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Kurdish groups in Iran and Iraq have faced incredible hardships. They have persevered. Now they sense that their moment has arrived.
News Iraq » Erbil » History: The Last Assyrians of Iraq: Between Exile and Return
"We are not Arabs, nor Kurds, nor Turkmen -- we are Assyrians, descendants of an ancient civilization," he says with evident pride. "We are the last people in the world who still speak Aramaic." He ...
News Iraq » Erbil » History: Explosion heard near Iraq's Erbil airport
Erbil: An explosion was heard Tuesday morning near the international airport of Erbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, an AFP journalist said. Iraq has been drawn into the broader ...
News Iraq » Erbil » History: From the archives: A sniper sights in on a target during an exercise in Iraq, 2016
A Kurdish sniper sights in on a target during an exercise at a training site outside Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdish region, July 2016.
News Iraq » Erbil » History: Iraq's Erbil in the crossfire with drones and power cuts
Air defences have shooting down drone attacks above Erbil in Iraq — Shvan HARKI As drones swarmed the skies above Iraq's Erbil and air defences streaked up to shoot them down, residents watched from ...
News Iraq » Erbil » History: Chaldean Archdiocese of Erbil in Iraq Suffers Drone Strike On Apartment Complex
An apartment complex built by the Knights of Columbus in Ankawa, Iraq, a suburb of Erbil, has been struck in a drone attack. “Fortunately, the building had been largely evacuated several days earlier ...
News Iraq » Erbil » History: Explosions heard in Iraq's Erbil, US-run oil field shut down
Explosions sounded on Friday near Erbil airport in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region and an attack forced a US-run oil field to shut production. AFP journalists reported lound bangs and seeing grey ...
News Iraq » Erbil » History: French soldier killed in Iraq as pro-Iran group vows to hit France's interests
A French soldier has been killed and several wounded in an attack in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan, President Emmanuel Macron has confirmed, describing the attack as "unacceptable". It is France's ...
News Iraq » Erbil » History: Drone attack wounds at least six French soldiers at base in Iraq’s Makhmour, Erbil governor says
March 12 (Reuters) - At least six French soldiers were wounded in a drone attack targeting a joint Peshmerga-French base in the Makhmour area or Iraq, Erbil Governor Omed Koshnaw said a statement ...
News Iraq » Erbil » History: Gulf Air's Iraq connections expand with Erbil routing - but is it the way ahead
A Gulf Air A320 left Bahrain at 14:00h local time today en route for Erbil, the Kurdistan capital in Northern Iraq. On board was Samer Majali, the airlines new chief executive who joined from Royal ...
News Iraq » Erbil » History: Erbil Christians say war prevents Easter celebrations
Christians in Erbil’s Ankawa district on Sunday said they have been unable to celebrate Easter as usual due to ongoing drone and missile attacks targeting the city.
News Iraq » Erbil » History: The Kurds' moment: Why Iran’s Kurdish opposition thinks history is turning in its favor
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KURDISH GEN. Hussein Yazdanpanah, whom the writer first met almost a decade ago, has been fighting for Kurdish sovereignty for ...