Chinese language competition held in Iraqi Kurdistan
The Iraqi final of the 25th “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students took place Wednesday at Salahaddin...
Political Islam in Kurdistan and Its Impact on Human Rights, Freedom
Ali Bapir, often described as an Islamic hardliner, the leader of the Kurdistan Justice Group (KJG) (Komal), formerly known as...
Iraqi Shiite militia Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq to hand over arms to state
From right to left: Hadi al-Amiri leader of the Shiite Badr Organisation, Qais Khazali, the founder and leader of Iranian-backed...
Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah vows to keep arms despite pressure to disarm
Iraq’s pro-Iran armed Shiite group Kataib Hezbollah, Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 22, 2024. Photo: Reuters BAGHDAD,— The Iraqi Shiite pro-Iran group...
World’s largest shawarma skewer set in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
Erbil cooks up a Guinness Record with largest shawarma, Iraqi Kurdistan, May 28, 2026. Photo: Hawlati News. ERBIL,— The city...
Syrian Kurdish Islamist gets life term for Austria knife attack
The Syrian Kurdish Muslim asylum seeker who stabbed five people in the name of Islam, including a 14-year-old boy who...
Sadr orders Saraya al-Salam militias to integrate into Iraqi state
Iraqi populist Shiite leader Muqtada al Sadr, 2022. Photo: AFP BAGHDAD,— Influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced Wednesday that he...
PUK and Resetting of New Generation Movement
Bafel Talabani, President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), left, shaking hands with Shaswar Abdulwahid, leader of the New...
Syrian Kurds reject parliament appointments
A press conference in the Kurdish city of Qamishlo in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), representatives of 21 Kurdish parties and political...
Ocalan warns prolonged Turkey-PKK peace talks pose risk
Turkey's jailed Kurdish leader and founder of Kurdistan Workers' Party PKK Abdullah Ocalan, 2026. Photo: ANF ISTANBUL,— Jailed Kurdish leader...
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