Tag: Iraq

An Iraqi political movement says it is planning to sue Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan over what it calls Ankara’s interference in the Iraq's internal affairs. According to the ...

An Iraqi militia on Thursday issued a threat against Turkish interests in Iraq, responding to what it described as Turkey's "blatant interference" in the country's internal affairs. Relations between Turkey and Iraq have been deteriorating ...

Despite warnings from both the United States and Iraq, Turkish companies, backed by the government, are forging ahead with direct energy agreements with Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. The deepening trade ...

Iraqi government sources report that President Jalal Talabani has suffered a stroke.  A statement on the president's website said his condition was "stable" and that his "bodily functions are normal." ...

Turkish authorities have shut down a small pipeline built by smugglers to carry illegal oil from Iran, officials said on Monday, a new twist as Western sanctions against Tehran bite. Along ...

The president of the largest independent energy company in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region says prospects for natural resources are the best economic opportunity in the region since the times of ...

Iraq did not give permission to Turkish plane carrying Turkish energy minister to land in Iraqi city of Irbil. Turkey's Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz was onboard in ...

International Strategic Research Organization's (USAK) latest report on the tension in northern Iraq says "Masoud Barzani wants to be leader of the Kurds in the region". The report says the ...

Ankara has strongly rejected Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's warning that ethnic and sectarian conflict could engulf Turkey and that its neighbor should focus on its internal problems instead of ...

The autonomous region of Kurdistan in northern Iraq is witnessing an economic boom, drawing back many exiled Kurds who had fled oppression and now dream of helping to create an ...