Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Iraqi Kurdish forces have reported significant progress in the war against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. The Kurdish Regional Government said security forces were moving toward ISIL headquarters in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The Kurds said the forces fired rockets into Mosul for the first time since […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Brian M Downing Islamist State of Iraq and Levant forces have been blunted since their offensive into Iraq last summer. ISIL troops enjoy a considerable qualitative edge over the various Iraqi forces arrayed in front of them but are badly outnumbered by Iraqi army, Kurdish troops, Shia militias, and Sunni tribal […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has removed two Kurdish movements from the State Department list of terrorist organizations. In 2001, the State Department, under pressure from Turkey, placed a range of Kurdish groups on the terror list. They were classified as a Tier-3 terror group under the Patriot Act, passed in wake […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Kurdistan, despite the war with Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, plans to increase crude oil exports. The Kurdistan Regional Government said it would bolster exports to Turkey and reach 400,000 barrels per day by 2015 and 500,000 three months later. KRG said the oil would flow through a pipeline […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Islamic State of Iraq and Levant was said to have come under increasing military pressure around its headquarters in northern Iraq. Kurdish forces have claimed major gains around ISIL’s stronghold in Mosul. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan has reported the death of at least 33 ISIL fighters in and around […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Islamic State of Iraq and Levant has failed to stop energy exploration in Iraq’s Kurdistan. The Kurdistan Regional Government has overseen the development of light oil reserves in northern Iraq. The autonomous government has been working with Gas Plus Khalakan on the Shewashan discovery, deemed commercial. “We are pleased with […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Kurdish unrest has bolstered the fortunes of a Turkish armored vehicle producer. The expanded use by the Turkish police and security forces of riot control vehicles has sent stocks of producer Katmerciler Ekipman rising rapidly in October 2014. In a two-day period in mid-October, Katmerciler stocks shot up by 20 […]
[layerslider id=”4″] Special to WorldTribune.com Vianney LE CAER is a freelance photojournalist (Instagram @vlecaer) currently based in Irbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, who sent the following along with his exclusive photos on Aug. 7: “Last night I witnessed here a vast gathering of Peshmerga (Kurdish soldiers) and armed civilians taking to the streets of the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has launched an offensive against Iraq’s northern autonomous region of Kurdistan. ISIL has been battling forces sponsored by the Kurdish Regional Government in northern Iraq. On Aug. 3, ISIL captured two Kurdish towns and a crude oil field in what was termed a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has established a military presence in Iraq’s autonomous region of Kurdistan. Officials said the Defense Department has overseen the arrival of more than 100 U.S. soldiers in Irbil, the capital of Kurdistan. They said the special operations force troops established a joint operations center with the Iraqi […]