Religion

Muslim pilgrims are walking around the Kaaba in Saudi Arabia's Grand Mosque of Mecca, July 31, 2020. (Photo: AP)

Kurdistan

Nearly 2,000 pilgrims from Kurdistan Region attending 2022 Hajj

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani during his visit to Ankawa. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Annual USCIRF report welcomes KRG designation of Ankawa as new district

Iraqi Orthodox Christians celebrating Easter Saturday light candles, at the church of the ancient Mar Matta monastery of Saint Matthew in the village of Bashiqa, April 23, 2022. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)

Iraq

Iraqi Christians celebrate first Easter 'Holy Fire'

The Lalish temple in Duhok Province. (Photo: Levi Clancy/Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Region leaders send 'warm congratulations' to Yezidis on their New Year

Protesters set fire to a police bus in the Sveaparken park in Orebro, Sweden, April 15, 2022. (Photo: AP)

World

Iraqi Foreign Affairs Ministry summoned Swedish representative over Quran burning incident

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani visiting Pope Francis at the Vatican, February 19, 2020. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

PM Barzani reaffirms commitment to coexistence, tolerance, and religious freedom in Kurdistan on Easter holidays

The Christian community of Erbil celebrating Easter holidays, Kurdistan Region, 2019. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

President Masoud Barzani congratulates Christians on Easter holidays

Renovation work by the KRG on the Pere-Khosh-Ava Yezidi shrine, Shekhan district, Kurdistan Region, April 8, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

KRG continues to renovate Yezidi temples, shrines, and archaeological sites

Old artillery piece placed by Erbil's citadel gate used to alert Muslims of sunset, April 2, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

‘I wish a blessed Ramadan to all Muslims’: PM Barzani

Jalil Khayat Mosque in the Kurdistan Region’s capital city of Erbil. (Photo: Wladimir van Wilgenburg/Kurdistan 24).

Kurdistan

KRG calls on vendors not to increase price of goods during Ramadan

The UK Consul General to Erbil David Hunt speaks to Kurdistan 24, Dec. 21, 2021. (Photo: Screengrab/Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

UK working with Iraqi government and KRG to improve lives of religious minorities: Consul General

A Christian delegation led by Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda visited Kurdistan 24 to show their solidarity (Photo: Wladimir van Wilgenburg/Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Christian religious leaders visit Kurdistan 24 to show solidarity after missile attack

Kurdistan

Interfaith harmony event kicks off in Kurdistan Region’s Sulaimani

US religious freedom chair praises religious freedom in Kurdistan Region

Kurdistan

US religious freedom chair praises religious freedom in Kurdistan Region

Sheikh Shamo Sheikho Namo, the head of the High Commission of the Lalish Cultural Center. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

German Consulate in Erbil offers condolences on death of Yezidi figure

KDP President Masoud Barzani meeting with Nadine Maenza, Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Jan. 16, 2022. (Photo: President Masoud Barzani's Office)

Kurdistan

President Masoud Barzani discusses religious coexistence in Kurdistan Region with USCIRF Chair