Politics

Officials of Iraq's electoral commission undergo a polling day simulation to test run its systems ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections, in Baghdad, on Sept. 22, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraq

Voters await Iraqi elections with mixed feelings

Photo: Archive

Iraq

Hundreds of international observers to monitor Iraq's October 10 election

A satellite image of the plant near the city of Karaj (Photo: Google Maps)

Iran

Iran urges UN to condemn Karaj nuclear site 'sabotage'

President Nechirvan Barzani, delivering a speech at a campaign rally in Erbil, Oct. 5, 2021, (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Iraq

Nechirvan Barzani: ‘The next Kirkuk governor must be a Kurd’

Zahra Sayeedi is a woman artist based in Afghanistan. (Photo: Zahra Sayeedi/Facebook)

Middle East

Taliban depriving women of their most basic rights, female Afghan artist says

A farmer ploughs a wheat field in the northeastern Kurdish-held city of Qamishli, part of the Syria's breadbasket region of Hasakah which has been hit hard by low rainfall (Photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP)

Syria

Dry year leaves Syria wheat farmers facing crop failure

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh (Photo: Tasnim News Agency)

Iran

Iran again warns opposition groups based in Kurdistan Region

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani in Kurdistan Democratic Party’s (KDP) electoral campaign in Erbil, Oct. 4, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

In campaign message, Kurdistan PM calls for implementation of Iraqi Constitution

President Ebrahim Raisi attends a live televised interview with state-run TV, at the presidency office in Tehran, Iran, Sept. 4, 2021. (Photo: Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran

Iran says foresees nuclear talks resuming by early November

The SDF on Sunday returned 54 minors back to their families (Photo: Hawar News Agency)

Syria

Child Protection Office in northeast Syria returns 54 underage soldiers to their families

IHEC's security committee press conference. Oct 2, 2021, (Photo: K24's screen shot)

Iraq

‘Popular Mobilization Forces will not be allowed vote on special voting day’: IHEC

KRG PM Masrour Barzani (center) salutes residents, local officials during his visit to Ankawa, Oct. 4, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

PM Barzani declares Ankawa as new district

The coalition known as Hashd al-Shaabi, an Iraqi paramilitary network, is dominated by Iran-backed factions. (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP)

Iraq

In Iraq, big neighbor Iran faces growing backlash

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) and Swedish parliamentary official Hakan Svenling meet in Erbil, Oct. 3, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan PM and Swedish parliamentary delegation discuss upcoming Iraqi elections, Sinjar Agreement

Atilla Toth (left), the new Hungarian Consul General in the Kurdistan Region, meets with Prime Minister Barzani, Oct. 3, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

New Hungarian Consul General to Erbil meets with Kurdistan Region PM

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) walks alongside the head of the EU Liason Office in Erbil, Oct. 3, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

PM Barzani discusses 9th cabinet reforms with EU representative in Kurdistan Region