.gov)
  • She is specifically interested in the Middle East and has been doing research primarily on Israel/Palestine, Iraq and Syria. (lu.se)
  • Beginning in mid-June, Ankara's forces struck the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a designated Turkish terrorist group, while Tehran targeted the militant opposition Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI). (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • A senior Iranian official has confirmed his country carried out air strikes in neighboring Iraq against Islamic State (IS) militants at the request of the Iraqi government, Britain's 'The Guardian' newspaper reported. (rferl.org)
  • The paper quoted Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ebrahim Rahimpour as saying the purpose of the strikes was 'the defense of the interests of our friends in Iraq. (rferl.org)
  • Images appearing to show Iranian military jets conducting air strikes in Iraq emerged last week. (rferl.org)
  • By increasing orders of magnitude, however, the Iraqi foreign minister, the Iraqi parliament and Kurdistan officials have been more vocal, denouncing Iranian attacks and warning that they could threaten bilateral ties. (undispatch.com)
  • PJAK is an offshoot of the PKK and, based in Iraq, has been mainly involved in armed confrontations with the Iranian forces. (undispatch.com)
  • Kurdistan is an autonomous region of Iraq. (globalgaz.com)
  • The 215km Zagreb Mountain Trail (ZMT) is the first long-distance hiking trail in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. (explorersweb.com)
  • Kurdistan is an autonomous region of Iraq and has no diplomatic or trade relations with Israel. (ynetnews.com)
  • Kurdistan Region of Iraq Operational. (euro-petrole.com)
  • Petroceltic International plc (AIM: PCI) ("Petroceltic" or the "Company"), the oil and gas exploration, development and production company focused on the Middle East, North Africa and Mediterranean regions, today provides an update with respect to its operations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. (euro-petrole.com)
  • The Company has production, exploration and development assets in Algeria, Egypt, Bulgaria, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Italy. (euro-petrole.com)
  • He said, "The call for a referendum in the Kurdistan region of Iraq does not include the Feyli component because the referendum is geographic. (al-monitor.com)
  • Barely 10 days into the conflict, the International Organization for Migration reported that the fighting displaced "hundreds of families" in the Sulaymaniyah district of the Iraqi Kurdistan region. (undispatch.com)
  • ISIS militants have made hostages of hundreds of Yazidi women after America waded into the unfolding crisis in Iraq by dropping bombs on the extremists' artillery. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • The day after that devastating war ended, the US replaced Iraq over the then USSR as the country which was the biggest threat to America. (pravda.ru)
  • GENEVA, October 2 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency announced Tuesday that the number of Syrians registered or awaiting registration as refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq has passed 300,000, triple the level of just three months ago. (unhcr.org)
  • The latest figures show a total regional registered population of more than 311,500 Syrian refugees in the four countries, compared to around 100,000 in June," UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards told journalists in Geneva. (unhcr.org)
  • The generosity and hospitality shown by these countries as they struggle to cope with growing numbers of refugees make it essential that the international community provide as much support as possible. (unhcr.org)
  • The Syrian conflict, which began in 2011, has resulted in the largest refugee crisis since World War II, with millions of Syrian refugees fleeing to neighboring countries including Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey 1 . (cdc.gov)
  • Syrian refugees have also fled to Europe, with many crossing the Mediterranean Sea in order to reach European Union-member nations, mainly Greece, then traveling north to countries such as Germany and Sweden. (cdc.gov)
  • Five countries (Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey) have generously absorbed large numbers of refugees, placing huge burdens on their own national social services and local communities. (who.int)
  • Statoil officials said that they were more interested in investing in Norway and the United States, than Iraq. (blogspot.com)
  • The two officials expressed their interest in purchasing an advanced milking facility and receiving professional support in a bid to build a dairy farm in northern Iraq according to the successful Israeli model. (ynetnews.com)
