Hassan Toran, a Turkmen member of Parliament, says by raising the flag, Kurds have preempted a long-promised referendum called for in Iraq's constitution. He says the Kurds are using the ISIS ...

Holding signs and large blue flags emblazoned with crescents and ... the U.S. representative for the Iraqi Turkmen Front. “They always talk Sunni, Shia, Kurd, nothing else.

alongside Iraqi national flag on public buildings in the city. However, that vote was vetoed by most Arab and Turkmen members of the KPC. The issue comes at a time when KRG leader Massoud Barzani ...

The rights of Kirkuk’s Turkmen residents are being violated by the governing Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party, according to Ali Mehdi, a spokesman for the Iraqi Turkmen Front. Speaking ...

the Iraqi flag stitched on the uniforms of Iraqi soldiers meant nothing. Other flags — including a Christian flag, a Kurdish flag and a Turkmen flag — have taken on more meaning. Sunnis are ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s national security service on Thursday announced the arrest of two individuals in Kirkuk for burning the Iraqi flag in a video that caused outrage among Iraqi ...

KIRKUK, Iraq - In 1991 as rebellion ignited across ... Past animosity has been sidelined for economic gain. The blue Turkmen flag here sits beside the grey and red of the Hak party's flag.

Turan, from the Turkmen Front, said that the Iraqi government should force the state institutions in Kirkuk to take down the Kurdistan flag raised over the state-run buildings. Ashwaq Jaf ...

Citizens and student organizations gather in Kirkuk's Governorate Street, carrying Iraqi and Turkmen flags to mark the Turkmen national holiday in Kirkuk, Iraq on October 07, 2024. KIRKUK ...

“We tried to leave the village and we saw [ISIS’] Hummers and their black flags ... representative for Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, said in a statement Saturday. The Turkmen, who have linguistic ...

BAGHDAD – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi raised on Sunday the Iraqi flag at a border crossing ... s largest contested city claimed by Arabs, Turkmen and Kurds. The bombing is the first ...