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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

First stage of free zone expected to be operational by 2014 Arbil Sitting in his sleek new office at a premium gated community in the capital of northern Iraq's Kurdistan region, Anwar Al Yasri is ...

Iraq's gateway to Europe, the northern city of Arbil, is the first bottleneck on a long and uncertain journey for a growing number of Iraqis choosing exile. "We're selling a lot of one-way tickets ...

It was supposed to be tourism’s takeoff year but the Islamic State (IS) group’s June onslaught dashed those hopes overnight when it plunged Iraq into chaos. “I cannot even talk about a decline in ...

ARBIL: "Twelve ballistic missiles" fired from outside Iraq on Sunday targeted the capital of autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan, Arbil, and the US consulate there, Kurdish security forces said. "The missiles ...

LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - The British government told its citizens to leave parts of Iraqi Kurdistan, including the regional capital Arbil, on Friday as the sweeping advance of Islamist militants ...

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 ...

Twelve ballistic missiles were fired on the northern Iraqi city of Arbil causing material damage and wounding two civilians. Iran claimed responsibility for the assault saying it targeted a 'strategic ...

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 ...