  • Kurdistan officials hope the dairy farm will contribute to the region's economy, as the area has been suffering from financial difficulties since the Saddam Hussein era, as well as tense relations with Turkey. (ynetnews.com)
  • 1 Since May 2014, WHO has declared three new Grade 3 emergencies: the complex humanitarian crisis in Iraq (graded in August 2014), the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa (graded in July 2014) and the earthquake in Nepal (graded in April 2015). (who.int)
  • For three decades, the KRI has been a reliable partner on furthering U.S. policy in Iraq and fighting terrorism, and its Peshmerga forces remain an effective player in the campaign to stymie an Islamic State (IS) resurgence. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • Advances by Islamic State (IS) forces have threatened one of the last safe regions of Mesopotamia still open to archaeologists by driving up the risks of working in Iraqi Kurdistan, it is feared. (hnn.us)
  • Key factors in the IKR's ability to attract business and investment interests include: stable oil prices, budget support to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) from the central government, and agreements between the GOI and KRG on a unified customs system and the shipment of Kirkuk oil through the IKR pipeline to Turkey. (state.gov)
  • In September 2017, Iraqi Kurdistan held a referendum on independence. (worldatlas.com)
  • Following several years of preparation, the Kurdistan Workers Party was established during a foundation congress on 26 and 27 November 1978 in the rural village of Fîs. (wikipedia.org)
  • At least five Iraqi civilians have been killed and more than two dozen wounded since Turkey launched its campaign against fighters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on June 17. (thenationalnews.com)
  • Clashes between security forces and the Kurdistan Workers' Party terrorist organization and its affiliates continued, although at a reduced level compared with previous years, and resulted in the injury or death of security forces, terrorists, and civilians. (state.gov)
  • There were credible allegations that the government contributed to civilian deaths in connection with its fight against the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) organization in the southeast, although at a markedly reduced level compared with previous years (see section 1.g. (state.gov)
  • Immediately after the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on June 7 announced its intention to hold a referendum on independence, most of the parties and forces concerned about Iraqi developments expressed their opposition, in part out of concern that it will lead to an escalation of regional crises. (al-monitor.com)
  • Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi laid out the Iraqi government's official position June 18, stating, "The Kurdistan Regional referendum on secession is illegal, and the federal government will not support it, fund it or participate in it. (al-monitor.com)
  • In short, any referendum will be confined to Iraqi Kurdistan, despite the KRG's assertions otherwise. (al-monitor.com)
  • Iraqi Kurdistan is standing on the verge of historic proposed referendum for its independence. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Mr Mustafa: The decision about the future governance structure of Kurdistan will be decided during our planning period of the day-after referendum. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Shia Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is close to Tehran and wants to keep Iraq united. (worldcrunch.com)
  • By setting up in Kurdistan, the big oil companies are indirectly favoring the region's independence, which could push the Sunni provinces to ask for the same and provoke the country's break-up. (worldcrunch.com)
  • 2016. "Adaptation of community health worker-delivered behavioral activation for torture survivors in Kurdistan, Iraq. (harvard.edu)
  • In 2013, the PKK declared a ceasefire and began slowly withdrawing its fighters to Iraqi Kurdistan as part of a peace process with the Turkish state. (wikipedia.org)
  • Then a group around Öcalan split from the Turkish left and held extensive discussions focusing on the colonization of Kurdistan by Turkey. (wikipedia.org)
  • There were almost 320,000 Christians living in Iraqi Kurdistan, according to an estimate in 2015, but many have since fled abroad to escape increasing threats from ISIS and Turkish bombardments. (thenationalnews.com)
  • We call on the Turkish government, the Kurdistan Regional Government, the UN and member states of the global coalition against ISIS to work to immediately stop these attacks on Christian, Yazidi and Muslim villagers. (thenationalnews.com)
