Religion

Yezidis celebrating Batzmi holiday, Dec. 4, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Yezidis Observe Ancient Batzmi Holiday, Preserving Centuries-Old Religious Traditions

Patriarch Mar Awa III, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East worldwide. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

‘A Worthy Recognition’: Assyrian Patriarch Praises President Barzani’s Support for Martyrs Monument in Semel

Duhok Governor Ali Tatar, delivering a speech at the event of laying the foundation stone a memorial commemorating Assyrian victims of the 1933 Semel massacre, Jan. 4, 2025. (Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Duhok Governor Reaffirms Shared Destiny as Foundation Stone Laid for Assyrian Genocide Memorial

Masrour Barzani, Kurdistan Region Prime Minister. (Graphics: Kurdistan24))

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Celebrates Yarsan Festival with Warm Greetings from PM Masrour Barzani

Kurdistan24 headquarters. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan24 Extends New Year Greetings to Viewers, Pledges Advanced Media Transformation

The commencement ceremony of rituals of the "Winter Forty Days" in Lalish temple. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Yazidi Spiritual Leadership Convenes at Lalish Temple to Observe Sacred Winter Forty Days Fasting

Pope Leo XIV waves after delivering the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Dec. 25, 2025. (Photo: AP)

World

Pope Leo XIV Calls for Compassion for Gaza, Yemen, and Migrants in First Christmas Message

Kurdish citizens holding Kurdistan's flags in front of a church, in the town of Akra, Duhok, Kurdistan Region. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Faiths United Under One Sky: Kurdistan Reaffirms Peaceful Coexistence at Christmas

Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government Masrour Barzani. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Extends Christmas Greetings, Reaffirms Commitment to Coexistence

President Masoud Barzani. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

President Masoud Barzani Congratulates Christians on Christmas, Calls for Peace and Coexistence

A statute of the Christ in the garden of the Chaldean Catholic Church of Martyrs, in Shaqlawa, Erbil, Kurdistan Region. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Christmas joy in Kurdistan contrasts with displacement of Sinjar’s Christians after eleven years

A rabbi holds a Torah scroll at the Ifrange Synagogue in the Jewish quarter in Old Damascus on Apr. 29, 2025. (AFP)

Syria

Syria Licenses First Jewish Heritage Organization, Aims to Restore Their Properties

Two Iranian students attending a graduation ceremony pose for a "selfie" picture together on a phone at the entrance of the University of Tehran, Iran, Sept. 15, 2025. (AFP)

Iran

Khamenei Defends Mandatory Hijab Amid Growing Pushback and Political Tensions

Pope Leo XIV visits the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque), in Istanbul on Nov. 29, 2025. (AFP)

Turkey

Pope Leo XIV Visits Istanbul’s Blue Mosque in a Gesture of Interfaith Respect

Relatives of abducted Christian children pose for a photograph in the courtyard of St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Nigeria, Nov. 21, 2025. (Photo: AFP)

World

Christian Alliance Condemns Mass Kidnappings in Nigeria and Calls for Global Action

Kurds carrying the Kurdish flag and looking towards a church in the city of Akre. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Region: A Safe Haven for Religious and Ethnic Coexistence