News 2020-12-15 Oil well in Kirkuk still burns Interior minister offers Ezidkhan Asaiysh becoming part of federal forces The Iraqi Minister of the Interior, Othman al-Ghanimi, has suggested that the Ezidkhan Asaiysh to become part of the armed forces under the command of the... Members of defunct Kaka’i militia seek its re-establishment Members of a dissolved Kaka’i militia which was part of the PMF (Popular Mobilization Forces; the mostly Shi’a paramilitary colloquially known as Hashd... Gathering in Kirkuk in support of protests across Kurdistan Region A number of activists, teachers, clerics and lawyers gathered in Kirkuk on 12 December to express support for the protesters across the Kurdistan Region and... Picture of Ezidi doctor put on stamp in Armenia The name and a picture of Mirza Hasan Ali, a doctor and charity worker, have been put on a stamp in Armenia to honour his work in helping Ezidis. In a... Kurdish villagers “threatened to leave” their homes in Kirkuk Members of the ‘Imamayin’ militia deny to have threatened any family in Palkana village. But a number of villagers say the militia are trying to force... Judge orders arrest of PUK office guard in Kifri Security forces arrest one of the guards of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) headquarters in Kifri, south Slémani province. The family of a slain... Former chancellor of Kirkuk University in the clear after appeal Baghdad Court of Appeals has ordered the release of Abbas Taqi, former chancellor of Kirkuk University, who was sentenced to two years prison previously,... Shingal Resistance Units becomes part of PMF (Hashd) The Shingal Resistance Units (YBŞ) has made an agreement with the Iraqi Army to merge most of its members with the Popular Mobilization Units (PMF,... Kurdistan Regional Government orders closure of NRT for one week A security force has closed the headquarters of the NRT TV channel in Slémani City around 2:30 AM this morning under orders from the Ministry of Youth and... Kirkuk Police launches drug awareness campaign Dealing in drugs and its use in a number of Kirkuk City’s neighbourhoods is widespread, and the security forces have launched an awareness campaign to... New hospital opened in Kirkuk to treat COVID-19 patients The Iraqi Minister of Health attended the opening of a 150-bed new hospital for treating COVID-19 patients in Kirkuk City, which was built by funds from a... Security close off Kirkuk-Baghdad road due to bomb threat Iraqi Federal Police close off the Kirkuk-Baghdad route in Daquq district due to an abandoned car on the roadside suspected to be a car bomb. KirkukNow... ‹ 1 2 ... 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 ... 122 123 ›