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A controversial Salafi preacher, Dr. Abdul Latif Ahmed Mustafa, also known as Abdullatif Salafi. He is the leader of the...

Masrour Barzani (center), the caretaker prime minister of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government with Safin Dizayee (left), the head of the Department of Foreign Relations in KRG, in Davos, Switzerland, January 19, 2025. Photo: X/Amera Anwar

Are Barzanis using Davos for Kurdistan’s benefit or personal gain?

Masrour Barzani (center), the caretaker prime minister of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government with Safin Dizayee (left), the head of the...

Shiite Houthi supporters in Sanaa, Yemen, 2022. Photo Reuters

US president Trump re-designates Yemen’s Houthis as a ‘foreign terrorist organization’

Shiite Houthi supporters in Sanaa, Yemen, 2022. Photo Reuters WASHINGTON,— U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he had re-designated...

Animal activists protest stray dog killings in Iraqi Kurdistan

ERBIL,— Animal rights advocates in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region are calling for an immediate end to the killing of stray dogs...

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a Saudi billionaire, January 2025. Photo: Screengrab/video/X

Saudi Alwaleed’s firm interested in TikTok if Musk or others buy it, CEO says

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a Saudi billionaire, January 2025. Photo: Screengrab/video/X DAVOS,— Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), chaired by...

Syria’s new Islamist Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, January 2025. Photo: iKurd.net/Reuters

Syria’s new Islamist FM Asaad al-Shaibani posts in Kurdish on X

Syria’s new Islamist Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani (Shibani), January 2025. Photo: iKurd.net/Reuters DAMASCUS,— In a move viewed by some...

Islamic State militants in Gweran prison in Hasaka, Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava)

Syrian Kurds reject handing IS jihadist prisons to Islamist rulers

Islamic State ISIS militants in Gweran prison in Hasaka, Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), November 2023. Photo: Screengrab/DW video/YT/via iKurd.net HASAKA,— Kurdish...

Syria's defense minister Murhaf Abu Qasra

Syria’s defense minister warns of force against Kurds, but open to talks

Syria's Islamist defense minister Murhaf Abu Qasra, also known as Abu Hassan al-Hamawi, January 2025. Photo: SANA DAMASCUS,— Syria's defense...

Israeli army chief Herzi Halevi, November 19, 2024. Photo: Israel Prime Minister office

Israel’s army Chief Herzi Halevi to step down over Hamas’ Oct 7 security breach