Iraq News » Erbil News Iraq » Erbil » People: US withdrawal from Iraq will be watched closely, especially by Iranian-backed militias, Kurds
Iranian-backed militias and Iran have already targeted the Kurdistan region with more than 1,000 drone and missile attacks since February 2026, and it will be vulnerable if the US withdraws.
News Iraq » Erbil » People: Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region suffers as US-Iran war drags on
Within hours of the US-Israel attacks on Iran, US assets in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region came under retaliatory attacks from Tehran-backed groups, dragging the country into the conflict that ...
News Iraq » Erbil » People: Sources: Drones shot down over Iraq's Erbil
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Six unidentified drones have been shot down in northern Iraq, with one of the crashed devices causing a fire in a residential ...
News Iraq » Erbil » People: Iraqi Kurdistan’s Erbil Still A Vital Hub For U.S. Anti-ISIS Campaign
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Iddon is a freelance journalist focused on Middle East affairs. As part of its pre-planned drawdown, U.S. troops in Iraq are ...
News Iraq » Erbil » People: 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 » People: Iran launches ground operations in Iraq. The US withdrawal is drawing nearer
An attempted murder in Erbil took place the day after a senior Iranian military officer stated that his country had recently carried out 14 ‘ground operations’ in this northern region of Iraq.
News Iraq » Erbil » People: US base in Erbil on fire after Iran's attack? X users report loud blasts, share videos
Tehran described the attack as retaliation for a US strike that killed several people at a wedding in Sirik, southern Iran.
News Iraq » Erbil » People: 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 » People: IRGC Hits US Army Site In Iraq's Erbil, Claims To Destroy Surveillance System | Watch
Iran's IRGC says it launched a major missile and drone attack on US military bases in Erbil, Iraq, claiming fuel tanks were set ablaze and military facilities, warehouses and surveillance systems were ...
News Iraq » Erbil » People: Erbil archbishop named in federal lawsuit targeting Iraqi mob
ROME – An Iraqi-American woman has named Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda in a federal lawsuit in the United States over claims about his personal, political, and business ties to what is ...
News Iraq » Erbil » People: Iraq's housing boom is leaving its aspirational class behind
In Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, a young professional said she considers herself fortunate by earning some two million IQD (1,500 USD) a month, but that buying an apartment remains a distant ...