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Reports that gunmen attacked a car in Mosul, Iraq, on December 17, 2004, killing three armed men who appeared to be foreigners and their Iraqi driver. Eyewitness accounts of the attack; Iraqi militant group Islamic Jihad Brigades' claim of responsibility for the killing of two American construction contractors in the previous week near Baghdad.

Reports on the bombing of Christian churches in Mosul, Iraq on December 7, 2004. Indications that the attack is aimed at stirring religious and ethnic divisions in the country; Capture of a group of insurgents suspected of carrying out the attacks.

The article focuses on clothes and other aid given to newly arrived Syrian Kurd refugees at the Kawergost camp near Erbil, in northern Iraq. It states that some refugees moved due to the fear that violence in Syria will soon face them and came in search of jobs or electricity, even a cold drink of water.

The article informs that militant group Islamic State conducted its military operation in northern Iraq after more than five months on December 16, 2015 to showcase its strength despite setbacks in Sinjar, Iraq, and in northern Syria, and mentions views of American officer Mark Odom, on the same.

The article focuses on Kurdish separatist rebel groups who attack Iran from bases in northern Iraq. Unlike the Kurdish PPK group which attacks Turkey, the U.S. has not called these rebels terrorists. In fact, the rebels claim and Iran charges that the group receives U.S. support. The U.S. denies the accusation. Economic ties between Iran and the Kurdish region of Iraq have put its government in a difficult position in dealing with the rebels.

This article discusses a potentially disastrous situation in northern Iraq after officials, in an attempt to dispose of oil by-products, pumped these by-products into hills and reservoirs, then set it on fire. The resulting rivers and pools of oil residue are posing a critical threat to groundwater in this region, and the deadly fumes from the oil fires have spread for miles surrounding the dump site.

Reports on the return of the Kurds in Northern Iraq to reclaim their lands held by Iraqi-Arabs. Concern over the growing number of refugee camps in the area and the changing demographics and political strength of the region; Attribution of the movement to some confusion with U.S. state policies and political pressure from Kurdish leaders to resettle in the area; Aim of U.S. officials to maintain an orderly migration and avoid ethnic discrimination and political instability; Complaints by Arabs of incidents of forced expulsion and murders committed by Kurdish returnees.

The article reports on the suicide bombing in a tent of Turkmen mourners in northern Iraq which cause the death of 35 people and 75 wounded.

BAGHDAD -- Seven Iraqis traveling in a pickup truck were killed in an airstrike on Sunday in Iraqi Kurdistan, the semiautonomous region in northern Iraq, according to local officials. Two of the victims were children, they added. The officials said the attack was carried out by Turkey, which has been conducting airstrikes on Kurdish rebels since Thursday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A suicide truck bomb exploded in a volatile region of northern Iraq on Saturday, killing at least 68 people and wounding nearly 200 more, even as Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki pledged that attacks like it would not stop or slow the withdrawal of American troops. Also on Saturday, the British government said the bodies of two men, believed to be among five Britons kidnapped by Shiite militants in 2007, had been turned over to British authorities in Baghdad. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A suicide bomber in northern Iraq killed nine people on Friday, in the second attack in 24 hours on Shiite pilgrims traveling to Karbala to celebrate one of the holiest days in the Shiite calendar, the Iraqi police said. A pickup truck exploded near the central bus station at Balad, a largely Shiite town in the overwhelmingly Sunni province of Salahuddin. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

An American agency monitoring reconstruction in Iraq said Friday that oil exports through Iraq's northern pipeline rose more than tenfold over the past year, citing a sharp drop in attacks on the pipeline and new infrastructure built to protect it. The agency, the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, said in a report for release on Saturday that there had been no insurgent attacks on the pipeline, which exports crude oil from northern Iraq to Turkey, since the American infrastructure project began last July. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the claim of the Turkish military group about killing of more than 150 rebels and hitting more than 200 targets in Turkish airstrikes on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq. It is reported that the Turkish airstrikes heavily damaged the hide-outs of the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party in eleven locations around the Qandil Mountains of Iraq.

The article reports on the killing of at least 25 people near refinery in northern Iraq by a suicide bomber. According to the local police in Baiji, Iraq and the Interior Ministry in Baghdad, about 25 were killed and 80 wounded. However, estimates of the death toll varied in reports cited from various sources.

The article reports on the spread of cholera epidemic in northern Iraq. It is reported that the epidemic has infected about 7,000 people in the region including Kirkuk and Sulaimaniya and is feared to reach Baghdad within weeks. The disease is spreading through the unsanitary water system in the country. According to the World Health Organization, at least 10 people have died of cholera.

