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A fire broke out in a fuel tank, causing huge explosions in Erbil, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. Witnesses said that a person was sustained serious burns due to the explosions. The fire caused two big explosions before the civil defense teams controlled it with four fire wagons, …

The Ministry of Planning hosted today the second meeting to follow up on the implementation of the national plan to end the displacement file in Iraq. The Minister of Planning, Khaled Batal Al-Najm, said during the meeting that the national plan to end the displacement file is a priority for …

The kidnapped Yazidis rescue office in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region announced the latest statistics of ISIS crimes since 2014. The office said the number of Yazidis in Iraq was about 550,000, and the number of displaced people due to the ISIS invasion was about 360,000, while the number of those who …

Turkish warplanes struck on Friday the Qandil Mountains in the Kurdistan Region, Northern Iraq. The director of the Sinkser district Nehru Abdullah said; that Turkish warplanes struck the Qandil Mountains and the surrounding villages in search of PKK fighters, which killed two civilians. The director of the Sinksar district continued; …

Social and cultural activists in al-Sulaymaniyah and Halabja, Northern Iraq, welcome on Tuesday UNESCO’s decision to add “Horaman” to its list of world heritage sites. The head of Halabja’s Directorate for Culture and Art, Muhammad Fattah, said, “it is pleasing news for the people of Horaman, Halabja, and Sharazur. The …

Security authorities in Iraq’s Kurdistan apprehended a person involved in the suicidal bomb attack that took place in a market in Sadr City, east of Baghdad, a few days ago. Yesterday, Saturday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi announced the arrest of a “terror cell” behind a Baghdad market bombing that …

An Iraqi resistance group reported a drone strike on the US Al-Harir military base in Erbil, Iraq. Iraqi news outlets reported a drone strike on US Al-Harir military base in Erbil, Iraq, on Friday. According to the report, an Iraqi resistance group called ‘Lawae Al-Saerin’ claimed responsibility for the attack. …

Iraq’s Kurdistan region,— Up to 41 men have committed suicide in the first six months of 2021 in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, according to the union of men. The Kurdistan Men Union said on Sunday that three additional men were killed by their wives with the support of others during …

A military base hosting US-led coalition forces inside Erbil International Airport in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region has come under attack by explosive-laden drones. Citing security sources, Iraqi media said the military base inside Erbil airport was “subjected to an attack by explosive-laden drones” late on Tuesday, with reports falling short of …

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 head of the Al-Fateh Alliance, Hadi Al-Amiri, met the delegation of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in Baghdad to discuss the latest developments in the political process, Monday. A statement from Al-Amiri’s office, seen by Al-Ghadeer News, stated that “we discussed with the delegation of the Union headed by …

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 Turkish airstrike killed at least three people and injured others on Saturday at a camp for displaced people in northern Iraq, said Rashad Kelani, a Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party official. The strike on the camp housing thousands of Kurdish refugees took place three days after Turkish President Tayyip …

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 …

Iraqi Ministry of Planning revealed today, Tuesday, that the capital, Baghdad, reached more than 8.5 million people in 2020, followed by the Governorates of Nineveh and Basra. “According to the census, Baghdad’s population has reached 8.558.625 million people over the past year, which is a very high number compared to …

Iraqi sources reported that security forces thwarted the operation of an armed group that intended to target the Al-Harir base in Erbil with a rocket. Security and military forces on Monday thwarted an armed group rocket attack on the Al-Harir base in Erbil province in Iraqi Kurdistan Region. Security sources …

Dozens of US military trucks have left Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah for the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, carrying tons of grain. Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing local sources, reported that a convoy of 35 military vehicles loaded with wheat crops from silos of Tal Alou village in …

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, …

Iraqi Parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday, asked the Turkish government to open an investigation into the racist attack on an Iraqi family. The head of the committee, Sherko Mirwais, said in a statement, “An Iraqi family from the Kurdistan region has been subjected to racist assault and attempted murder …

Turkish fighter jets launched a series of airstrikes targeting a mountain in the Mawat district of al-Sulaymaniyah governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, under the pretext of the presence of PKK fighters sheltering there. The District Commissioner, Kamran Hasan, told Shafaq News Agency that at ten in the morning, Mount Assos was bombed …