The leader of the Kurdish region in northern Iraq threatened secession Sunday as a dispute over flying the Iraqi flag intensified. Massoud Barzani on Friday ordered the country’s national flag to be ...

As Anne Garrels reported on Monday, Kurdistan, in the northern part of Iraq, is very different from the rest of the country. It is noisy with construction, not bombs. The ruler of the Kurdish north, ...

Rudaw correspondent Ranj Sangawi sat down with Kirkuk Governor Najmadin Karim. The veteran Kurdish official answered an array of questions about the raising of the Kurdistan flag over provincial ...

The war on ISIS has emboldened Iraq's Kurds to take a provocative step — raising their flag above the disputed, multi-ethnic city of Kirkuk. The... Kurd Flag Raising Adds To Tensions In The Iraqi City ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A high-ranking Iraqi security official confirmed to Rudaw on Tuesday that authorities are investigating a disturbing video showing a member of the Iraqi security forces ...

BINGHAMTON (WBNG) -- Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham was joined by Kurdish-Binghamton residents to raise the Kurdish flag outside of city hall in honor of Newroz Tuesday. Newroz is the Kurdish ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan - The Kurdistan Region’s Peshmerga Ministry has strongly condemned what is said was “the disgraceful behavior” of Iraqi officers who attacked a Kurdish youth in a disputed region ...

BAGHDAD, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish officials will not remove Kurdish flags from state buildings along the semi-autonomous border in a defiant move that will fuel tensions with the central ...

AKRE. Iraq (AP) — Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political beginning is on the ...

BINGHAMTON (WBNG) -- Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham joined members of the Binghamton Kurdish community on Friday to celebrate Newroz, the celebration of the Kurdish New Year and new beginnings. Newroz ...

A court in eastern Turkey has ordered a Kurd to share Turkish flags daily for a month on her social media accounts after it convicted her of making terrorist propaganda. A Turkish woman stands next to ...