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 ...

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, ...

Kurdistan city is first bottleneck of long and uncertain journey for Iraqis choosing exile Arbil: Iraq’s gateway to Europe, the northern city of Arbil, is the first bottleneck on a long and uncertain ...

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 ...

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 ...

ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - In a country that bears the scars from decades of war and economic sanctions, the city of Arbil in the heart of Iraq's northern Kurdish region is a popular holiday spot. With ...

ARBIL Iraq (Reuters) - With Islamist militants just 30 minutes drive away, foreign oil workers were flying out of Iraq's Kurdish capital by the hundreds and business was booming in the city's arms ...

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 ...