  • The Turkish presidency's twitter account recently posted a map showing Turkish military bases from 1995 and newer Turkish military bases in northern Iraq. (thenationalnews.com)
  • Iraq has formally opposed Turkey's military campaign and the presence of Turkish troops in its territory. (thenationalnews.com)
  • Turkey claims its operations in the country are legitimate because PKK fighters are launching attacks on Turkish forces from Iraqi territory. (thenationalnews.com)
  • On the Iraqi side, the most extensive damage was in the town of Darbandikhan, 75 kms (47 miles) east of the city of Sulaimaniyah in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • The Israeli dairy farm in Kurdistan is expected to be the biggest and most advanced in Iraq, and the plan is that the residents of Iraq will enjoy its products as well. (ynetnews.com)
  • An Israeli delegation of dairy farmers and engineers is planning a visit to northern Iraq to begin implementing the plan. (ynetnews.com)
  • The Israeli government does not encourage Israeli companies to invest in Kurdistan as it is a geopolitically sensitive area. (ynetnews.com)
  • Israeli strategists viewed Iraq as their biggest strategic challenge from an Arab state. (pravda.ru)
  • Question -What will the governance structure of the proposed independent Kurdistan be? (timesofisrael.com)
  • As previously announced on 15 January, drilling operations on the Shireen-1 exploration well in the Dinarta licence (Hess Middle East New Ventures ("Hess") (Operator) 64%, Petroceltic 16%, and the Kurdistan Regional Government 20%) encountered significant operational challenges since the resumption of drilling on 2 October 2014. (euro-petrole.com)
  • The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. (who.int)
  • 78. Josh Friedman, a reporter for the Long Island, New York-based Newsday , told Human Rights Watch that when he and two other foreign journalists entered Iraq by land from Jordan in December 1998, Iraqi customs agents asked each one if he was carrying modems or satellite phones. (hrw.org)
  • Most technical and operational support to the WHO Country Office is delivered through the Emergency Support Team established in Amman, Jordan, in January 2013. (who.int)
  • Other lingering effects of the fight against ISIS include major disruptions of key domestic and international trade routes and the destruction of economic infrastructure, especially in the ISIS-controlled territory in Mosul and parts of northern and western Iraq. (state.gov)
  • Earlier today President Obama authorised two bombers to sweep up form the Persian Gulf and drop their payloads on jihadist emplacements, in response to their actions against the Yazidi religious minority in the north of the country. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Even before the current confrontation in the Gulf, Iraq was an extremely militarized country, preoccupied with internal and external "security threats. (merip.org)
  • The Iraqi leadership is determined to turn their country into a power in the Gulf area and to assume a leadership role in the Arab world. (merip.org)
  • Likewise, Iraq can operate as Kurdistan's corridor in communicating with the Gulf Countries and beyond. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Kurdistan is not a country but a region that spans across several countries in the Middle East . (worldatlas.com)
  • This is why Iraq was outlined as the centerpiece to the balkanization of the Middle East and the Arab World. (pravda.ru)
  • In host countries across the Middle East, more and more local people are struggling financially as a result of the refugee crisis, as rents and prices have gone up, salaries are under pressure and finding employment is increasingly difficult. (unhcr.org)
  • A rough estimate places the Kurdistan region to be between north-western Zagros and eastern Taurus mountain ranges. (worldatlas.com)
  • This study deals with illegal employment of third-country nationals in Austria. (iom.int)
  • The study focuses on the establishment of the identities of third-country nationals in procedures under aliens law. (iom.int)
  • Throughout recent history, there has been a push for an independent nation-state for Kurdistan. (worldatlas.com)
  • However, establishing an independent state of Kurdistan is still far from reality. (worldatlas.com)
  • Kurdistan Foreign Minister Mr Falah Mustafa said that independent Kurdistan will not be against the interest of its neighbours. (timesofisrael.com)
