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ERBIL, KURDISTAN — Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish territory of Kurdistan may be the most pro-American area in the Middle East. The Biden administration recently extended aid to Kurdistan’s ...
An explosion occurred in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq on Sunday evening, the third day of the Israel-Iran war. Residents said the explosion was caused by a drone and ...
As Kurdistan is both largely secular and religiously diverse, Erbil has a busy nightlife scene, with dozens of bars, liquor stores, clubs, and restaurants opening in the past 10 years.
The car ride from Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, to the town of Shaqlawa took about 40 minutes – about the same time it takes to find Fakhria Elia’s home in the ...
Erbil, the regional capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, has all the trappings of an oil boomtown. It bristles with construction cranes. Land Cruisers and Range Rovers with tinted windows ply the busy ...
On the night of April 14, residents of Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital city Erbil heard a loud explosion in the city’s international airport. Many initially suspected it was another rocket attack of ...
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - At least 1,000 people have been arrested across the Kurdistan Region on drug-related charges since the beginning of the year, security officials said on Sunday, averaging ...
A civilian contractor was killed and a US service member was injured along with eight other contractors when rocket fire landed on coalition forces near Erbil International Airport in Iraq, said ...
In and around Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, Islamic State is back. It’s raising its head in Sulaymaniyah. It’s retaking its positions in the caves and tunnels of the Qaraqosh mountains.
From noisy cafés and bars, to the quiet of people’s homes, everyone in Erbil – the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq – is trying to make sense of what happened.
ERBIL, Iraq - Construction has commenced for Cristal Grand Erbil Hotel, the second hotel to be operated by the group in the Kurdistan city, and its third in Iraq.