Arbil (Iraq) (AFP) – The taps have run dry, and the wells are almost empty. In the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, 80-year-old Babir hasn't bathed in weeks and impatiently waits for ...

Authorities in Kurdistan are seeking foreign investment in tourism and infrastructure projects While Iraqi Kurdistan is reaping the benefits of massive oil reserves, estimated at 45 billion barrels, ...

Baghdad: The Islamic State jihadist group today claimed a rare suicide car bombing in the usually secure capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region that killed four people. IS boasted in an online ...

Shan Abdullah Ahmed travels to Arbil in northern Iraq at least once a month so her teenage daughter can shop for the latest catwalk fashions and stroll freely through an amusement park without fear of ...

First stage of free zone expected to be operational by 2014 Arbil Sitting in his sleek new office at a premium gated community in the capital of northern Iraq's Kurdistan region, Anwar Al Yasri is ...

IRAQ: As central Iraq grapples with a surge in violence and a longer-term struggle to wean its economy off a dependence on oil, Abdullah Abdulkarim stands at a car dealership in the northern Kurdish ...

LOS ANGELES, July 20-- Iraq’s Kurdistan region, eyeing a broader plan of industrialization, has inaugurated a new refinery near the capital city of Arbil, one of several planned for the area that will ...

A car bomb exploded in the centre of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Arbil on Wednesday, killing several people, local television reported. Footage from the scene showed several charred vehicles and what ...

Boys cool off with water from a mobile tanker as summer temperatures soar in Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region — Safin HAMID The taps have run dry, and the wells are almost empty. In the ...

The taps have run dry, and the wells are almost empty. In Arbil, capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Babir hasn't bathed in weeks and impatiently waits for trucked-in water deliveries. The ...