Politics

The central prison in Baghdad, Iraq in December 2020. (Photo: Iraq Ministry of Justice)

Iraq

Iraqi parliament considering amnesty for certain prisoners

A Syrian woman who lives in Lebanon, casts her ballot for her country’s presidential election at the Syrian embassy in Yarze, east of Beirut, Lebanon, May 20, 2021. (Photo: Hussein Malla/AP)

Syria

Syrians cast early ballots in symbolic presidential vote

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Photo: AFP)

Middle East

US slams Erdogan for ‘anti-Semitic comments’ in attack on Israel, US, and Austria

A Peshmerga fighter stands on guard next to the flag of Kurdistan. (Photo: Archive)

Kurdistan

UN envoy urges Kurdistan Region to move ahead with Peshmerga unification

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani speaks at the Unity and Constitution conference in Erbil, May 19. 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

The Kurdistan Region must write a constitution 'that everyone can agree on:' Nechirvan Barzani

The top UN envoy in Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, spoke at a conference on political unity and the Kurdistan consitution on May 19, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

'Unity in diversity,’ Iraq’s UN chief tells Kurdish political elite discussing constitution

The flags of Saudi Arabia (left) and Iran. The two countries started secret talks earlier in 2021. (Photo: Archive)

Iran

Saudi foreign minister 'hopeful' over exploratory Iran talks

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) and UN special envoy for Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert at a conference on political unity on May 19, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan’s rich coexistence should reflect in its constitution, PM Barzani says

Al-Hol camp, located outside the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakah, currently holds roughly 62,000 residents. (Photo: Archive)

Syria

Denmark wants to repatriate children of Syrian jihadists

The US and Iran have been holding indirect talks, along with the other signatories to the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, in Vienna. (Photo: AFP)

Iran

US: Iran nuclear talks progress, despite Iranian Foreign Minister’s cancelled visit to Vienna

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Photo: Archive)

Turkey

Erdogan's top election rival forms new party

Coalition patrol outside the Hemze Beg village, northeast Syria, February 17, 2021. (Wladimir van Wilgenburg/Kurdistan 24)

Syria

SDF official condemns youth throwing stones at coalition convoy in Syria

A previous visit of US Deputy Envoy to Syria David Brownstein (center left) to the Foreign Relations Department of the local administration in the northern Syrian city of Qamishlo, April 14, 2021. (Photo: AANES)

Syria

Top US State Department envoys visit northeast Syria

Ayazudin Hilal, a former Afghan interpreter for the US, holds his medal during an interview in Kabul, Afghanistan on April 30, 2021. (Photo: Mariam Zuhaib/AP)

Middle East

Afghans who helped the US now fear being left behind

Kurdistan Region security members stand guard at Sherawa checkpoint in south of Erbil, the capital of Kurdish region. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Region resumes movement with rest of Iraq

Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Joey Hood (L) in a meeting with Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani in Erbil on May 15, 2021. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

High-level US delegation meets Kurdistan PM in Erbil