Asayish anti-terror forces, also known as HAT (Photo: SDF’s Coordination and Military Operations Center)

SDF arrested 17 ISIS suspects in June

“Last June, our forces conducted 11 precise security operations, arrested 17 terrorists most of them were dangerous leaders.”

Security

Syria

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Hamid Eidi was kidnapped in Amude on June 12, 2022 (Photo: Kurdistan 24/Social media)

Syria

NATO reaffirms commitment to continued fight against terrorism in Middle East, Africa

An urban area in Kurdistan Region's capital Erbil. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

KDP bloc in Iraqi parliament calls for Erbil-Baghdad cooperation against rocket threats

Politics Kurdistan

2022/06/27 15:41

The signing of a memorandum in which Turkey agreed to Finland and Sweden's membership of NATO in Madrid, Spain, June 28, 2022. (Photo: Bernat Armangue/AP)

US welcomes agreement among Turkey, Finland, and Sweden, as Erdogan drops veto on their NATO membership

Politics World

2022/06/29 13:40

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SDF arrested 17 ISIS suspects in June

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Syrian Kurdish party calls on PYD to release kidnapped civilian

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WFP to support Iraq and KRG on technology and data: representative

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17 Hours

Yezidi activist assassinated in Sinjar

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Over 50 percent of Iraq’s land threatened by desertification

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Duhok's Yezidi Bajid Kandala camp to be upgraded following third fire this year

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2022/06/25 11:16

US says no JCPOA renewal if Iran sticks to demands, as EU foreign policy chief pays surprise visit to Tehran

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2022/06/25 12:07

Kurdistan Region to erect new power stations to meet increasing demand

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2022/06/25 17:43

Dana Gas plant in Khor Mor attacked again for the third time in a week

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2022/06/25 18:56

SDF arrests local ISIS leader in Deir ez-Zor

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2022/06/25 20:32

Former Syrian Deputy PM says Russia will not allow Turkey to attack SDF

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2022/06/25 21:27

‘Ultimate goal of targeting Kurdistan Region’s energy is to bring the Region to its knees’: Hoshyar Zebari

Economy

The emblem of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-owned Dana Gas. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan 24)

Dana Gas ‘temporarily’ halts expansion project in Chamchamal’s Khor Mor field

2022/06/27 12:16

The Kurdistan Region's provinces were connected to southern and central Iraq by train until the 1980s. (Photo: Iraqi Republic Railways Company)

KRG to sign memorandum of understanding with British company for railway project

2022/06/22 17:29

Khor Mor gas plant in the Kurdistan Region's ChamChamal. (Photo: Oil and Gas Middle East)

KRG to establish two new oil companies for exploration, marketing: Report

2022/06/17 18:20

KRG emblem (right) combined with Turkey's national flag. (Photo: Combination by Kurdistan 24)

KRG delegation visits Turkey

2022/06/17 11:45

Opinion

Matthew M. Zais

Iran’s threat to Kurdistan is a greater challenge to the oil market than OPEC quotas

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Kurdistan 24

World Environment Day 2022: Facts without conviction won't spark climate action!

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Dried-up soil amid severe drought on farmland in Jaliha village in Iraq's central Diwaniya province, April 26, 2022, (Photo: Haidar Indha/AFP)

True and false 'liberations' – fighting the ghosts of neo-colonialism

Jan Lipavský, Foreign Minister of Czechia

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Iraq’s crisis is an opportunity for change

Reber Ahmed

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The Federal Supreme Court of Iraq from interpreting to amending the constitution: KRG’s oil judgement as an example

Majida S. Ismael

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Energized Seeds of Peace

Ali O. Dirioz

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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

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (center) stands for a group photo with players of the Iraqi national futsal team in Erbil, June 28, 2022. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdish women played 'effective role' in winning futsal championship for Iraq: PM Barzani

2022/06/28 14:35

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani poses for a photo with Zakho football club players and coach at Franso Hariri Football Stadium in Erbil, April 30, 2022. (Photo: KRG)

PM Barzani attends Erbil-Zakho football match

2022/05/01 13:37

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)

Erbil wins 1:0 against Al-Zawraa in Iraqi Premier League

2022/04/17 11:15

Health

Iraqi medical workers are pictured at the coronavirus ward of Al-Shifa Hospital in the capital Baghdad, Feb. 20, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad al-Ruabye/AFP)

Covid rages in Iraq as vaccinations lag

2022/02/25 09:34

An Iraqi man is inoculated against the COVID-19 coronavirus at a vaccination center of Kufa, northeast of Najaf, July 25, 2021. (Photo: Ali Najafi/AFP)

Majority of latest coronavirus cases in Iraq are from unvaccinated citizens, health spokesperson warns

2022/01/30 10:00

A health care worker tests a suspected COVID-19 patient in the Kurdistan Region's Sulaimani province. (Photo: Shwan Mohamad/AFP)

Kurdistan Region ramps up daily testing for COVID-19

2022/01/28 16:35

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

Adnan Abdelrahman, 56, a member of Iraq's black community, beats a "tar" hand drum at his home in the southern city of Zubair on May 18, 2022. (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP)

In Iraq, centuries-old black community still on the margins

2022/06/02 08:41

Culture

Revered Iraqi poet Muthaffar al-Nawab dies at 88

2022/05/20 15:54

Culture

Zerak Zhedar (center) speaks during the launch ceremony of Kurdish Talent in Erbil, March 29, 2022. (Photo: Erbil Governorate/Facebook)

Kurdish Talent launches cultural project in Kurdistan Region

2022/03/30 14:48

Photo Story

PHOTOS: Mandaeans perform 'Golden Baptism' ritual in Erbil

2022/05/19 13:42

Sabean worshippers, take part in a cleansing ritual known as the "Golden Cleansing", along the banks of the Great Zab river, May 18, 2022. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)

Erbil inaugurates Food Festival Week 2022

2022/05/05 14:58

The entrance to Food Festival 2022 in Erbil's Sami Abdul-Rahman Park, May 4, 2022. (Photo: Mohammad Jubrayl/Kurdistan 24)

PM Barzani attends Erbil-Zakho football match

2022/05/01 13:37

Overuse and climate change kill off Iraq's Sawa Lake

2022/04/26 09:14