The operation to liberate Mosul is progressing well enough. Peshmerga forces established control

Open this photo in gallery Canadian special forces look over a Peshmerga observation post on Feb

Источник изображения: rg. ru Попадание управляемой противотанковой ракеты в бронеавтомобиль американского производства на севере Ирака привело к фатальным последствиям.

Источник изображения: rg. ru Боевые действия в Сирии и Ираке в последние годы отличались массированным применением противотанковых управляемых ракет.

KIRKUK: A curfew was lifted in the multi-ethnic Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Sunday after protests turned violent and led to the deaths of four people. Advertisement Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani imposed the curfew on Saturday evening after rival protests — between Kurdish residents on one side and Turkmen and Arabs on the other — descended into deadly unrest despite a security presence. Tensions had been brewing for nearly a week in Kirkuk, a northern city which has historically been disput

The referendum on Kurdistan's independence, supposed to be organized on September 25, is a very important development as it would add more difficulties to the complicated scene in the Middle East. The Kurdish issue is not only an Iraqi one, it affects the integrity of Turkey, Iran and Syria where t

SHAMIMA Begum's husband says ISIS' caliphate will rise again and that he hopes the couple can return to their" beautiful" life together. Yago Riedijk, 29, a jihadi fighter from the Netherlands, married the British fanatic, then aged just 15, shortly after she arrived in Syria.... Do you have a story for The Sun news desk?... We pay for videos too. Click here to upload yours. Click here to get The Sun newspaper delivered for FREE for the next six weeks....

When Turkey’s president rails against “ terrorists ” in the Swedish Parliament, Amineh Kakabaveh is convinced he is talking about her. The former Kurdish rebel fighter turned Swedish lawmaker has emerged as a central figure in the drama surrounding Sweden and Finland’s historic bid to join NATO.... Turkey says those fighters are closely linked to PKK, a domestic Kurdish group that Ankara and the West consider a terrorist organization.... It has also exposed her to criticism that she is holding

Kurds do not have an official homeland or country.... Portions of the region are recognized by two countries: Iran, where the province of Kordestan lies; and northern Iraq, site of the autonomous region known as Kurdistan Regional Government( KRG) or Iraqi Kurdistan.... Kurds make up about 10% of the population in Syria, 19% of the population of Turkey, 15-20% of the population of Iraq and are the second largest ethnicity in Iran....

--Joseph Moore breathed heavily, his face slick with nervous sweat.... He held a cellphone with a photo of a man splayed on the floor; the man appeared dead, his shirt torn apart and his pants wet. Puffy dark clouds blocked the sun as Moore greeted another man, who’d pulled up in a metallic blue sedan.... Good job.” “ Is that what y’all wanted?...