The article reports on the investigation of security conditions in northern Iraq by Swedish civil aviation authority Luftfartsstyrelsen. The investigation follows reports of two pilots, who stated that their passenger airliner McDonnell Douglas MD-83 operated by Nordic Airways had been attacked by ground missile fire while taking off from an airport in Sulaimaniya, Iraq. According to the pilots, a missile rose from the ground, arc near the plane and drop away.

Reports on the suicide car bombs set off by insurgents in northern Iraq which killed several Iraqis.

Focuses on two faces of insurgency in Northern Iraq. Examination on secular and jihadist goals of insurgents; Background and operation of the two groups; Analysis on similarities and differences of the two faces.

Reports that thousands of ethnic Kurds are pushing into lands formerly held by Iraqi Arabs, forcing tens of thousands of them to flee to refugee camps and transforming the demographic and political map of northern Iraq. Return of Kurds to lands from which they were expelled by Saddam Hussein and his predecessors; U.S. concern that growing migration could spark more ethnic strife; Kurd threat to withdraw from the national government over autonomy issue; Role of U.S. officials in maintaining political stability; How the Kurdish migration appears to be causing widespread misery; Fears in Iraq that Kurds are trying to expand control over Iraqi territory; Arguments of Kurdish leaders.

Reports the decision by the Bush administration to allow the Kurdish region of northern Iraq to remain semiautonomous. Role of November 15 accord in determining the status of the Kurdish region; Significance of whether or not to divide Iraq along ethnic lines; Description of ethnic groups and their locations throughout Iraq; Efforts by Kurdish members of the Iraq Governing Council to preserve Kurdish autonomy over issues like taxation and oil production through "transitional law" .

Reports on the decision of Turkey to withdraw some troops from Iraq, and military officials' denial on June 14, 1997 that a total pullout was under way. Number of troops Turkey sent into northern Iraq; Comments from Colonel Hunsu Dag, a spokesman for the general staff; Details on the troops in northern Iraq.

Discusses the success of the brigade operating under Colonel Michael Linnington in Iraq. His mission to restore trade practices between Iraq and Syria; How fees from border traffic have raised revenue for customs forces; Efforts of the U.S. military in the 101st Division to promote economic reconstruction; Diversity of tribes in northern Iraq; Organization of the civilian authority in Baghdad, Iraq; Role of Major General David H. Petraeus in nation building.

Reports on the discovery of an abandoned trailer outside a missile testing site in northern Iraq which is suspected as a mobile biological weapons laboratory.

Reports on the allegation of the U.S. that Turkish Special Forces soldiers tried to smuggle military armaments into a city in Northern Iraq.

Reports on the preparation of Kurdish guerillas to attack Iraqi soldiers in Northern Iraq.

Reports on the establishment of a military command in northern Iraq and the developments of the war in the area, as of March 25, 2003.

Reports on a military encampment being built by the Iranian-backed militia Badr Brigade in Northern Iraq, as of March 2003.

Reports on a suicide bombing at a checkpoint near a Kurdish military headquarters in northern Iraq on February 26, 2003.

Reports on the military help promised by Iran to oust Islamic militants suspected of having ties with the terrorist group Al Qaeda from northern Iraq.

Reports on an attack by a suicide bomber, which killed at least 60 people, outside a police recruiting center in Erbil, Iraq, a Kurdish provincial capital. Review of the scene following the blast, which was the biggest single act of terrorism in Iraq since early March, and only the second of its kind in the normally calm Kurdish territory; Announcement made by terrorist group Ansar al Sunna, claiming responsibility for the attack.

Reports that United States planes patrolling the no-flight zone over northern Iraq bombed installations. Why they bombed the installations; Purpose of the no-flight zones.

Informs that the Kurdistan Democratic Party, the Kurdish faction backed by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, has ovverun the city of Koi Sanjaq in northern Iraq. Flight of thousands of Kurdish civilians and hundreds of armed guerrillas out of the city; Comments by officials of rival faction, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan; Iraqi troops' capture of Erbil, the regional capital; Mood of despair in Sulaimaniya, a Patriotic Union stronghold.

Reports on the incursion of Turkish troops into northern Iraq in March 1995 and its impact on the United States. Stance on the creation of a buffer zone in Iraq.

States that representatives of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council are trying to reach agreement on establishing a United Nations police force in northern Iraq to take over security arrangements from US and allied military forces. What such a force would accomplish.

