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Recent drone attacks in Kurdistan are once again bringing the issue of Iraq’s Iran-backed militias to the fore.
By bnm Gulf bureau Bahrain expressed its intention to open a consulate in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, and launch direct flights between Manama and Erbil, Shafaq News reported on August ...
Eleven years ago today, ISIS began its genocidal assault on Iraqi Yazidis. Reporting from the Sinjar region, our ...
Iran's judiciary has executed Kurdish porters under charges including "moharebeh" (enmity against God), and "efsad-e fel-arz" ...
The U.S. and allies are ramping up energy and infrastructure deals to bolster ties with Iraq and its semi-autonomous ...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Wednesday voiced deep concern following a ruling by the Duhok misdemeanor court ...
Sherwan Amin Sherwani, a Kurdish journalist imprisoned since 2020 for criticising the ruling parties, now faces additional ...
The prime minister of Iraq has kept his country on the sidelines as military conflicts raged nearby for almost two years.
Drone strikes on five oil fields in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) by unknown groups between July 14 and 16, 2025, ...
The Kurdistan Regional Government has accused the Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Forces of being behind the attacks.
This is the closest Turkey and the insurgents have come to peace since the PKK took up arms to fight for a Kurdish homeland ...
A spate of unclaimed drone attacks forcing the closure of oil fields in Iraqi Kurdistan is further straining the autonomous ...