Politics

A suspected Turkish vehicle damaged in a bombing attack is pictured, posted on social media on Oct. 15, 2021. (Photo: Social Media)

Syria

Two Turkish soldiers killed in Syria's Idlib: SOHR

A Turkish-backed militia operates in the Kurdish-majority Syrian city of Afrin. (Photo: AFP)

Kurdistan

Turkish-backed forces arrested 52 persons in northern Syria in September: Rights group

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the Russian Energy Week International Forum in Moscow on October 13, 2021. (Photo: Sergei GUNEYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP)

Middle East

ISIS fighters massing in Afghanistan, says Putin ahead of talks

The Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Iraq, Viola von Cramon, holds a press conference in Baghdad's Green Zone, Oct. 12, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraq

Reasons behind Iraq’s record low voter turnout are not all political, says chief EU observer

UN envoy Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert meets with Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani. (Photo: KRG)

Iraq

Kurdistan Region, UN envoy stress need for ‘inclusive’ post-election government in Iraq

Iraqi Christians place a cross on a church in Qaraqosh district, Iraq. Feb. 22, 2021. (Photo: AP)

Iraq

Seven Iraqi Christian parties call for manual recount of votes for minority quota parliament seats

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a bilateral meeting with United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the State Department in Washington, October 13, 2021. (Photo: Andrew Harnik / POOL / AFP)

World

US hosts Israeli, UAE Foreign Ministers on first anniversary of Abraham Accords

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the United Nations Special Representative for Iraq. (Photo: Archive)

Iraq

UN envoy congratulates Iraq on 'successful implementation of the elections:' Statement

The meeting of Kurdistan Region’s Council of Ministers, Oct. 13, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

KRG: Kurdish lawmakers in Baghdad must defend Kurdistan Region

Kurdistan Regional Government PM Masrour Barzani and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan PM Barzani discusses Kirkuk situation with Iraqi PM Kadhimi

Najwa Mam-Hmaedd Kakayi (KDP) and Ahlam Ramazan (PUK) were elected as Iraqi MPs (Photo: election campaign posters)

Kurdistan

For first time, two Kakayi women win two seats in Iraqi parliament

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

Iraq

Pro-Iran parties denounce 'scam' after Iraq election setback

An Iraqi army unit deployed in Kurdish neighborhood of Kirkuk poses for a photo, Oct. 12, 2021. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Iraqi forces in Kirkuk raid Kurdish households, arrests nearly 50 youths for electoral celebration

KDP supporter attending KDP campaign rally in Erbil for the 2021 Iraqi parliamentary elections. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

KDP gains additional parliament seat following manual vote counting by IHEC

A man dips his finger in ink after voting at a polling station in Iraq's capital Baghdad during the early parliamentary elections on October 10, 2021. (Photo: AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

World

US congratulates Iraqi government on elections; reaffirms right of self-defense against pro-Iran militias

IHEC head Jalil Adnan speaks at a press conference in Baghdad, Oct. 11, 2021. (Photo: Sabah Arar/AFP)

Iraq

Iraq’s electoral commission: Final results will be announced after appeals are resolved