2019-09-08 Iraq’s PM has asked for the appointment of new Kirkuk governor to be delayed HRW accuses Kurdistan Region authorities of blocking return of Arabs to their homes in eastern Mosul The Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization has accused Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) authorities of preventing about 4,200 Sunni Arabs from returning... Ninewa and Kirkuk residents have until mid-October to renew voter ID cards The Iraqi High Commission of Elections urged residents as well as internally displaced people in both Ninewa and Kirkuk provinces to seize the opportunity... Mine Action Office opened in Mosul to speed up clearing operations The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment has opened a new office of mine action operations in the eastern side of Ninewa’s capital city of... Iraq’s Kakayi minority say government turning its back on them Soon after they swept through Iraq’s northern province of Ninewa, the Islamic State (IS) group began to blow up sacred sites of the Kakayi religious... More than 40 days passed since PUK-KDP agreement No progress in appointment of new governor for Kirkuk The spokesman to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) declared that no steps have been taken to appoint a new governor for the multi-ethnic province of... Kurdistan Region still hosts over one million IDPs and refugees A total of 1,040,365 individuals are still registered as internally displaces persons and refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan Region provinces, out of this number... Woman jumps off Mosul’s Old Bridge in apparent suicide A young woman from Mosul committed suicide after she jumped into the Tigris River, a security source told KirkukNow. “Early on Sunday August 18, a... Kirkuk: Woman arrested for involvement in husband’s murder Police in Kirkuk arrested a woman for allegedly planning her husband’s murder. A source from the police department told KirkukNow that the 20-year-old... Iraqi parliamentary committee suggests increase in incentives to encourage return of IDPs The Iraqi parliament’s labor and migration committee announced plans to form permanent committees to inspect the situation in IDP camps across the country;... Kirkuk oil exports down for July Exports from the Kirkuk oilfields to the Turkish port of Ceyhan have fallen for July compared to the previous month by about 50 thousand barrels per... How KDP’s Kirkuk provincial council seats boosted? When the provincial elections were held in Kirkuk in 2005, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) had only 7 seats within the Brotherhood list out of the... Nadia Murad: Baghdad-Erbil disputes set back return of displaced Ezidis Ezidi activist and 2018 Nobel peace prize winner Nadia Murad said ongoing disputes between the Iraqi federal government and the Kurdistan regional... ‹ 1 2 ... 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 ›
