Politics

Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) met the head of the Fatah Alliance, Hadi al-Amiri in Erbil’s Salahadin, August 14, 2022 (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)

Kurdistan

President Masoud Barzani discusses political crisis in Baghdad with Hadi al-Amiri

A delegation from the Shiite Coordinating Framework (SCF) led by Hadi al-Amiri, head of the Badr Organization, arriving in Kurdistan Region to meet with President Masoud Barzani, August 14, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Iraq

Shiite Coordination Framework delegation arrives in Kurdistan to meet with President Barzani

Kurdistan Regio Prime Minister, Masrour Barzani. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

PM Barzani condemns suicide attack in Saudi Arabia

Supporters of Iraq's Shiite Coordinating Framework during a rally outside the capital Baghdad's high-security green zone, on August 12, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraq

‘To hold session outside parliament, form a government, go for early election’: Ayad Allawi

Iraq

‘It’s possible to hold early election after having political parties’ promise to accept election results’: KDP

Salman Rushdie was propelled into the spotlight with his second novel "Midnight's Children" in 1981, which won international praise and Britain's prestigious Booker Prize (Photo: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU AFP/File)

USA

Shi’a Extremist behind assault on Salman Rushdie

Turkey's Foreign Affairs spokesperson Ambassador Tanju Bilgic (Photo: Anadolu Agency).

Turkey

Turkey blames Syrian government for lack of progress in peace talks

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (top center) chairing a ministerial meeting in Baghdad, August 12, 2022. (Photo: Iraqi PM Media Office)

Iraq

PM Kadhimi stresses dialogue as Iraq heads to uncertainty

Supporters of the Iraqi cleric Muqtada Sadr raise a portrait of their leader (Photo: AFP).

Iraq

Moqtada Al-Sadr’s supporters to hold demonstrations

Syrians on Friday evening protested against statements of the Turkish FM (Photo: Samer Daboul/Twitter)

Syria

Turkish-controlled areas in Syria protest against reconciliation with Damascus

Representatives attend a meeting of the joint commission on negotiations aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal in Vienna, Dec. 9, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

World

US continues to blame Iran for stalemate on nuclear deal—but still willing to conclude agreement

Screenshot from SDF video showing the attack on Turkish forces (Photo: SDF Press)

Syria

SDF says its carried operation on Turkish border near Mardin

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) President Masoud Barzani during his meeting with the head of Sunni Sovereignty Alliance Khamis Al-Khanjar in Erbil, August 11, 2022. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)

Iraq

KDP’s Barzani, Sunni leader say Iraq’s early election is a ‘good step’

Douglas Silliman, former US ambassador to Iraq. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Former US Ambassador underlines need for Kurdish consensus in Baghdad

Iraqi soldiers stand on a truck by a base in Sinjar, Iraq, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (Photo: Ali Abdul Hassan/AP)

Iraq

Iraq’s defense minister urges army to avoid political tension

President Nechirvan Barzani received on August 7 in Erbil Germany’s outgoing Consul General in the Kurdistan Region, Klemens Semtner (Photo: Presidency of the Kurdistan Region).

Kurdistan

Outgoing German CG says he will always stay a friend of Kurdistan