Prominent Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated in Tehran suburb : Fars News Agency
Turkey on Friday (November 27) rejected a call by the European Parliament for sanctions against Ankara over President Tayyip Erdogan’s recent visit to the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state in north Cyprus, calling the demand “disconnected from the realities”.
Saudi Arabia formally suspended imports of meat, eggs and other products from Turkey earlier this month, the Turkish exporters’ union said, after a months-long informal boycott of Turkish goods over political tensions between the two regional rivals.
Prominent Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in an explosion and machinegun fires in Absard city east of Tehran, Iranian semi-official Fars News Agency said on Friday (November 27).
At least three Turkey-backed militants were killed and two others wounded in a car bomb blast near Tal al-Janab village in the countryside of Ras al-Ayn city in northeastern Syria. on Friday (November 27).
The Iraqi federal Ministry of Health and Environment said on Friday (November 27) it had recorded 2,545 new cases of coronavirus infections and 42 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
Iraqi Migration and Displaced Minister Evan Faek Jabru said on Friday (November 27) that more than three thousand internally displaced persons (IDPs) had left the camps and returned to their places of origin.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Health announced on Friday (November 27) it had recorded 403 new cases of the novel coronavirus infections in the Region over the past 24 hours.
An Iranian diplomat and three other Iranians go on trial in Antwerp, Belgium on Friday for planning to bomb a 2018 meeting in France of an exiled opposition group, the first time an EU country has put an Iranian official on trial for terrorism.
The US dollars to the Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rates was up on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Friday (November 27).
A group of sword holders stormed a massage center in Baghdad’s Karrada neighborhood on Thursday evening (November 26), destroyed the equipment in the message center, beat its workers and set the premise on fire.
Crude oil prices were down on Friday (November 27) compared with the previous day.
The Iraqi military is training a former member of an Iran-backed militia, who is under US sanctions for killing protesters, to become a high-ranking officer in the army, according to six government, security and militia officials.
Iraq’s Federal Investigation and Intelligence Agency said on Thursday (November 26) that four Islamic State (ISIS) militants were apprehended by the security forces in separate areas in southern Kirkuk’s Hawija district.
Deputy Chief Executive (CEO) of Gazprom Neft for Exploration and Production Vadim Yakovlev said that the company’s production in the Kurdistan Region has reached four million tons since the beginning of commercial production at Sulaimani governorate’s Sarqala field in April 4, 2019.
Turkey does not expect ties with the United States to be strained under President-elect Joe Biden and does not anticipate sanctions over its purchase of Russia S-400 defense systems, a senior official in President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party said.
Iraqi Government Finance Minister Alli Alawi has said that his country’s economy is replete with corruption, claiming that minor jobs at border points are changing hands for as much as $100,000.
The Iraqi federal Ministry of Health and Environment said on Thursday (November 26) it had recorded 2,483 new cases of coronavirus infections and 39 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
Sulaimani Central District Joint Committees said on Thursday (November 26) that the committees closed down a warehouse in the city’s Zhalla area for not following proper food storage regulations and the presence of rodents, such as mice and rats in the premise.
Following the decision of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), ten-day total curfew began on Thursday (November 26) to limit coronavirus outbreak in the region and health committees began sterilizing streets, schools, government institutions, and public places.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Health announced on Thursday (November 26) it had recorded 379 new cases of the novel coronavirus infections in the Region over the past 24 hours.
China said on Thursday (November 26) it has lodged stern representations with the United States after Washington announced fresh Iran-related sanctions on four entities.
The US dollars to the Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rates was down on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Thursday (November 26).
A Turkish court handed down dozens of life sentences on Thursday (November 26) for some of the nearly 500 defendants, including army commanders and pilots, accused of carrying out a 2016 coup attempt from an air base near the capital Ankara, Anadolu news agency reported.
The United Arab Emirates has stopped issuing new visas to citizens of 13 mostly Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to a document issued by a state-owned business park.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday (November 26) pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who had twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Crude oil prices were up on Thursday (November 26) compared with the previous day.
US federal prosecutors have charged a New Jersey woman with concealing multiple efforts to transfer money to Islamist militants in Syria connected to the Nusra Front, a onetime al Qaeda affiliate based in Syria’s Idlib province.
Iran has exchanged a jailed British-Australian academic, Kylie Moore-Gilbert, with three Iranians who had been detained abroad, Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB reported on Wednesday (November 25).
The global tally of confirmed coronavirus cases hit 60 million on Wednesday (November 25), with the pace of new infections accelerating and the United States reporting record numbers of hospitalizations, according to a Reuters tally.
Iraq's Intelligence and Investigative Agency said in a statement on Wednesday (November 25) that its forces arrested an Islamic State (ISIS) militant after a tight ambush was set up for him in Makhmour district.
