Security

Chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (UCIRF), Nadine Maenza. (Photo: Social media)

Syria

US commission expresses concern over Turkish threats to Kurdish-led fighters in Syria

Taliban fighters stand on a vehicle along the roadside in Kandahar, Aug. 13, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

World

Afghan intel failure: US agencies failed to predict government’s speedy collapse, report

Members of a Turkish-backed militia patrol the Kurdish-majority Syrian city of Afrin. (Photo: AFP)

Syria

Media activist arrested in Afrin for criticizing Turkish-backed group: SOHR

Elbrus Kutrashev, Russia's ambassador to Iraq, speaks at MERI Forum 2021. (Photo: Screenshot MERI livestream)

Syria

Russia supports mediation between Syrian Kurds and Damascus: Ambassador

The Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani speaks during an interview. (Photo: KRG)

Iraq

PM Masrour Barzani strongly condemns deadly ISIS attack in Diyala

Iraqi authorities excavate a mass grave site in the Anbar Governorate (Photo: UNITAD)

Iraq

Germany provides one million euros to UNITAD to help its investigations into ISIS financing

Relatives of the victims of the deadly ISIS attack are in Miqdadiya Hospital in Diyala province on Tuesday night, Oct. 27, 2021. (Photo: Social Media)

Iraq

ISIS attack on Diyala village leaves dozens of civilians dead

Photo: Archive

Kurdistan

Peshmerga, US delegation talk formation of 'joint brigades' with Iraqi army

Former ISIS commander Subhi Ibrahim Muslim (left) and one of his guards (right). (Photo: Farhad Shami/Facebook).

Syria

Alleged US drone strike kills former ISIS commander: SDF

An image shared on social media of an alleged Turkish drone strike near Kobani, Oct. 23, 2021. (Photo: Ciyager A/Twitter)

Syria

SDF announces deaths of three fighters in Turkish drone strike in Kobani

An aerial picture shows mourners gathering around coffins wrapped with the Iraqi flag during a mass funeral for Yazidi victims of the Islamic State (IS) group village of Kojo in Sinjar district ,Feb. 6, 2021. (Photo: Zaid Al-Obeidi/AFP)

Syria

Five Yezidi women recognized as ‘victims’ of ISIS financers’ widow

An image shared on social media of an alleged Turkish drone strike near Kobani, Oct. 23, 2021. (Photo: Ciyager A/Twitter)

Syria

Second alleged Turkish drone attack in 3 days strikes car in northern Syria’s Kobani

An MQ-9 aircraft. (Photo: Isaac Brekken / AFP)

Syria

US carries out rare strike against al-Qaeda in Turkish-held zone

A Kurdistan Region Peshmerga fighter u8nloads a shipment of medical supplies in Erbil donated by the Coalition to Defeat ISIS, Oct. 21, 2021. (Photo: Peshmerga Ministry)

Kurdistan

Anti-ISIS coalition delivers large shipment of medical supplies to Kurdistan Region Peshmerga

The Kurdish-led civilian administration in northeast Syria handed over 3 ISIS-affiliated women and 8 children to a Swedish delegation on Wednesday. (Photo: Abdulkarim Omar/Twitter)

Syria

Sweden repatriates 3 women accused of ties to ISIS, 8 children from Syria

Members of a Turkish-backed militia patrol the Kurdish-majority Syrian city of Afrin. (Photo: AFP)

Syria

Syrian opposition fails to stop war crimes in Afrin: Kurdish National Council