ISIS Nearly Pushed Out of Syrian Town

(MENAFN - Gulf Times) Oil producers in Iraqi Kurdistan are unrelenting in their goal to boost output even after the collapse in international prices to below 50 a barrel. Genel Energy, headed by former BP chief Tony Hayward, is sticking with plans ...

By Stewart Dalby This year could mark a turning ­­­­­­­point in the fortunes of the Kurdistan oil industry in general and Genel Energy in particular. The share price of the £1.65billion London-listed mid- cap group which often operates ...

MOSCOW, January 25 (Sputnik)— Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) together withIraqi Kurdistan's Peshmerga forces regained control over90 percent ofthe city ofKobani inSyria, fighting off Islamic State (IS) militants, Col. Deham Ibrahim ...

Local authorities from the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakır in southeast Turkey must repay an outstanding TL 265 million ($113 million) in electricity bill debts to the state, a senior government official said on Sunday, a statement that signals ...

Printer-friendly Version Monday, 26 January 2015, 03:17 GMT The Kurdish Globe Kurdistan Security Council issued a statement revealing that more than 200 bodies of the so- called Islamic State militants were left on the battleground after the last ...

Printer-friendly Version Monday, 26 January 2015, 03:15 GMT krp photo The Kurdish Globe The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Russia are looking into sharing intelligence between Baghdad, Erbil and Russia in order to defeat Islamic State ...

Home News Article J Jan 26 2015 Related A narrow focus won't defeat terrorism The Security council adviser in Kurdistan , Masror Barzani demanded the international community for intervene more to move forward, noting that fighting against terrorism ...

Turkeyprovided partial assistance to the Kurdish Regional Government in its fight against ISIL, butshould take more steps to aidpeace and stability in the region, anIraqi Kurdish official said Monday. Qubad Talabani, the deputy prime minister of ...

Printer-friendly Version Monday, 26 January 2015, 03:22 GMT Kurdistan Region between reunification and breaking up GLOBE PHOTO By Gazi Hassan Kurdistan Region, which now consists of the cities of Hawler, Slemany and Duhok, has about half ...