Passengers watch aircraft as they wait for their flight at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 28, 2020. (Photo: Amr Nabil/AP)

Saudi Arabia eases travel ban for vaccinated citizens
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Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Joey Hood (L) in a meeting with Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani in Erbil on May 15, 2021. (Photo: KRG)
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High-level US delegation meets Kurdistan PM in Erbil
Kurdistan Region security members stand guard at Sherawa checkpoint in south of Erbil, the capital of Kurdish region. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
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War or not, violence in Israel shows no signs of abating
The Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system (left) intercepts rockets (right) fired by Hamas towards southern Israel from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, May 14, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Anas Baba)

War or not, violence in Israel shows no signs of abating
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Iraqi Army, Kurdish Peshmerga to form joint brigades in disputed territories: Official

A previous agreement between Baghdad and Erbil to coordinate their military forces in Iraq's disputed territories was never implemented. (Photo: Archive)
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Gary Kent

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UK DSAME Air Marshal Martin "Sammy" Sampson meets with Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani in Erbil, May 5, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

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Dilan Qadri poses for a phone on Hassan Bag Mountain in Soran city, northeastern of capital city Erbil, Jan. 22, 2020. (Photo: Dilan Qadri)

Growing numbers of Kurdish outdoorswomen defy social barriers
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Kurdistan Region resumes movement with rest of Iraq
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Religion
Peshtiwan Sadiq (center), the Kurdistan Region's Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs, speaks to reporters in Erbil, May 11, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

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Members of a book club meet to review a novel at a book store in Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan Region, April 9, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed / AFP)

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  2021/04/25 10:00
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Youth in the Kurdistan Region have flocked to the audio app Clubhouse as a safe place for open discussion and deeper understanding of social issues. (Photo: Marco Verch/Flickr/CC-BY 2.0)

Young Kurds embrace Clubhouse as a platform for open discussion
  2021/04/24 09:49
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Photo Story

PHOTO: Kurdistan PM inaugurates Mount Zawa Teleferic project in Duhok


  2021/05/09 16:44

With the pandemic keeping them from Lalish, Yezidis bring the New Year home


  2021/04/14 12:57
Members of the Kurdistan Region's Yezidi community celebrate the new year in Ba’adre, Duhok province, April 14, 2021. (Photo: Wladimir van Wilgenburg / Kurdistan 24)

PHOTOS: Mandeans in Iraq celebrate five-day ‘feast of world creation'


  2021/03/19 12:08
Followers of the Mandaeism religion gather near the Shatt Al-Arab river, in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on March 18, 2021, to mark the holiday Eid Al-Khalqeh. (Photo: Hussein FALEH / AFP)

PHOTOS: Man lives with seven snakes in Sulaimani


  2021/01/14 12:35
Kaiwan Kamaran pictured with his snakes. (Photo: Kurdistan 24/Dana Hama Gharib)
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