The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned a drone attack near its consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, calling it a “cowardly terrorist” act that violated international norms and threatened regional security. Officials said the strike caused material damage but no injuries and urged Iraqi authorities to identify those responsible. 


UAE Slams Drone Attack Near Erbil Consulate | Erbil A Key Target Amid Iran Conflict 

Israel says it has launched a broad wave of strikes on government targets in Tehran as the war with Iran continues to escalate. The Israeli military said the attacks targeted sites linked to Iranian authorities in the capital.


US-Iran War: 4 Iranian Drones Shot Down Over Erbil, Iraq

In an armed attack, two university professors were killed in the northern Iraqi province of Erbil by a former student on Tuesday, the governor said. A dismissed student had carried out the shooting.

In shooting, former student kills two university professors in Iraqi province of Erbil

Iraq's foreign ministry summoned Iran's ambassador to protest against a ballistic missile attack on its northern Kurdish regional capital of Erbil, it further called it a flagrant violation of the country's sovereignty.

Iraq summons Iranian ambassador to protest against Erbil missile attack

The Pentagon said on Thursday it was deeply concerned about a series of attacks on US personnel in Iraq and Syria in recent days. US diplomats and troops in Iraq and Syria were targeted in three rocket and drone attacks on Wednesday alone, including at least 14 rockets hitting an Iraqi air base hosting US forces, wounding two American service members.

Pentagon 'deeply concerned' by recent attacks on personnel in Iraq, Syria

US diplomats and troops in Iraq and Syria were targeted in three rocket and drone attacks in the past 24 hours, US and Iraq officials said on Wednesday, including at least 14 rockets hitting an Iraqi air base hosting US forces, wounding two American service members.

Series of rocket, drone attacks target US diplomats and troops in Iraq and Syria

US coalition forces said on Wednesday at least 14 rockets were fired at the Ain al-Assad airbase in Iraq which hosts American troops. The attack led to three people suffering minor injuries.

Rocket attack on Iraqi airbase hosting US troops

A drone attacked Erbil airport in northern Iraq with explosives on Tuesday, aimed at the US base on the airport grounds, Kurdish security sources told Reuters. Sirens were blaring from the US consulate in the city, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, the sources said.

Explosive-laden drone hit Erbil airport in Iraq, aimed at US base: Report

Pope Francis celebrated mass in front of 10,000 people in the Iraqi Kurdish capital of Erbil, following visits earlier in the day to Mosul and the Christian town of Qaraqosh. It was the final full day of the pope's much-anticipated visit to Iraq.

Pope Francis holds mass in Erbil before wrapping up Iraq visit

Pope Francis on Sunday promised thousands who had gathered for mass in the Kurdish regional capital Erbil that he would keep Iraq in his heart. Erbil, or Arbil, is the last public event of his historic trip to Iraq.

'Iraq will always remain with me,' Pope Francis vows in Erbil

In Erbil, thousands attend largest mass of Pope's historic trip to Iraq

For 50 years, Christian winemaker Fakhriya Elya Hanna has been picking grapes from her two vineyards, and processing them to make wine in a workshop inside her home in Iraq's Erbil. But her decades-long practice was not immune to the blows of the coronavirus pandemic.

Iraqi woman's decades-long wine business hit by the pandemic

Iran on Wednesday launched ballistic missile attacks on US bases in Iraq in retaliation to the US drone strike which killed Iranian commander General Qasem Soleimani, this has raised fears of a wider war in the Middle East. #WION #Iran #Trump

15 ballistic missiles hit US troops in Erbil, al-Asad

In the streets of Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan's capital, many consider Saddam Hussein's reign preferable to the uncertainty of today

In today's Iraq, an authoritarian leader is tempting

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