One woman in Iraqi Kurdistan is trying to bring life back to her village, which was abandoned 38 years ago.
The Yazidi ethno-religious minority in northern Iraq suffered enormous displacement and extermination at the hands of the terrorist group Islamic State ten years ago this month. At the Iraqi government’s urging, thousands of people returned home this year. However, as Kawa Omar of VOA reports, many are now living in sweltering tents on their ruined properties.
Turkey says it is preparing to launch a major military operation against Kurdish rebels who are based in Iraq. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, vows to end what he says is the threat posed by the Kurdish rebel group PKK, which has been fighting Turkey for decades.
Families in Iraq, one of the most impacted countries in the world, are being forced to abandon their crops as villages are swallowed by desert, while officials in Dubai are entering the final hours of the international climate conference.
Islamic State group fighters assaulted the Yazidi minority in Iraq in 2014, forcing them from their homes. After years of being displaced, some refugees are now returning to their hometowns.
A large number of Syrian men have migrated to Europe as a result of the deteriorating economic conditions in Iraqi Kurdistan. For the community and the women and kids left behind, this has created unique challenges
The deputy permanent representative of Iraq to the UN, Sarhad Sardar Abdulrahman Fatah, addresses the Security Council about the situation in Iraq
The Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations, Mohammed Hussein Bahr Aluloom, addresses before the Security Council about the situation in Iraq
Thousands of Yazidis who are unable to reach their homes in the Sinjar district of Iraq’s Nineveh province are being housed in a camp near to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq’s city of Sulaymaniyah
A few families in Iraq’s Mosul make a living by making charcoal, a 200-year-old traditionmM