Masoud Barzani, the Iraqi Kurdish leader who first took up arms against Saddam Hussein as a teenage guerrilla, remains a ...

Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani received on Saturday a young Kurdish man who was attacked by Iraqi security officers for carrying the Kurdistan flag on election day.

The Sunni Progress Party, headed by former Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi, ranked third with more than 900,000 votes, while the State of Law Coalition, led by former Prime Minister Nouri ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Leaders of Kurdish opposition parties on Tuesday expressed cautious optimism about the outcomes of ...

With no clear majority, formation of next government will require intensive deal-making among strongest blocs.

This Iranian influence is not limited to Baghdad but extends into northern Iraq through Kurdish groups who originally came from Iran, particularly from the city of Mahabad under the leadership of ...

The Iraqi parliament voted this week on a law that would recognize Halabja as a province in Iraq. The parliament passed the law, which is the final part of the process of creating this new province.

Iraq is embarking on a likely months-long process of government formation after its national election. Sunni and Kurdish ...

A judge in Iraqi Kurdistan withdrew the death sentence of Kurdish Jew Binyamin Hassin after a 'sulha' agreement between ...

MARIAM BEK, Iraq (AP) — As Islamic extremists seek to sweep away borders in their advance across the Middle East, Kurds in northern Iraq appear to be in the process of digging a new one, asserting ...

These are the sixth elections since the US invasion of Iraq in 2006. This is an important moment for Iraq. A total of 329 seats were up for election. Turnout was estimated at 55 percent. More than ...

Instead of gaining independence, the Kurds have suffered historic setbacks. — -- In ongoing standoff following a referendum for an independent state separate from Iraq, Kurds in northwestern Iraq ...