Shahab Qassem Hassan, the leader of a team of fighters previously affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), explains they have joined a Peshmerga regiment in the Shingal area. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

PKK-affiliated fighters in Iraq's disputed Sinjar leave group, seek ties with Peshmerga

The fighters "reached the conviction that the PKK does not serve our nation," their leader, Shahab Qassem Hassan, explained in a brief video.

Security

Iraq

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Iraq

Bishops to PM Barzani: Kurdistan Region is the only place in Iraq where Christians live in peace

Kurdistan

COVID-19: Erbil begins program to issue vaccinated citizens new smart cards to facilitate travel

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister receives new Bangladeshi ambassador to Iraq

Mullah Mustafa Barzani (on horseback) is pictured among a group of Peshmerga fighters. (Photo: Archive)

The two 9/11’s in modern Kurdish history

History Kurdistan

2021/09/15 09:40

Joe Biden (right), then US vice-president, meets with President Masoud Barzani in Erbil, April 28, 2016. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)

‘Masoud Barzani is a good friend of mine’ — Kurdistan is not Afghanistan!

Politics Kurdistan

2021/08/24 22:45

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PKK-affiliated fighters in Iraq's disputed Sinjar leave group, seek ties with Peshmerga

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COVID-19: Iraq reports lowest daily cases since surge in February

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Taliban hang bodies of four men in Herat city

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Bishops to PM Barzani: Kurdistan Region is the only place in Iraq where Christians live in peace

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Kurdish novelist appointed head of international writers association

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Kurdistan Region Prime Minister receives new Bangladeshi ambassador to Iraq

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2021/09/18 22:35

EU Election Observer Mission to publish final report after Iraqi elections: Official

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2021/09/19 09:22

American University of Kurdistan will host national conversation on education

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2021/09/19 10:56

Education reforms ‘will provide a brighter future’: PM Barzani

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2021/09/19 12:09

Kurdistan’s Duhok International Film Festival will focus on Afghanistan

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2021/09/19 13:42

Iran warns of more strikes against opposition groups in Kurdistan Region

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2021/09/19 14:58

Kurdish participation in Iraq's elections is a right and obligation: KRG minister

Economy

Drought has ruined crops in Haji Hassa’s farm outside Kuri Jami village, Sinjar. (Photo: Fared Baram/NRC, August 2021)

Wheat production in Kurdistan Region could decrease by half due to drought

2021/08/23 15:10

Genel Energy shares plummet after KRG terminates gas field projects

2021/08/21 11:21

An aerial view of Istanbul, Turkey, May 26, 2020. (Photo: Reuters)

Iraqis top list of foreigners buying homes in Turkey for third month

2021/08/14 08:53

Farmers inspect their harvest of grain, Aug. 8, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Drought ravages this year's wheat harvest in Kurdistan Region

2021/08/09 18:57

Dutch Ambassador to Iraq Michel Rentenaar stands at a mass grave in Kojo, Sinjar, July 2021 (Photo: Netherlands Embassy in Iraq)

Dutch looking to improve agricultural in Sinjar: ambassador

2021/08/06 11:05

Currency Exchange

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1 JOD

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Opinion

Shilan Fuad Hussain

My Kurdish childhood in Saddam’s Baghdad

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A memorial to Saddam Hussein in Baghdad vandalized shortly after coalition forces entered Iraq. (Photo: Peter Rimar, 2007/Public Domain)

Rob Waller

The Kurds’ two friends

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Outgoing US Consul General Rob Waller poses for a photo on horseback with flags of the US and Kurdistan the backdrop at the Erbil Horse Club, June 28, 2021. (Photo: US Consulate General/Facebook)

UK Minister James Cleverly on the 30th anniversary of the safe haven in Kurdistan

James Cleverly

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John Major, the quiet revolutionary who saved Kurdistanis from genocide and proved they have more friends than the mountains.