  • We are for building bridges and we can assure them that the future independent Kurdistan would be a partner and ally. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Religious, cultural, and educational rights of the different communities in Kurdistan will be respected. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Thus far, however, the PUK and its principal rival, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), have sought refuge in counterproductive blame games. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • Greenberg Quinland Rosner Research, working for the National Democratic Institute, conducted the latest survey in Iraq at the end of 2010. (blogspot.com)
  • La participation des chefs de groupe spirituels a été recherchée dans 15 villages de la tribu Sorchi, connue pour avoir en permanence des taux de couverture faibles. (who.int)
  • At least 75 Iraqis were killed and 356 more were wounded in a series of attacks across the country. (antiwar.com)
  • The Iraqis worry that a repeat of what happened in 2011, when the United States withdrew from Iraq, may happen again after Afghanistan. (tpr.org)
  • And that worries the Iraqis, both leadership and the public, because Iraq has enemies. (tpr.org)
  • Leaving aside Kurdistan, where roughly a quarter of all Iraqis live, Iraq is a shattered country. (antiwar.com)
  • Over 1.8 million Iraqis have been forced to seek safety in other parts of the country as a result of this year's events. (unhcr.org)
  • The map also showed a "safe zone" that Turkey proposed to create that covered large areas of Iraqi Kurdistan territory. (thenationalnews.com)
  • A list of our researchers, and their contact details, based on their areas of country expertise. (lu.se)
  • The Government of Iraq (GOI) continues to face reconstruction challenges after the defeat of the ISIS physical caliphate, an uneven security environment, an economy primarily dependent on oil revenues, and deep institutional corruption. (state.gov)
  • When I traveled to Iraq in early 1990, I was struck by the extent of militarization in parts of the country. (merip.org)
  • The COVID-19 pandemic has been surging across Iraqi Kurdistan, with over 11,000 confirmed cases and 419 deaths. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • During about 10 months, more than 200 countries throughout the world had to socially, economically, environmentally, and clinically cope with the pandemic (Aloysius et al. (springer.com)
  • Shiites had the most positive views with 59% saying the country was going in the right direction, and 31% saying the wrong, while only 7% of Yazidis thought Iraq was heading the right way. (blogspot.com)
  • American aircraft continued attacking targets in Iraq on Friday, the Pentagon said, killing terrorists who were launching attacks from mortars and underway in a convoy. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • As fighting has continued across the country, an increasing number of health facilities have been heavily damaged or destroyed by attacks, leaving thousands of Syrians without access to urgent and essential healthcare services 5 . (cdc.gov)
  • Conclusions: BATD was delivered by CHWs in a resource-poor, conflict-affected area in Kurdistan, Iraq, with some important modifications, including low-literacy adaptations, increased cultural relevancy of clinical materials, and tailored training and supervision for CHWs. (harvard.edu)
  • Travel within Iraq remains very dangerous given the security situation. (globalgaz.com)
  • According to the sources, security forces on Monday (29 August) announced the neutralisation of at least 7 PKK militants during the operation 'Claw of the Tiger' in northern Iraq. (nhetravel.com)
  • An uneven security environment, including the threat of resurgent extremist groups, remains an impediment to investment in many parts of the country. (state.gov)
  • However, the security situation varies throughout the country and is generally less problematic in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR). (state.gov)
  • Investors in the IKR face many of the same challenges as investors elsewhere in Iraq, but have a pro-business, visa-on-arrival option and traditionally more stable security situation. (state.gov)
  • In addition, the U.N. sanctions regime has restricted the import of computers and peripherals, although the Security Council's sanctions committee has approved some purchases of computers for schools, and computer equipment is smuggled into the country and sold openly. (hrw.org)
  • Since 1995, the Security Council has allowed Iraq to export oil and use the proceeds to purchase humanitarian supplies, the selection and distribution of which is under U.N. supervision. (hrw.org)
  • Eklund finished her PhD in Physical Geography in 2015 with a thesis in named "No Friends but the Mountains" Understanding Population Mobility and Land Dynamics in Iraqi Kurdistan, for which she received a best thesis award from the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography (SSAG). (lu.se)