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 (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday the Kurdish-controlled city of Arbil was becoming an operations base for the Islamic State militant group that seized swathes ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 (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 ...

Its origins are an archaeological riddle worthy of Indiana Jones, but it’s also a beacon of an oil-rich future. Welcome to the at least 7,000-year-old Arbil citadel in Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region ...