Gary Kent

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Pope Francis, his links to Kurds, the region and a mission of peace with Islam

Peri-Khan Aqrawi-Whitcomb

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Good oil, bad oil, it’s Baghdad’s issue

Shahriar Sheikhler

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Interview

KRG Representative in Washington: It’s crucial for Kurds, Iraqis to vote in elections

Col. Myles’ Caggins speaks during a press conference in the Kurdistan Region's Erbil. (Photo: KRG)

Col. Caggins: Kurds fight terrorism alongside the US in Iraq, Syria

Sport

Rafting on the Chama River in the Barzan area of Erbil Province, July 2021. (Photo: Dilan Qadri/Kurdistan 24)

Rafting enthusiasts hope to develop water sport tourism in Kurdistan

2021/07/23 11:55

Goran Abdul Qadir, Taekwando coach, trains his sons. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Family behind Taekwondo school in Kirkuk eyes world tournaments

2021/07/14 12:33

The IDP and refugee kids are pictured as they kick off the marathon in the Kurdistan Region's Franso Hariri International Stadium, June 1, 2021. (Photo: Erbil governorate)

PHOTOS: Erbil hosts marathon for over 150 displaced, refugee children

2021/06/02 14:27

COVID-19

"Soran University Center for Vaccination," reads a banner, Sept. 16, 2021. (Photo: Soran Health Directorate/Facebook)

Soran University opens COVID-19 vaccination center for students, staff and faculty

2021/09/20 14:48

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)

Iraq announces arrival of over 400,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses

2021/08/22 22:55

Iranians, some wearing protective gear amid the COVID-19 pandemic, shop at the Tajrish Bazaar market in the capital Tehran on July 14, 2020. (Photo: Atta Kenare/AFP)

Iran COVID deaths set new daily record as curbs lifted

2021/08/22 22:25

Kurdista Rregion

Infected

150,888

Recovered

127,427

Active Case

19,440

Dead

4,089

Iraq

Infected

1,065,199

Recovered

942,046

Active Case

107,688

Dead

15,465

World

Infected

152,038,422

Recovered

129,328,584

Active Case

19,515,501

Dead

3,194,337

Lifestyle

Life style

PHOTOS: A glance at wildlife in the Kurdistan Region's Garmiyan

2020/08/18 20:03

Life style

PHOTOS: Tea shop in Kurdistan Region’s Sulaimani dates back nearly five decades

2020/01/18 15:19

Life style

PHOTOS: Erbil holds candlelight vigil for assassinated Iraqi security expert

2020/07/14 11:16

Culture

Kurdish movie director Sahim Omar Kalifa during a film shooting session. (Photo: Bram Goots)

Award-winning film director chose Kurdistan location for feature film ‘Baghdad Messi’

2021/09/20 20:05

Cinema

The fifth New York Kurdish Film and Cultural Festival will focus on the contributions of Kurdish women. (Photo: Ibrahim Fatah/Kurdistan 24)

Fifth New York Kurdish Film Festival centered on Kurdish women

2021/08/14 07:42

Culture

UNESCO inducted the Kurdish-majority region of Iran known as Hawraman into its World Heritage List on Tuesday. (Photo: Archive)

UNESCO adds Iranian Kurdistan’s Hawraman to World Heritage List

2021/07/27 20:59

Photo Story

PHOTOS: Pupils return to school for second time since COVID-19 pandemic started

2021/09/14 15:35

Three female pupils pose for a photo at their school yard in Sulaimani province on first day of school, Sept. 14, 2021. (Photo: Dana Hama Gharib/Kurdistan 24)

PHOTOS: EU’s chief diplomat takes bazaar tour before leaving Kurdistan Region

2021/09/08 11:09

KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani is showing Josep Borrell, EU's chief diplomat, a portrait of Erbil at his office, Sept. 7, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

PHOTOS: ‘Kurdish Exodus’ brought to life in art project

2021/07/18 20:45

PHOTOS: Iraqis light candles in memory of Nasiriyah hospital inferno victims

2021/07/14 10:48