Discusses the European Community leaders' proposal for the United Nations to create a haven in northern Iraq where Kurdish refugees could be protected from further repression. Possibility of a United Nations force needed to put the plan in place;European nations and US criticized for standing by during Iraq's onslaught against Kurds.

Reports that France announced that it will discontinue air patrols over the Kurdish area of northern Iraq, when the international allied mission changes on January 1, 1997. Details on the air patrols flown by the air forces of France, Britain and the United States; Reason for France's decision; Impact of France's withdrawal on the air patrols.

Reports on developments in the futures markets. Surging of crude oil prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange due to news on renewed fighting between Kurdish factions in northern Iraq; Possible threat to Persian Gulf exports; Prices of soybeans.

Reports on the statement by senior Pentagon officials that the United States will possibly refrain from becoming involved in the fighting between two Kurdish factions in northern Iraq. United States warning that Iraq is risking new military attacks if it tried to repair air-defense sites in southern Iraq; Remarks by Defense Secretary William J. Perry.

Describes the Turkish air attacks on suspected bases of Kurdistan Workers Party rebels in northern Iraq. Turkish government's plan to set up a buffer zone against attacks from the guerrillas; Rebels' plan to carve out an independent state out of parts of southeastern Turkey.

QARAQOSH, Iraq -- There was a hope, not long ago, that democracy would mean peace and stability for Nineveh, a place where cultures and armies have clashed since biblical times. Instead, democracy is hardening divisions -- of people, of resources, of land -- in ways that threaten the future of Iraq itself. Last year's election of a new provincial governor and council spawned political deadlock, inflamed by ethnic tensions. A boycott by a third of the council's new members since last summer has crippled the government's work at a time when Iraqis were promised that the elections would improve it. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The United States military said Tuesday that a leader of a Sunni insurgent group had been arrested last month during a joint Iraqi-American operation. The man, Fakri Hadi Gari, was among 10 people arrested July 24 during raids in the northern city of Mosul, the United States military said in a statement. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

United States forces in Iraq suffered their deadliest single loss in nine months on Monday, when a suicide bomber's vehicle exploded near a Humvee patrolling the northern city of Mosul, killing four American soldiers, the military said. Mosul, the capital of Nineveh Province, remains one of the most violent places in Iraq. American soldiers are waging a counterinsurgency campaign there against Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, a homegrown Sunni extremist group that American intelligence officials say has foreign leaders. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Three people were killed and 20 wounded when a car bomb exploded Saturday in Tal Afar, a northern town, Iraqi security officials said. The explosion was set off by a suicide bomber near a sports field in the Moalemeen neighborhood of the town, which is situated west of Mosul. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A car bomb exploded in a street market in the northern city of Tal Afar on Wednesday, killing 20 people, including 9 children, said the director of the hospital where the bodies were taken. Ninety people were wounded by the bomb, which went off just after 7 p.m. in a largely Shiite neighborhood, though some were so badly wounded that the death toll might rise, said the hospital's director, Dr. Salih Qadou. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

INVISIBLE NATION How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Thousands of Kurds gathered on Sunday in the town of Halabja, in the northern uplands of Iraq, to mark a grim anniversary: the day 20 years ago when clouds of poison gas swept through the town, killing as many as 5,000 people. The chemical bombings, part of Saddam Hussein's campaign against the Kurds, began on March 16, 1988, and continued through the night. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that 11 people were killed and 44 other injured when a suicide truck bomber attacked a police station in Baiji, Iraq. It mentions that the police station had also been attacked previously because of its use as a base for Iraqi security forces and tribes fighting Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, Iraq.

The article reports that bombings, on June 2, 2007, damaged a bridge linking a highway from Baghdad, Iraq with Kirkuk, Iraq. The bombings increased tensions between Arabs and Kurds. Meanwhile, American tanks firing at insurgents near Falluja, Iraq, according to military statement, on the same day, killed three Iraqi children and an American helicopter was damaged by gunfire north of Baghdad.

The article reports on the revenge killings of Sunnis following a double suicide bombing in a Shiite area in Tal Afar, Iraq. Two hours after the explosion of truck bombs, gunmen went house to house, dragged people into the street and shot them dead in a Sunni neighborhood. According to an Iraqi Army spokesman, the retaliatory violence killed 70 people and wounded 30 people.

The article reports on the suicide bombing carried out in Tal Afar, Iraq on October 7, 2006. A suicide bomber blowed himself up after ramming his car into an Iraqi Army checkpoint in the northern city, killing 14 people and injuring 10 others. The officials described it as one of the deadliest suicide attacks in the country. Meanwhile, recovery of dead bodies is continuously reported from several parts of the country including Baghdad.