http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/KurdistanFind stories, videos, and photos about Kurdistan from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:07:55 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Kurdistan14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Kurdistan from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/09/iran.hikers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/09/iran.hikers/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran is charging three American hikers with espionage, a Tehran prosecutor said Monday.Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:20:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/10/27/iran.hikers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/10/27/iran.hikers/index.html#cnnSTCTextOn Tuesday, the counter at the Web site Free the Hikers was at 88 days.Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:32:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/10/16/mothers.hikers.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/10/16/mothers.hikers.iran/index.html#cnnSTCTextLaura Fattal rolls a piece of Scotch tape, attaching a picture of her son and his two friends to a cardboard box. Her calm demeanor doesn't give away the gravity of the situation and the reason why she's in a New York hotel room with two other mothers.Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:12:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/08/20/iran.americans/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/08/20/iran.americans/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe families of three American hikers detained by Iran said Thursday they don't know anything about their whereabouts or how they are after nearly three weeks.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/11/iran.detained.americans/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/11/iran.detained.americans/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States has received official confirmation that three Americans have been detained in Iran, a State Department spokesman said Tuesday.Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/06/iran.americans.detained/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/06/iran.americans.detained/index.html#cnnSTCTextA friend of three American hikers arrested in Iran said he believes they had no knowledge they were nearing the Iranian border while hiking in Iraq, and made "a simple and regrettable mistake."Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/03/iran.americans.profile/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/03/iran.americans.profile/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne is a freelance journalist who intended to cover elections in Iraq's Kurdistan region. Another also has been trying her hand at reporting, and the third is a friend who shared their love of travel.Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:40:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/31/iran.american.tourists/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/31/iran.american.tourists/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree American tourists are believed to be in Iranian custody after they may have strayed across the border from Iraq during a mountain hike, Kurdish officials said Friday.Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:16:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/25/iraq.kurds.election/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/25/iraq.kurds.election/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolls opened Saturday in presidential and parliamentary elections in Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan, an official with the regional government told CNN.Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/01/iraq.kurds.oil/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/01/iraq.kurds.oil/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn an elaborately choreographed ceremony broadcast live on television, the leaders of Iraqi Kurdistan began pumping oil from Kurdish-controlled oil fields in northern Iraq through a pipeline to neighboring Turkey.Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/14/kurdistan.rights/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/14/kurdistan.rights/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Kurdish region of Iraq has seen gains in human rights, but security forces "regularly abuse their authority" and women continue to be targets of violence, Amnesty International said Tuesday.Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/14/Kurdish.politicians.Iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/14/Kurdish.politicians.Iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe second-highest ranking official in Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's political party resigned Saturday, along with four other high-ranking Kurdish politicians, officials said.Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:14:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/16/iraq.basra.region/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/16/iraq.basra.region/index.html#cnnSTCTextA move is afoot to make the oil-rich province of Basra a more potent political and economic power in Iraq.Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:03:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1829284,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1829284,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIraq's Health Ministry has appealed to physicians who fled the country due to violence to return to their jobs because security has improvedMon, 04 Aug 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/07/30/gas.city/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/07/30/gas.city/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo United Arab Emirates based companies announced on Tuesday that they will be investing in the Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan.Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:36:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1816599,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1816599,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA new production deal brings in major Western players to help boost Iraqi output. But there are significant hurdles ahead Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/10/cheney.mideast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/10/cheney.mideast/index.html#cnnSTCTextVice President Dick Cheney will travel to the Middle East next week, including stops in Israel and the Palestinian territories, his office said Monday.Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:48:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1700191,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1700191,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIf a law criminalizing the mutilation gets pushed through by Iraqi Kurds, it will be the first of its kind in the Middle EastFri, 04 Jan 2008 16:25:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1698382,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1698382,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsU.S. officials on Wednesday forecast less violence in Iraq in 2008, despite a planned reduction of American troops.Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:00:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680827,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680827,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsTurkish threats against Iraqi Kurdistan are more bark than biteMon, 05 Nov 2007 21:00:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680302,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680302,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani says his forces will not move against the PKK separatists that are battling TurkeyFri, 02 Nov 2007 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1675638,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1675638,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe perception is that the U.S. has a double standard with regard to Kurdish insurgents. But it's the Kurds themselves who must reign in the rebels Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1675165,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1675165,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsViewpoint: Autonomy for the Kurds remains a red line for Ankara, but a policy built on fear simply spawns more fearWed, 24 Oct 2007 19:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/18/iraq.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/18/iraq.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCTextThousands of Kurds and their supporters poured into the streets of northern Iraqi cities on Thursday to protest the Turkish parliament's approval of cross-border raids into Iraq.Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:56:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/08/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/08/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Bush administration Monday condemned the recent attacks by Kurdish separatist guerillas in Turkey that left up to 27 soldiers and civilians dead and urged Iraqi authorities to take action.Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:31:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/24/iraq.border/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/24/iraq.border/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran has closed its five entry points with Iraq's Kurdish region in protest against the U.S. military's recent incarceration of an Iranian, an Iraqi Kurdish official said Monday. Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:06:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/22/talabani.letter/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/22/talabani.letter/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraqi President Jalal Talabani has blasted the United States for the arrest Thursday of an Iranian and called for his immediate release.Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:02:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/11/magazines/fortune/walt_iraq.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/11/magazines/fortune/walt_iraq.fortune/index.htmWhile officials from some of the world's biggest oil producers holed up in private meetings in Vienna Monday night, to decide whether to increase Opec's oil production, Iraq's Oil Minister Hussain Al-Shahristani retreated to his hotel suite, and watched television instead. Specifically, he tuned into the broadcast of Gen. Petraeus's testimony in Washington about the war.Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:49:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1659427,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1659427,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsSyrian air defenses opened fire on Israeli aircraft after they violated Syrian airspace, Syrian officials said Thursday, sharply elevating cross-border tensionsThu, 06 Sep 2007 13:55:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1654449,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1654449,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsBecause Tehran has a bone to pick with the Kurds, who don't have many friends at all.Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/31/news/companies/bc.marathon.reut/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/31/news/companies/bc.marathon.reut/index.htmMarathon Oil Corp said Tuesday it agreed to buy Canada's Western Oil Sands Inc. for about $5.56 billion, giving the U.S. oil company a foothold in one of the world's most promising streams of new crude oil.Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:10:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1647039,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1647039,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIraq's Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds all celebrated the triumph of their national soccer team. If only politics were as easyWed, 25 Jul 2007 21:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1630247,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1630247,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIf Turkish soldiers cross the border to go after radical Kurdish militants.Iran could also make a military moveFri, 08 Jun 2007 14:15:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/13/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/13/iraq.main/index.htmlAs U.S. troops searched for three soldiers reportedly captured after an attack on their convoy, new attacks killed more troops and Iraqi civilians on Sunday.Sun, 13 May 2007 11:15:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/26/talabani.ill/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/26/talabani.ill/index.htmlIraqi President Jalal Talabani was in a Jordanian hospital on Monday after experiencing dizziness and low blood pressure a day earlier in Iraq, his son and a physician said.Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:06:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/25/talabani.ill/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/25/talabani.ill/index.htmlIraqi President Jalal Talabani fell ill and was flown from northern Iraq to neighboring Jordan on Sunday for treatment of what his son called "fatigue and exhaustion coupled with dehydration."Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:53:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/16/un.iraq/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/16/un.iraq/index.htmlMore than 34,000 civilians were "violently killed" across Iraq last year, with an average of 94 killed every day, according to a new United Nations report.Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:06:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/07/kurds.reject/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/07/kurds.reject/index.htmlThe president of the Kurdistan region of Iraq issued a stinging rejection of the Iraq Study Group's recommendations, saying Kurds "are in no way abiding by this report."Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:18:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/10/ivins.etiquette/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/10/ivins.etiquette/index.htmlThe sheer pleasure of getting lessons in etiquette from Karl Rove and the right-wing media passeth all understanding.Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:49:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/21/saddam.trial/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/21/saddam.trial/index.htmlFormer Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein went on trial Monday for genocide and crimes against humanity in the so-called Anfal campaign, the deadly assaults in 1988 in the Kurdish region that included the former regime's alleged use of poison gas.Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/28/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/28/iraq.main/index.htmlTwo bombs in central Baghdad killed two people and wounded 17 others Sunday, police said, while Iraq's deputy prime minister pleaded for patience over a delay in filling the new government's top security positions.Sun, 28 May 2006 06:13:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/18/turkey.blast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/18/turkey.blast/index.htmlTributes were laid on Monday at the site where a tourist minibus was bombed over the weekend at a Turkish beach resort.Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:31:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/06/29/hayes.911/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/06/29/hayes.911/index.htmlA Republican congressman from North Carolina told CNN on Wednesday that the "evidence is clear" that Iraq was involved in the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001.Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.elex.overview/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.elex.overview/index.htmlThe United States' plan to bring democracy to Iraq faces its most important test Sunday when Iraqis vote in their first multiparty national elections in more than 50 years.Sat, 29 Jan 2005 22:24:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.main/index.htmlA trickle of Iraqis have begun voting in milestone elections designed to steer the country down the road of democracy.Sat, 29 Jan 2005 09:39:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/27/q.and.a/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/27/q.and.a/index.htmlIraqis vote Sunday in the country's first multiparty elections in almost 50 years. About 13 million residents are eligible to vote at 30,000 polling stations across Iraq. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Iraqi expatriates also are eligible to vote, with the largest group in Iran.Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:36:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/09/kurd.reaction/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/09/kurd.reaction/index.htmlThe Iraqi prime minister's office said Wednesday it is committed to Transitional Administrative Law, a document backed by Kurdish leaders and opposed by the country's top Shiite cleric in a dispute that could lead to a governmental crisis.Wed, 09 Jun 2004 12:56:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/26/robertson.iraq/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/26/robertson.iraq/index.htmlOn June 30, 2004, the United States plans to return sovereignty to the Iraqis.Fri, 26 Mar 2004 17:13:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/01/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/01/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlIraq's Governing Council has agreed on an interim constitution and is expected to sign the document after the end of the Shiite feast Ashoura on Wednesday.Mon, 01 Mar 2004 19:49:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/29/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/29/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlIraq's Governing Council has agreed on an interim constitution and is expected to sign the document after the end of the Shiite feast Ashoura on Wednesday.Sun, 29 Feb 2004 05:03:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/18/cnna.rubaie/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/18/cnna.rubaie/index.htmlA U.S.-backed plan for caucus-style elections before the June 30 handover faces significant opposition in Iraq. The Americans and Iraqis are awaiting a U.N. report on the prospects of having direct elections for a transitional legislature before the transfer of power.Wed, 18 Feb 2004 12:58:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2002/11/01/331303/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2002/11/01/331303/index.htmThe musky, noisy bazaar in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil winds its way in a labyrinth around an ancient castle. This commercial center dates back to the beginnings of Western civilization. From ...Fri, 01 Nov 2002 05:01:00 EST