Ano Abdoka, the KRG Minister of Transport and Communication (left), shaking hands with Mar Georges III Younan, June 9, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Ancient Church of the East appoints Mar Georges III Younan as new Patriarch

Abdoka, who is also the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Minister of Transport and Communication, extended PM Barzani’s congratulations to His Holiness Mar Georges III Younan and to all the faithful of the Ancient Church of the East.

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Syrians lose life-saving care as Turkey halts medical visits

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PM Barzani hopes Kurdish factions in Iraqi parliament deal with the budget bill responsibly

Syria

SDF releases civilian arrested for ISIS ties

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UK welcomes reopening of key northeast Syria-Kurdistan Region border crossing

Hundreds of ISIS prisoners surrender to the SDF forces in Hasakah (Photo: SDF Media Centre)

Syria

US, Saudi urge repatriation of IS jihadists, funds for Iraq, Syria

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Ancient Church of the East appoints Mar Georges III Younan as new Patriarch

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Syrians lose life-saving care as Turkey halts medical visits

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PM Barzani hopes Kurdish factions in Iraqi parliament deal with the budget bill responsibly

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SDF releases civilian arrested for ISIS ties

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PM Barzani highlights need for resolving Erbil-Baghdad issues in meeting with US ambassador

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UK welcomes reopening of key northeast Syria-Kurdistan Region border crossing

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Iraqi FM to attend inauguration ceremony of Turkish President

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2023/06/02 23:30

Restoration lags for Syria's famed Roman ruins at Palmyra and other war-battered historic sites

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2023/06/03 08:45

12th-grade final exams begin in Kurdistan Region

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2023/06/03 15:27

Iraqi fighter jets kill 4 suspected ISIS militants in Diyala

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2023/06/03 18:09

PM Barzani wishes 12th-grade students success

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2023/06/03 19:40

Kurdistan Region President attends Turkish President inauguration ceremony

Economy

A worker moving a pallet of Kurdish Akre rice at a warehouse. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdish company to export over 20 tons of food to Sweden

2023/05/07 10:03

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)

If Erbil-Baghdad deal provides better environment for Russian energy companies, it would be welcomed: Russian senator

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The Saudi Flynas taking off from the Erbil International Airport to Jeddah, April 5, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Erbil, Jeddah begin direct flights

2023/04/05 14:26

Gas flare burned off at an oil facility in southern oil-rich Basra province, March 3, 2016. (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP)

Iraq joins other OPEC+ members to cut oil output

2023/04/03 09:35

Opinion

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Clarifications regarding the Parliament sitting for the renewal of the Election Commission’s mandate

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Kurdistan in the politics of the judiciary in Iraq: the Federal Supreme Court as a challenge or an opportunity

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Interview

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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."

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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.”