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An elderly Yazidi arrives in Kirkuk after being released by ISIS, on January 17, 2015 (AP Photo)

Elderly Yazidis speak of ordeal at hands of ISIS

by Dalshad Abdullah | Jan 19, 2015 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) transported hundreds of elderly and sick Yazidis captured by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to the city of Dahuk in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region on Sunday, after they were unexpectedly...

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This file photo shows a worker walking on an oil pipeline at the Khurmala oil field on the outskirts of the city of Erbil, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, on December 4, 2013. (Reuters/Stringer)

Baghdad and Erbil to meet “soon” to resolve outstanding disputes: sources

by Dalshad Abdullah | Jan 15, 2015 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—A political delegation from the autonomous Kurdistan region in Iraq will meet with the central Baghdad government “soon” in order to resolve a number of disputes between both sides, sources told Asharq Al-Awsat. The Kurdish...

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Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take position on the front line in Khazer, near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski Kalak, 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on August 8, 2014. (AFP/Safin Hamed)

Baghdad and Erbil hold talks on military cooperation against ISIS

by Hamza Mustafa | Jan 8, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—A high-level Peshmerga delegation arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday to discuss measures to deepen security and military cooperation between Iraqi and Kurdish forces in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Kurdistan’s...

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Syrians inspect the damage following a reported US-led coalition air strike in the town of Harem in the northwestern province of Idlib, bordering Turkey, on November 19, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/MOHAMAD ZEEN)

US airstrike hits Al-Qaeda-held town in Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 20, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut and Baghdad, AP—An overnight American-led airstrike struck Al-Qaeda militants in northwestern Syria, the US military and Syrian activists said Wednesday. The strike marked the fourth time the US has targeted the Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda’s Syrian branch,...

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This file photo shows a worker walking on an oil pipeline at the Khurmala oil field on the outskirts of the city of Erbil, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, on December 4, 2013. (Reuters/Stringer)

Kurdistan to begin exporting oil through SOMO after loan from Baghdad: KRG officials

by Dalshad Abdullah | Nov 17, 2014 | Business

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) will begin exporting oil through under Baghdad’s supervision once it receives a loan it says was promised from the Iraqi government, as part of an agreement reached between the two sides on Thursday,...