Financial Time (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
An English village is booming in Irbil, the capital of the northern region of Kurdistan. It is untouched by the global credit crunch thanks to its cash-only economy
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
This is the place women come to make wishes. It is a holy shrine in Irbil province, in the mountains of Kurdistan. Muslims call it Sheik Wsu Rahman, while Christians know it as Raban Buya. Once a hiding place for people fleeing religious persecution, it now has a picnic area at the bottom and a...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
... Simon, a spokesman for the travel group.Travellers will stay in a Christian seminary outside Irbil, the capital of Kurdistan, and while individual rooms are available, they are "by no means luxurious"."Iraq isn't just what we see on television every night," Simon said, pointing out that the trip is a chance to "understand and share with the Iraqi people".Terre Entiere, founded more than...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
... soaked in red" blood, Ahmed said.Elsewhere in the north, Kurdish security forces raided a house in Irbil province, killed a suspected member of an al-Qaeda front group and captured a 17-year-old girl wearing an explosives vest, provincial police said.Irbil is one of the three provinces in the Kurdish self-ruled region, the most peaceful area of the country, although some bombings...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
... in red" blood, Ahmed said.
Elsewhere in the north, Kurdish security forces raided a house in Irbil province, killed a suspected member of an al-Qaida front group and captured a 17-year-old girl wearing an explosives vest, provincial police said.
Irbil is one of the three provinces in the Kurdish self-ruled region, the most peaceful area of the country, although some bombings...
Main and Central (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
... of Iraqi security control was Muthanna in July 2006, followed by Dhi Qar, An Najaf, Maysan, Irbil, Sulaymaniyah, Dahuk, Karbala, and most recently Basrah in December 2007. The transfer of security responsibility in Anbar is significant because it is geographically the largest province in Iraq and borders three countries. Iraqi Security Forces in Anbar have been operating independently for...
Iran News Blog (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
The airport is to be built in a town called Halabja situated about 11 kilometers from the Iranian border in the northern Iraqi province of Sulaimaniyah, our Press TV correspondent reported from Irbil on Monday.
This Fucking War (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
BAGHDAD (AP) — Tens of thousands of Baghdad soccer fans cheered on their club in the top league's final game, the largest sports crowd the city has seen since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. The Baghdad club, al-Zawraa, lost 0-1 in overtime Sunday to a team from Irbil in northern Iraq. But the game was not marred by crowd violence or a terrorist attack, a sign that security forces are asserting...
ROK Drop (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
... creating a 5.3:1 competition ratio. Newly recruited soldiers and officers will be dispatched to Irbil, northern Iraq next month For recruitment for the third contingent of the Dongmyeong Unit, which was dispatched to Tyre last month, 1,230 servicemen applied for 114 vacancies, creating a 10.8:1 competition ratio, and 637 officers applied for 91 vacancies, a competition ratio of 7:1. During...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
... remarkable for its limited company. It's matched only in the northern cities of Sulaimaniyah and Irbil in the self-ruled Kurdish region in northern Iraq, which has been mostly a bystander in the war.
Now, Najaf may point to some of the same ambitions for wider autonomy by the most powerful Shiite party - with possible far-reaching implications for the country.
The Supreme Islamic...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
... remarkable for its limited company. It's matched only in the northern cities of Sulaimaniyah and Irbil in the self-ruled Kurdish region in northern Iraq, which has been mostly a bystander in the war.Now, Najaf may point to some of the same ambitions for wider autonomy by the most powerful Shiite party -- with possible far-reaching implications for the country.The Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
... remarkable for its limited company. It's matched only in the northern cities of Sulaimaniyah and Irbil in the self-ruled Kurdish region in northern Iraq, which has been mostly a bystander in the war.Now, Najaf may point to some of the same ambitions for wider autonomy by the most powerful Shiite party - with possible far-reaching implications for the country.The Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council...
CNN (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
... timetable.The other provinces that have transitioned to Iraqi security control are Duhuk, Irbil and Sulaimaniya in the Kurdish region and Karbala, Najaf, Qadisiya, Muthanna, Thiqar, Basra and Maysan in the Shiite south.Anbar would be the first Sunni-dominated province to revert to Iraqi security control.Once dominated by Sunni insurgents, it now is a bastion of tribal opposition. It is also...
CNN (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
... timetable.The other provinces that have transitioned to Iraqi security control are Duhuk, Irbil and Sulaimaniya in the Kurdish region and Karbala, Najaf, Qadisiya, Muthanna, Thiqar, Basra and Maysan in the Shiite south.Anbar would be the first Sunni-dominated province to revert to Iraqi security control.Once dominated by Sunni insurgents, it now is a bastion of tribal opposition. It is also...
CNN (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
... timetable.The other provinces that have transitioned to Iraqi security control are Duhuk, Irbil and Sulaimaniya in the Kurdish region and Karbala, Najaf, Qadisiya, Muthanna, Thiqar, Basra and Maysan in the Shiite south.Anbar would be the first Sunni-dominated province to revert to Iraqi security control.Once dominated by Sunni insurgents, it now is a bastion of tribal opposition. It is also...
