Humanitarian

Western countries accuse Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's government of engineering the crisis by encouraging migrants to travel to Belarus and then taking them to the border Leonid. (Shcheglov Belta/AFP)

World

All roads lead to Belarus on Iraq ‘package deals’

A group of Iraqi migrants stands in a camp near the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region, Nov. 14, 2021. (Photo: Oksana Manchuk/Belta/AFP)

Iraq

Iraq conducts first repatriation flight for citizens in Belarus

Iraqi migrants in a camp near the Lithuanian border town of Kapciamiestis. (Photo: Petras Malukas / AFP)

World

PM Masrour Barzani says 'concerned' by 'plight' of Kurds stuck on EU borders

Iraqis arriving to Baghdad International Airport from India, May 4, 2021. (Photo: Iraqi Airways)

Iraq

Iraq will arrange special flights for migrants in Belarus who want to return: Official

A Polish border guard stands watch over a group of migrants (photo AFP)

Europe

Iraq halts direct flights with Belarus amid migrant crisis

Pop star Dua Lipa poses for a picture with Yezidi activist and Nobel laureate Nadia Murad on Nov. 11, 2021. (Photo: Dua Lipa / Twitter)

Kurdistan

Pop star Dua Lipa meets with Yezidi Nobel laureate Nadia Murad

A volunteer talks about various kinds of landmines at a village in the Kurdistan Region's Bradost district, Nov. 11, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

5 brothers on mission to educate rural communities about threat of landmines in Kurdistan Region

The European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas (Photo: John Thys/AFP via Getty Images)

Kurdistan

EU Vice President to visit Kurdistan to discuss Belarus migrant crisis

Kurdistan Region Government (KRG) Spokesperson Jotiar Adil and Head of Department of Foreign Relations Safeen Dizayee, in a joint press conference, Nov. 10, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

‘KRG is ready to facilitate the voluntary return of migrants to the region’: official

Poland's law enforcement officers watching migrants at the Belarusian-Polish border, Nov. 8, 2021. (Photo: Leonid Shcheglov/Belta/ AFP)

Europe

Poland blocks migrants at Belarus border, warns of 'armed' escalation

Erbil Governor Omid Khoshnaw speaks at a press conference in the capital of the Kurdistan Region, Nov. 4, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Erbil allocates $3,000 for families affected by Saturday's flash floods; repair of nearly 600 houses

A view of the Euphrates River near the Tabqa Dam (unseen) in Raqqa province in eastern Syria, July 26, 2021. (Photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP)

Syria

Turkish-backed groups built three dams to cut off water to SDF-held northeast Syria: PAX

US Deputy Chief of Mission Gregory D. LoGerfo recently met with Faysh Khabur border director Shawkat Barbuhari. (Photo: US Consulate General Erbil)

Kurdistan

US official tours Faysh Khabur border with Syria

Vehicles damaged by Saturday's flash floods in Korean Village in the Kurdistan Region capital Erbil, Oct. 31, 2021. (Photo: Hero Mawludi/Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Saturday’s flash floods destroyed 130 cars in Erbil: Official

Kurdistan region’s Prime Minister, Masrour Barzani (Right) along with Yassin al-Maamouri, head of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society, Nov. 1, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan PM, humanitarian group leader talk 'voluntary return' IDPs

Kurdish migrants held in dire conditions in Lithuanian detention facility

Europe

Kurdish migrants held in dire conditions in Lithuanian detention facility