Politics

An attendee speaking to the audience of a three-day-long conference on combating violent extremism, Feb. 1, 2022. (Photo: Renas A. Saeed/Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Erbil holding conference on combating violent extremism, youth radicalization

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

Iran

US: Iran nuclear talks must be concluded soon

Kurdish and Sunni leaders meeting with Muqtada al-Sadr (top left) in Najaf, Jan. 31, 2022 (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)

Iraq

Muqtada al-Sadr accepts President Masoud Barzani's initiative to end Iraq's political deadlock: al-Khanjar

President Masoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. (Photo: Archive)

Iraq

Leading Iraqi parties welcome President Barzani initiative to end political gridlock

Al-Salam Palace, the residence of Iraq's president. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Iraq

Parliament approves 25 candidates for Iraqi presidency

Supporters of Iraqi Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr hold a portrait of the leader while performing the weekly Friday prayers in the Sadr City suburb of Iraq's capital Baghdad on Jan. 28, 2022. (Photo:Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraq

Sadr reiterates call for majority government, welcomes dialogue with 'national opposition'

The United Kingdom Ambassador to Iraq Mark Bryson-Richardson. (Photo: Ambassador Mark Bryson-Richardson/Twitter)

Iraq

Targeting political parties is completely unacceptable: UK Ambassador

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani, Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi, and leader of the Azm Alliance Khamis al-Khanjar in meeting with Sadrist leader Muqtada al-Sadr, Najaf, Jan. 31, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Iraq

'The time of foreign interferences is over': al-Halbousi

KDP President Masoud Barzani speaks during a press conference in capital Erbil, Sept. 24, 2017. (Photo: AP)

Iraq

President Masoud Barzani proposes initiative to solve Iraq's political deadlock

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson (right) does an elbow bump with Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani, Sept. 17, 2021. (Photo: Ben Stansall/AFP)

Kurdistan

British PM Boris Johnson reaffirms 'continued commitment' in letter to Kurdistan Region president

Kurdistan Parliament building. (Photo Parliament's media office)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Parliament warns political parties it will commit to holding elections on time

Anti-government demonstration in Baghdad, 2019. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Talks over Iraqi government formation reach deadlock

Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi. (Photo: Iraqi Prime Minister's Office)

Iraq

UNAMI head meets Iraqi PM

Faysh Khabur border crossing between Kurdistan Region and north-east Syria. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Region-Rojava border crossing fully reopened: Official

The Pentagon building in Washington, Dec. 26, 2011. (Photo: Staff/AFP)

World

Pentagon chief orders reforms to reduce civilian deaths

The Iraqi Parliament. (Photo: Archive)

Iraq

Parliament sets February 7 as date to elect new Iraqi President