Day: January 8, 2022
11 posts
Iraq’s Sunni parties nominate Halbousi as candidate for parliament’s speaker
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iraq’s Sunni parties on Saturday agreed to nominate Mohammed al-Halbousi as their candidate for the…
More than four million tourists visited Kurdistan in 2021: tourism board
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — More than four million tourists visited the Kurdistan Region in 2021, the tourism board said…
Iran imposes sanctions on Americans over 2020 killing of top general
SULAIMANI — Iran on Saturday imposed sanctions on dozens more Americans, many of them from the U.S. military,…
Sadr insists on formation of national majority government
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Saturday insisted on the formation of a national majority…
50 ISIS suspects handed over to Iraq – military
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Fifty Islamic State (ISIS) suspects were handed over to Iraq from Syrian side, the security…
Turkey bombards Kobani, villages in northern Syria – SOHR
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Turkish artillery on Saturday shelled areas in Kobani and its surrounding villages in northern Syria,…
PUK, KDP joint delegation meets Coordination Framework in Baghdad
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — A joint delegation from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Kurdistan Democratic Party…
Coordination Framework calls on Sadr to form largest parliamentary bloc – INA
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iraq’s Coordination Framework called on the Sadrist Movement led by Moqtada al-Sadr to form the…
Iraqi forces investigate rocket attack against Peshmerga: military
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iraqi forces have launched an investigation into a rocket attack carried out against the Peshmerga…
Iraqi forces detain eight ISIS members in Kirkuk
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iraqi forces detained eight Islamic State (ISIS) members in Kirkuk province, Iraq’s security media cell…
Kazakh president gives shoot-to-kill order to quell protests
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Security forces appeared to have reclaimed the streets of Kazakhstan’s main city on Friday after…