Former US ambassador calls on Kurds to be united in Iraq

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Former American Ambassador to Iraq Douglas Silliman on Friday called on Kurds to strive for unity in order to strengthen their position in the country. “I’m afraid that the divisions in Kurdistan seem to have gotten sharper since I left,

Northern Iraq drone strike blamed on Turkey kills man

One man has been killed in a drone strike in northern Iraq, a local official in the autonomous Kurdistan region said on Friday, attributing the attack to Turkey. Ankara regularly carries out ground and air operations in northern Iraq against positions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK),