US Central Command forces capture Islamic State official in Syria after helicopter raid
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The United States Central Command on Monday said its forces had captured an Islamic State official…
PUK to hold 5th congress tomorrow in Sulaimani City
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The 5th Congress of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) is set to kick off…
Russia tortured some Ukrainian victims to death: UN
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Russia’s torture methods in parts of Ukraine it occupied have been so brutal that it…
Egypt launches gas and oil exploration bidding round
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Egypt’s petroleum ministry launched an international bidding round on Monday for exploration in 23 open…
Turkish authorities say two high-profile ‘terrorists’ were ‘neutralized’
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Two individuals associated with the PKK were “neutralized” in the provinces of Sirnak and Diyarbakir, the…
Gas leak causes explosion in Iran’s Bandar Abbas refinery – IRNA
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — An explosion was reported on Monday at Iran’s southern refinery of Bandar Abbas, according to the…
Iraqi Air Force destroys two hideouts of ISIS in northern region
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The Iraqi Air Force executed a successful mission against the Islamic State (ISIS) militants by…
China’s Xi calls on West to lift sanctions against war-ravaged Syria
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — China’s President Xi Jinping called on the West to lift sanctions on Syria and offered Beijing’s…
Kurdish authorities confiscate considerable amount of illicit narcotics
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Kurdistan Region security forces confiscated more than 50 kilograms of drugs and arrested a drug…
Federal Supreme Court rules to dismantle Kurdistan Region provincial councils
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The Federal Supreme Court of Iraq has issued a ruling on Sunday that dismantles all provincial…
Iran says it defuses 30 bombs in Tehran – Tasnim
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Authorities in Iran have neutralized 30 bombs meant to go off simultaneously in Tehran and…
Asayish arrests group of ‘troublemakers’ in southwest Sulaimani
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The Kurdistan Region Security Service (Asayish) announced on Sunday that they had arrested a group…