This handout photograph taken and released by Ukrainian Emergency Service on August 14, 2023, shows rescuers pushing out a fire in a supermarket after a night strike in Odesa on Aug. 14, 2023. (Photo: Handout/Ukrainian Emergency Service/AFP

New U.S. Sanctions for Iranian Drones used by Russia to Attack in Ukraine

Iranian UAVs are "a key tool for Russia in its attacks in Ukraine," the Under Secretary of the Treasury said in announcing the new sanctions.

Politics

USA

6 Minutes

KDP President Masoud Barzani (right) is pictured during his meeting with Senator Titus Corlatean, Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee in the Romanian Senate in Erbil, Sept. 28, 2023. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)

Kurdistan

US Special Operations warn local Arab leaders against the influence of malign actors

Kurdistan

Barzani Charity Foundation providing aid to Hamdaniya victims

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6 Minutes

New U.S. Sanctions for Iranian Drones used by Russia to Attack in Ukraine

02

1 Hour

KDP President Barzani calls for continued international anti-ISIS efforts

03

3 Hours

#PHOTOS: Kurdistan 24 marks first anniversary of its wounded reporter

04

5 Hours

Food poisoning hospitalizes nearly 100 at Kirkuk wedding party

05

8 Hours

'We're all dead': Iraqis in shock after wedding fire

06

17 Hours

US Special Operations warn local Arab leaders against the influence of malign actors

01

2023/09/21 16:50

Infighting erupts in Hasakah between pro-Syrian government forces

02

2023/09/21 17:10

Dutch Kurdish community hosts general manager of Kurdistan Diaspora Confederation

03

2023/09/21 19:02

PM Barzani, Coalition Commander discuss Peshmerga reform, situation in east Syria

04

2023/09/21 22:03

India sees Kurdistan Region as a ‘strategic partner’, says trade association official

05

2023/09/22 11:15

In war-scarred Iraqi city, food business gives women independence

06

2023/09/22 17:00

US stresses resumption of Kurdistan Region oil: KRG Foreign Relations head

Economy

Artificial water reservoirs in the Kurdistan Region. (Photo: KRG)

KRG reveals construction of several new water reservoirs

2023/09/26 16:47

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani delivering remarks at the Project Bloom launch event in Erbil, Sept. 25, 2023. (Photo: KRG)

Prime Minister Barzani launches Project Bloom

2023/09/25 11:33

An engineer walks in the grounds of the Khurmala oilfield, 10Km south of Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan Region, July 18, 2009. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)

Kurdistan Region oil export resumption to be 'piloted', says SOMO source

2023/09/24 10:27

An Iraqi oil employee checks pipelines at the Bai Hassan oil field, west of Kirkuk. (Photo: Ahmed al-Rubaye/ AFP)

Tripartite talks have resumed on Kurdistan Region oil exports: report

2023/09/23 20:08

Opinion

Ahmed Al-Zawity

Kurdistan 24: Forging a Responsible Media Discourse

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The emblem of Kurdistan 24, March 13, 2022. (Photo: Saber Dri)

Béatrice Dillies

'A forgotten genocide, the broken voice of the Kurdish people'

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Clarifications regarding the Parliament sitting for the renewal of the Election Commission’s mandate

Hemin Hewrami

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Managing Real Madrid is the hardest job in the world

Hozan Qaraman Mahdi

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Commemorating the Anniversary of the March Agreement of 1970

Dindar Kocer

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Kurdistan in the politics of the judiciary in Iraq: the Federal Supreme Court as a challenge or an opportunity

Majida S. Ismael

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Interview

High threat security and crisis communications expert Kenneth Shockley. (Photo: Kenneth Shockley handout)

Biden administration following a containment strategy to confine war to Ukraine: Security Expert

"US and NATO will continue to provide humanitarian and lethal assistance to the people of Ukraine."

Dr. Elie Abouaoun, Director of MEANA Programs at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). (Photo: Elie Abouaoun handout)

A war of attrition in Ukraine could ‘sink Russia in a quagmire’: USIP MEANA Director

“Defeating the Russians will require a completely different level of support that not all Western countries seem to envisage at this stage unless Russia moves on to directly provoke a NATO member state.”

Sport

Shylan Kamal poses for a picture at a gym in Kurdistan Region's capital Erbil, April 27, 2023. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)

Iraqi Kurdish bodybuilder breaks down gender barriers

2023/05/08 09:21

Aerial footage of Franso Hariri Stadium during the Erbil Sport Club's match against Al-Zawraa, which is part of the Iraqi Premier League, April 16, 2022. (Photo: Jamal Yad/Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan Region to host CONIFA World Cup 2024

2023/04/24 21:01

Alex Sidney, 20, is pictured while cycling in Erbil, April 9, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Crossing 20 countries, adventurous biker passes through Kurdistan Region

2023/04/11 16:40

Health

Iraqi farmer Saadoun Roumi injects a dose of the foot-and-mouth vaccine to his ailing buffalo at his farm in the village of Badush, northwest of the city of Mosul, Feb. 7, 2023. (Photo: Zaid Al-Obeidi/AFP)

Foot-and-mouth variant hits Iraq buffaloes, threatening livelihoods

2023/02/09 08:25

The exterior of Nanakali Hospital in Erbil, a cancer treatment center in the Kurdistan Region's capital, Feb. 5, 2023. (Photo: Handout/Nanakali Hospital Facebook page)

Kurdistan Region records over 9,000 cancer cases in 2022

2023/02/05 13:47

Kurdistan Region

Infected

371,832

Recovered

388,327

Active Case

6,748

Dead

6,757

Iraq

Infected

2,073,835

Recovered

2,032,310

Active Case

17,883

Dead

23,642

World

Infected

257,619,000

Recovered

232,213,454

Active Case

19,828,426

Dead

5,148,317

Lifestyle

Music

Assi El Hallani (right) speaking to Kurdistan 24 upon his arrival to the Kurdistan Region capital Erbil and Rahma Riad (left), Feb. 12, 2022 (Photo: Combined photo by Kurdistan 24)

Famous Lebanese, Iraqi singers to hold Valentine’s Day concert in Erbil

2022/02/13 12:02

Culture

Nightlife in the Kurdistan Region capital Erbil. (Photo: Goran Sabah Ghafour)

Erbil's vibrant nightlife

2021/11/24 10:19

Music

The singer Shahram Sardar poses for a photo. (Photo: Handout)

Kurdish singer to release his latest album ‘soon’

2021/11/09 11:21

Culture

Dersim Museum wins 2nd place Luigi Micheletti Award

2023/09/24 22:10

Culture

The cover of the 7th edition showcases an elderly woman who is a victim of the Anfal genocide. (Photo: Kurdistan Chronicle)

7th edition of Kurdistan Chronicle magazine covers Anfal genocide

2023/09/24 16:58

Humanitarian

Bill Sinclair speaking to Kurdistan 24, Sept. 19, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Story of American who helped Kurdish immigrants in 1976

2023/09/19 17:26

Photo Story

#PHOTOS: Kurdistan 24 marks first anniversary of its wounded reporter

3 Hours

PHOTOS: Erbil begins street decorations to celebrate Prophet Mohammed’s birthday

2023/09/21 12:14

A man takes a photo of a wall poster celebrating Prophet Mohammed's birthday in Erbil, Sept. 20, 2023. (Photo: Erbil Governorate)

PHOTOS: PM Barzani visits Duhok neighborhoods

2023/08/14 12:59

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) shaking hands with locals in Duhok province, August 14, 2023. (Photo: KRG)

Iraq's marshes are dying, and a civilisation with them

2023/07/13 09:00