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Shingal’s Self-Admin rejects Baghdad-Erbil agreement<BR>English translation of full statement — 2020-10-10
Shingal’s Self-Admin rejects Baghdad-Erbil agreement
English translation of full statement

Tuz Khurmatu loses 100 Kurdish teachers after KRG independence referendum

Tuz Khurmatu loses 100 Kurdish teachers after KRG independence referendum

100 Kurdish teachers have left Tuz Khurmatu district in Salahuddin province. The number of Kurdish students is reduced by 2000. The decrease in the number...

Democratic Self-Administration of Shingal: Baghdad-Erbil agreement is political move

Democratic Self-Administration of Shingal: Baghdad-Erbil agreement is political move

The Democratic Self-Administration of Shingal rejects the agreement between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to install a new...

Demolition of illegally built homes in Kirkuk temporarily held off

Demolition of illegally built homes in Kirkuk temporarily held off

After residents of one of Kirkuk’s neighbourhoods staged a protest, the Federal Government has ordered the demolition of houses without a building permit...

Church clinic in Kirkuk treats Corona patients free of charge

Church clinic in Kirkuk treats Corona patients free of charge

A small clinic set up inside a church in Kirkuk provides treatment free of charge for low-income patients, including those who are infected with the...

PMU units ordered to withdraw 5 km away from Erbil

PMU units ordered to withdraw 5 km away from Erbil

The retreat of units of the 30th Brigade (known as Shabak Hashd) of the Popular Mobilization Units five kilometres south of where they were deployed in the...

25 new schools will be opened in Shingal this year

25 new schools will be opened in Shingal this year

For the new school year, 25 new schools for providing education in Kurdish will be opened in Shingal. 22 of the new schools will be primary schools and 3...

New ethnic dispute due to Kirkuk’s Health Department top position

New ethnic dispute due to Kirkuk’s Health Department top position

The appointment of a Turkmen doctor as head of Kirkuk’s Health Department has brought about a new dispute between the different components of Kirkuk...

Man dies during protest in Kirkuk

Man dies during protest in Kirkuk

In an attempt to prevent the destruction of their homes, men, women and children confronted the bulldozers, but it all ended in the death of a man. Late...

Ezidi philanthropist shot dead

Ezidi philanthropist shot dead

Bashir Kuria, philanthropist, trader and a known Ezidi figure was shot dead near Alqosh, Nineveh. No suspects have so far been detained. The shooting took...

Head of Kirkuk’s Health Department and his deputy contract COVID-19

Head of Kirkuk’s Health Department and his deputy contract COVID-19

Nabil Hamdi Bushnaq, head of Kirkuk’s Health Department has announced today that he and his deputy, Ziyad Khalaf, have both contracted the Coronavirus a...

Increase in Kirkuk oil export in September: revenue reaching $125 million

Increase in Kirkuk oil export in September: revenue reaching $125 million

Crude oil export from the fields of Kirkuk province reached more than 3,133,000 barrels in September, making the revenue about $125 million. According to...

Only half of Telskuf’s population have returned home

Only half of Telskuf’s population have returned home

Even though several years have passed since their areas were cleared from ISIS, half of the Christians from Telskuf (Tesqopa) are still displaced or have...