Politics

A campaign poster is seen in the Iraqi capital Baghdad ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections, Sept. 14, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraq

Iraq’s election agency signs memorandum of understanding with candidates

Kurdish author Meral Şimşek (Photo: Media and Law Studies Association/Twitter)

Turkey

Kurdish author faces up to 22 year prison sentence in Turkey

(Photo: George Ourfalian / AFP)

Syria

Syrian government condemns Turkey ahead of UN meeting

KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani hands over the official decree, announcing Goohdar Shekho as the head of Zakho's autonomous administration, Sept. 20, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

PM Barzani: 'We owe a lot to the people of Zakho'

Iraqi demonstrations November, 2019. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Iraq gov't focuses efforts to hold 'successful' election

India's new Ambassador to Iraq Prashant Pise during a meeting President Masoud Barzani in Erbil on Sept. 19, 2021. (Photo: Masoud Barzani's Office)

Kurdistan

Strengthening New Delhi-Erbil relations leads talks between Indian Amb. to Iraq, Kurdish officials

Man voting in Iraq's 2018 parliamentary election (Photo: AFP)

Kurdistan

Kurdish participation in Iraq's elections is a right and obligation: KRG minister

Iranian cross-border artillery bombardment of the Balakayati area of Kurdistan Region's Erbil province, Spet. 9, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Iran

Iran warns of more strikes against opposition groups in Kurdistan Region

Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel, the Head of the European Union’s Election Observation Mission, during a press conference in Erbil on Sept. 18, 2021. (Photo: Rebaz Siyan/Kurdistan 24)

Iraq

EU Election Observer Mission to publish final report after Iraqi elections: Official

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister (right) receives Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel, Head of the European Union Mission to Observe the Iraqi Elections, Sept. 18, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan PM: Iraqi election will hopefully be 'far from attempts at fraud and violence'

Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani (left) meets with Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi in the UAE, Sept. 18, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Region delegation concludes UK trip with visit to UAE leader's London residence

Election observers monitor a previous Iraqi election.(Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Iraq

Some 5,000 observers to monitor Iraqi election, with special focus on disputed territories

Osman Kavala (L) and Selahattin Demirtas (R) (Photo: archive)

Europe

EU Committee calls on Turkey to release Demirtas and Kavala

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (R) met UK Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi in London on Sept. 17, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan Presidency Office)

Europe

Kurdistan Region president meets new Kurdish UK education secretary

A boy walks along a street selling Taliban flags in Kabul on September 16, 2021. (Bulent Kilic / AFP)

World

Taliban replace women's ministry with notorious vice department

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson (right) is pictured in welcomes Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani to his London office, Sept. 17, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)

Kurdistan

Boris Johnson welcomes Kurdistan Region president to Downing Street