A chronology of key events: 1918 - After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the First World War, British forces occupy the oil-rich Ottoman province of Mosul, bringing extensive Kurdish-populated ...

The last census, conducted in 1997, did not include the Iraqi Kurdistan region, which has been under Kurdish administration since the 1991 Gulf War.

In the past 20 years, Iraqi Kurdistan has faced multiple challenges and yet managed to thrive. In 2001, our region had a handful of universities, restricted access to the outside world, and while ...

FORT CARSON, Colo., Aug. 25, 2011 -- "You're the first Iraqi who hasn't tried to kill me," a Soldier said to me on my first day volunteering with the Army at Fort Carson. I didn't know whether to ...

This fell apart during a civil war in 1994-1997 that saw the region partitioned between their supporters. They became reconciled in 2002, and Mr Talabani went on to become president of Iraq.