Dutch army earlier provided force protection for Erbil airport (Photo: Dutch Ministry of Defense)

Dutch to deploy additional troops in Iraq

The Dutch army will deploy additional troops and three Chinook helicopters to Iraq, in addition to leading the NATO mission in Baghdad.

Security

Kurdistan

34 Minutes

Syria

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

Kurdistan

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

Syria

Two SDF members killed in suspected ISIS attack near Raqqa

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34 Minutes

Dutch to deploy additional troops in Iraq

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2 Hours

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

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5 Hours

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

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6 Hours

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

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6 Hours

Pope Francis expresses condolences over Hamdaniya fire

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9 Hours

Erbil police arrest policeman after incident near Erbil citadel

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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

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2023/09/23 12:03

Quran desecrators seek to ‘sow division’ between Muslims and non-Muslims, says Nordic diplomat

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2023/09/23 13:56

Iraq’s premier to visit Russia

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

5 Hours

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

2023/09/28 13:42

Kurdistan 24 Kirkuk reporter (center) displays screengrabs of media reports conducted on the Iranian attacks in Sept. 2022 in which he was seriously wounded at an exhibition in Erbil, Sept. 28, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

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