A fighter of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stands guard along a road as others deploy to impose a curfew in the town of al-Busayrah in Syria's northeastern Deir Ezzor province, Sept 4, 2023 (Photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP)

Syrian Kurdish fighters backed by US troops say they've captured a senior Islamic State militant

Mahmdouh Ibrahim al-Haji, also known as Abu Youssef, was taken into custody on Thursday in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, according to the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.

Security

Syria

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Kurdistan

Iraqi Ministry of Health sends 13 Hamdaniya victims to Turkey, says Erbil health general director

Syria

U.S. Threatens Iran with Sanctions over Arms Development, but Overlooks Military Provocations

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Syrian Kurdish fighters backed by US troops say they've captured a senior Islamic State militant

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Iraqi Ministry of Health sends 13 Hamdaniya victims to Turkey, says Erbil health general director

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Syria continues to be unsafe for returns: HRW’s Refugee Director

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Pope Francis expresses condolences over Hamdaniya fire

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Erbil police arrest policeman after incident near Erbil citadel

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Two SDF members killed in suspected ISIS attack near Raqqa

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2023/09/22 18:23

Cyprus calls on the EU to rethink Syrian safe zones for eventually repatriating Syrian migrants

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2023/09/22 20:06

KRG Foreign Relations head, US security coordinator McGurk address Erbil-Baghdad ties

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2023/09/22 22:01

Turkey deports 29,895 Syrian refugees and asylum seekers: STJ report

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2023/09/22 22:21

Iraq wants to expand opportunities with Kurdistan Region, says Iraqi Premier at UN General Assembly

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2023/09/22 23:32

Syrian army takes back control of Hasakah military barracks: SOHR

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2023/09/23 08:37

China announces 'strategic partnership' with Syria

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.”