An explosive-laden drone was brought down early Friday morning near a Peshmerga position in Kirkuk province, the latest incident in a string of drone activity that has created friction between Erbil ...

Iraq’s Ministry of Trade quickly downplayed the move, stressing that it would not affect the country’s key exports to the US.

The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM), which has MPs in Turkey’s parliament and distances itself from the PKK as an armed group, has been liaising with Turkish authorities in ...