Politics

SDF fighter in northern Syria. (Photo: US Special Operations Joint Task Force-Levant / Twitter)

Iraq

US-backed SDF arrest three suspected ISIS members in northeast Syria

According to preliminary results of Iraq's October election, the biggest winner of the vote was the movement of Shia cleric and political maverick Muqtada al-Sadr. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye, AFP)

Iraq

Iraq's Sadr demands revealing, arresting perpetrators of attempt on PM's life

Migrants who had recently been stranded on the border of Belarus depart a government-chartered flight from Minsk to Erbil, Nov. 26, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

Over 600 migrants stuck for weeks on Belarus border fly home to Iraq, Kurdistan Region

Migrants are helped by RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) lifeboat before being taken to a beach in Dungeness, on the south-east coast of England, Nov. 24, 2021. (Photo: Ben Stansall/AFP)

Europe

KRG working to identify migrants who drowned in English Channel: PM Barzani

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (top right) during his meeting with the new Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Iraq, Nov. 25, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

PM Barzani welcomes new Czech Ambassador to Iraq

Shopkeeper Haci Tunc told Turkish opposition leader Sarigul that south Turkey is Kurdistan. (Photo: Twitter)

Turkey

Kurdish shopkeeper arrested for saying 'Kurdistan' in Turkey

Members of the Kurdistan Region’s Council of Ministers hold a session in Erbil, Nov. 24, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan cabinet addresses violence against women, post-election Iraq, migrant crisis

Swedish Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson. (Photo: Thierry Charlier/AFP)

World

Social Democrat Andersson becomes Sweden's first woman PM

A delegation from the SDC met with Russian officials in Moscow on Tuesday. (Photo: SDC Press)

Kurdistan

Top Syrian Kurdish delegation visits Moscow

Margaritis Schinas, the Vice-President of the European Commission. (Photo: Aris Oikonomou/AFP)

Kurdistan

KRG leadership is ‘key partner’ for the EU: Official

Migrants stand stranded at the Belarusian-Polish border, Nov. 9, 2021. (Photo: Leonid Shcheglov/AFP)

Kurdistan

PM Barzani calls on Europe to provide urgent aid to migrants stranded on its borders

Top UN envoy to Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert. (Photo: UN)

Iraq

UN envoy to Security Council: No evidence of fraud in Iraqi election

Hemin Hawrami, Kurdistan Region Parliament Deputy Speaker at a press conference in Erbil, Nov. 23, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Postponing elections would be ‘shameful for Kurdistan Region’: Hemin Hawrami

Members of Kurdistan Parliament observe a minute of silence to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of Danielle Mitterrand, known as "Mother of the Kurds", Nov. 23, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan Parliament)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Parliament observes minute of silence for anniversary of Danielle Mitterrand death

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde in capital Erbil, Nov. 23, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

PM Masrour Barzani discusses KRG reforms, economic diversification with Swedish FM

KDP President Masoud Barzani (right) during his meeting with Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde in Erbil, Nov. 23, 2021. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)

Kurdistan

Swedish FM praises Kurdistan Region’s empowerment of women