Politics

A medic checks the temperature of a man inside a health isolation center on the Syrian-Turkish borders. (Photo: AP/Anas Alkharboutli)

Syria

HRW fears Damascus won’t distribute COVID-19 vaccine to Syria’s northeast

Masoud Barzani (right), leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, is photographed during a meeting with the British Ambassador to Iraq, Stephen Hickey, on Feb. 1, 2021. (Photo: Masoud Barzani’s office)

Kurdistan

Britain affirms continued support for Kurdistan, Peshmerga forces in meeting with region's top officials

Jutiar Adil, the spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), during an interview with Kurdistan 24, Jan. 31, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

KRG has 'other alternatives' if no agreement reached with Baghdad: Spokesman

With support from the US-led Coalition, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continues operations against the so-called Islamic State in Deir al-Zor. (Photo: SDF Press)

Syria

SDF captures another ISIS suspect in Deir al-Zor countryside

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during a meeting with Iraq's Justice Minister Salar Adbulstar, Feb. 1, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

PM Barzani asks Iraq’s federal judiciary to play ‘positive’ role in preventing violations on Kurdish properties in disputed areas

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani greets UK Ambassador Stephen Hicky to Iraq in Erbil, Feb. 1, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

KRG always fulfills its commitments ‘within constitution,’ PM Barzani tells British envoy

KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani speaks during a televised speech. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

PM Barzani stresses ‘shared values of unity, tolerance’ on commemoration of 2004 bombings

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) special units. (Photo: SDF's Coordination and Military Operations Center)

Syria

SDF arrests 2 ISIS suspects in Deir al-Zor countryside

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) special units. (Photo: SDF's Coordination and Military Operations Center)

Syria

SDF arrests 2 ISIS suspects in Deir al-Zor countryside

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

SDF chief signals resumption of intra-Kurdish dialogue

Members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are pictured during preparations to join the front against Turkish forces, near the northern Syrian town of Hasakah, Oct. 10, 2019. (Photo: AFP)

Kurdistan

Syrian regime-aligned militia, Kurdish-led forces clash in Hasakah; casualties reported

Kidnapped Kurdish women were discovered in a prison during clashes between rival groups in Afrin, Syria in May 2020. (Photo: Social Media)

Kurdistan

877 civilians arrested in Syria’s Afrin by Turkish-backed forces in 2020: Rights group

Kurdish students attend class at a school in Qamishli, Syria, March 11, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Issam Abdallah)

Syria

Disputes, arrests over school curriculum in northeastern Syria

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right), then Chancellor of the Kurdistan Region Security Council, meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington, Dec. 5, 2016. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

US Secretary of State calls Iraqi Foreign Minister, as Ambassador meets senior Kurdish officials

Displaced Iraqis transport their belongings in a truck. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

EU ‘deeply troubled’ by Iraq’s closure of displacement camp: Ambassador

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani during a meeting with the KRG delegation, Jan. 28, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

KRG delegation returns to Baghdad ‘next week’ to continue talks: statement