Iraq, Syria and Islamic State
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Turkey is celebrating the latest developments in Syria, where the new government has effectively defeated a major Kurdish-led force with an abrupt offensive
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - An Iraqi aviation official said on Thursday that Turkey had suspended all flights to and from Iraq “until further notice,” a claim denied by Ankara.According to the Iraqi Airports Authority,
Iraq’s water minister tells parliament speaker Haibat Al-Halbusi he did not participate in the Turkey water framework, saying it lacks clear water allocations.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Top diplomats from Turkey and Iraq reached a tentative agreement Friday on sharing water and managing dwindling flows through the Tigris and Euphrates rivers as the region faces worsening drought conditions. Iraqi Foreign Minister ...
For decades, the Turkish army has operated in northern Iraq. It has established bases and posts in the mountainous Kurdish region. This is the autonomous region of Kurdistan in northern Iraq which has its own government, called the Kurdistan Regional ...
Turkey will seek a new deal with Iraq on an oil export pipeline between the two countries that’s been idled for more than two years in a payment dispute. Ankara is unhappy with the underutilization of the pipeline under the current deal and sees greater ...
Turkey, which deems Kurdish militants in northern Iraq terrorists, has warned in recent days that any foreign intervention in Iran would escalate regional crises. Armed Kurdish separatist groups sought to cross the border into Iran from Iraq,
The Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline or otherwise referred to as the Iraq-Turkey Crude Oil Pipeline. It extends over 600-miles and runs from Kirkuk in Iraq until Ceyhan within Turkey. It forms Iraq’s largest crude oil export line. “The Ministry of Oil is in ...