Tag Archives: Dohuk

Turkish army fire killed an Iraqi Kurdish farmer on Friday in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, where Ankara has been battling separatists, a local official said on Friday. The incident came a day after a Turkish soldier was killed in the same region by shellfire that Ankara blamed on …

Various areas across the northern Iraqi Kurdistan region have witnessed an escalation in Turkey’s ongoing strikes against alleged targets belonging to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) group. On Sunday, four people were killed in “a Turkish airstrike on a vehicle” in the Sulaymaniyah’s Province’s Halsho area in Kurdistan, Kurdish-language television …

The Ministry of Defense condemned the cowardly terrorist attack on an Iraqi military unit within the Peshmerga forces while they were performing their duty on the way to Mount Mateen in Dohuk Governorate at the hands of non-Iraqi armed groups. The Ministry stressed in a statement that the Peshmerga forces …

A huge fire on Friday broke out in Shariya Camp of Duhok province, Northern Iraq where thousands of Yazidi IDPs live. According to the preliminary reports, more than 400 tents have so far burned and the firefighters are still working to extinguish the blaze. Local medical authorities said at least …

Seismic observatories recorded today at dawn two earthquakes in Diyala and Duhok. The first tremor, with a magnitude of 3.1, occurred 11 km northeast of Khanaqin district, eastern Iraq at 1:14:22 local time. While the other 3.0-magnitude earthquake occurred near the borders of Turkey, 73 Km northeast of Duhok, Northern …

The Turkish forces stationed inside the Kurdistan territory bombarded on Monday sites in the north of Duhok governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan. Eyewitnesses reported that Turkish artillery, stationed in Sarya complex in the north of Duhok, shelled the Korzar mountain overlooking Shaladze sub-district, Amadiyah district. The bombardment spread fear among the citizens, …

The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) on Thursday stated that over 180 civilians were killed and wounded in the Kurdistan Region due to the Turkish bombing over the past five years. The committee said in a report that from August 2015 until now, 85 civilians were killed …

A fire broke out earlier today, Friday, in a camp of displaced people in Duhok Governorate, Kurdistan Region. A fire official in the Governorate of Duhok Fire Department, Lt. Col. Bewar Abdul Aziz, told Alghadeer, that a fire broke out at 5:00 am in Qadya camp, west of Duhok Governorate, …

An official military source said, on Thursday, that an Iraqi border guard was wounded in an explosion northern Duhok governorate, near the border with Turkey. The source said that a landmine exploded this morning on one of the new points where the Iraqi border guard forces are stationed in Batifa …

A local official said, On Saturday, that Turkish artillery and aircrafts renewed the shelling in two border areas in Duhok Governorate. “Turkish aircraft and artillery have been heavily bombing border areas in Kurdistan saying that the bombardment targets PKK fighters in Khametir and Shaquli mountains north”, Zervan Moussa, Director of …

Turkish military aircraft launched strikes targeting different areas in Duhok Governorate, Iraqi’s Kurdistan. Zervan Moussa, Director of Darkar, a border district with Turkey, said that “Ankara targeted the Bajawani Valley and Stevlani village. On the other hand, eyewitnesses said that Korzar Mountain, which overlooks the Shiladze area, as well as …

The security authorities in the Kurdistan Region decided on Sunday to extend the travel ban between the provinces until mid-June. “The region’s Ministry of Interior decided to extend the travel ban between the provinces of Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, Dohuk and Halabja, and the two independent administrations “Raprin and Karmian” from …

US forces leaving northern Syria have reportedly crossed into Iraq, where they will continue their seemingly endless military presence in the region. Donald Trump had insinuated that the soldiers would be returning home. More than 100 armored vehicles were spotted entering Iraq from the Sahela border crossing in Dohuk province, …