Politics of Iraq

A terrorist has been detained for killing a Turkish consulate employee in Iraq in an armed attack last week, the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) said on July 20.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on June 21 met Nechirvan Barzani, newly elected president of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq.       

Turkey's foreign minister attended on June 10 the oath-taking ceremony of Nechirvan Barzani as the new president-elect of Iraq's Kurdish region in Erbil.         

Iraq returned to Turkey 188 Turkish children accused of membership in the Islamic State.

Last month, Iraqi authorities returned another 84 children to Tajikistan after their parents were charged with the same charges.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a lightning visit to Baghdad on May 7 to show U.S. support for the Iraqi government as Washington steps up warnings to Iran against any action against American interests in the Middle East.

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu held meetings in Arbil in northern Iraq where he met Turkmen and Kurdish politicians on April 29, suggesting opening a new border crossing with Iraq.

Iraqi President Barham Salih will pay his first official visit to Turkey on Dec. 3 following his election early October.

Turkey has demanded Google to remove a map of "Kurdistan," which includes its own territory, a minister said Dec. 24.

The Iraqi prime minister has said Baghdad would increase oil export from fields in the northern province of Kirkuk to a Turkey's southern port.

Iraq began piping oil from its fields around the disputed city of Kirkuk on Friday, more than a year after exports were halted over troubles with the autonomous Kurdish administration north of the country.