The Trump administration plans to tighten sanctions on Tehran during its final months in power, the top US envoy on Iran said on Wednesday (November 25), as he urged President-elect Joe Biden to use the leverage to press for a deal that reduces the regional and nuclear threats posed by the Islamic Republic.
Head of the Kurdistan Islamic Group (KIG) caucus in the Kurdistan Parliament Abdulstar Majid said on Wednesday (November 25) that the parliament does not represent the people of the Kurdistan Region but represents the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) by ignoring the important issues, including salary delays, economic crisis, and topics related to the lives of people.
Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of the game’s greatest ever players, died of a heart attack on Wednesday (November 25), his lawyer said.
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said on Wednesday (November 25) that it has decided to send a formal letter to Iraq’s Council of Ministers and demand the Kurdistan Region’s budget share for May, June, July, and October.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday (November 25) a jailed Kurdish leader has “blood on his hands”, scotching some hopes that a reform plan could lead to wider liberties for the opposition and dissidents.
The Iraqi federal Ministry of Health and Environment said on Wednesday (November 25) it had recorded 2,438 new cases of coronavirus infections and 55 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
UAE-based Dana Gas company said on Wednesday (November 25) that it had increased its production of sales gas from Pearl Petroleum’s Khor Mor Gas Plant in eastern Sulaimani’s Chamchamal district.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday (November 25) it had recorded 435 new cases of the novel coronavirus infections in the Region over the past 24 hours.
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Muehlbauer Group on Wednesday (November 25) struck a deal to digitalize vehicle and driver license and registration, KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani announced on Wednesday (November 25).
The US dollars to the Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rates was up on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Wednesday (November 25).
Kurdistan Region commemorated the gender-based International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women as small-scale events took place across the Kurdistan Region restricted by the global COVID-19 pandemic.
The Syrian army said early Wednesday (November 25) that Israel launched air strikes on an area in the southern outskirts of Damascus, where military defectors believe has a strong Iranian military presence in the second such attack within a week.
Crude oil prices were up on Wednesday (November 25) compared with the previous day.
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert said on Tuesday (November 24) that a positive and constructive relationship between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) the Iraqi Government is key to the stability of Iraq.
Iraqi Health and Environment Minister Hassan al-Tammimi said on Tuesday (November 24) that the Iraqi Government has set aside cashes to buy eight million doses if any vaccine approved by the World Health Organization (WHO).
A Turkish court on Tuesday (November 24) added new defendants to the case against Saudi officials charged over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, state media reported, in a trial that Ankara says is needed to reveal the full truth behind the killing.
At least eleven Turkey-backed Syrian insurgents were killed in clashes with the Kurdish-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) since Monday in al-Malikiya village in the vicinity of Ain Issa town north of Raqqah, in some of the most tense clashes in weeks.
Turkey’s protest against German soldiers boarding a Turkish vessel on behalf of an EU military mission in the Mediterranean is unjustified, Germany’s defense minister said on Tuesday (November 24).
At least seven people were killed and many wounded in two bomb blasts in al-Bab and Afrin towns in northwest of Syria’s Aleppo governorate on Tuesday (November 24).
Thousands of Iraqi internally displaced persons (IDPs) with perceived ties to Islamic State (ISIS) are at heightened risk as Iraqi authorities move ahead with the closure of camps despite the range of obstacles to their safe, dignified and sustainable return, Amnesty International reported on Tuesday (November 24).
The Iraqi federal Ministry of Health and Environment said on Tuesday (November 24) it had recorded 2,292 new cases of coronavirus infections and 35 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday (November 24) it had recorded 500 new cases of the novel coronavirus infections in the Region over the past 24 hours.
New Generation Movement President Shaswar Abdulwahid said on Tuesday (November 24) that the authorities issued two warrants for his arrest.
Iran expects foreign companies to return to the country if US sanctions are lifted under President-elect Joe Biden and some firms have made initial contacts already, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Tuesday (November 24).
The US dollars to the Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rates was up on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Tuesday (November 24).
Twenty-one lawmakers of the Kurdistan Parliament signed a petition on Tuesday (November 24) calling on the parliament’s presidency to add sections to the agenda of Wednesday’s session for discussions on salary delays and the visit of Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) negotiating delegation to Baghdad on outstanding issues.
Peshmerga members of Brigade 9 in the Raparin administration protested on Tuesday (November 24) against the decision of their transfer to Brigade 16 and they blocked Sulaimani-Ranya main road near Hizob village.
Kurdish language teacher and cultural activist Anisa JafariMehr was detained for the second time by the Iranian security forces in Islamabad-E-Gharb district in Kermanshah province and was transferred to an unknown location.
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Monday (November 23) met with the KRG High Level Committee on Baghdad Relations and discussed negotiations with the federal government on the outstanding issues.
Crude oil prices were up on Tuesday (November 24) compared with the previous day.
