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Iraq and Kurdistan face fiscal challenges from massive government jobs
People protest in Sulaimani city against Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over unpaid salaries and corruption, January 17, 2016. Photo:...
From hell to worse: Iraqi Kurdistan’s stray dogs after the bounty
Stray dogs abuse in Sulaimani city,Iraqi Kurdistan, October 2025. Photo: Screengrab/FB video/via iKurd.net SULAIMANI,— A disturbing video released by the...
Kurdistan’s markets “clinically dead” amid delayed salaries, economist says
Some elderly Kurdish retirees count the cash from their long-delayed pensions, while others wait in line in Sulaimani city, Iraqi...
Erbil currency market shows preference for new $100 notes
The currency market in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, September 2025. Photo: Screengrab/K24 TV video/YT/via iKurd.net Erbil currency market sees differences between...
Anonymous women’s graves highlight honor killings in Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan
Nameless graves of women who were victims of honor killings at Saywan Cemetery in Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan, September 2025. Photo:...
Man shoots dead his wife and daughter in Halabja, Iraqi Kurdistan
Illustrative photo: iKurd.net/ai HALABJA, Iraqi Kurdistan,— A Kurdish mother and her teenage daughter were shot and killed Saturday in Halabja,...
Iraqi Kurdistan extends journalist Sherwani’s prison term by four years
A composite image showing prominent Kurdish journalist Sherwan Amin Sherwani behind bars, Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2021. Photo: SM ERBIL,— Authorities...
Kurdish woman arrested for dancing publicly in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
A Kurdish woman arrested for publicly dancing on a motorbike in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, August 18, 2025. Photo: Video/SM ERBIL,—...
The Arrest of Ajaj Hardan Ahmad al-Tikriti: Questions and concerns
Ajaj Hardan Ahmad al-Tikriti during a special forces training exercise in the 1980s, demonstrating survival skills by eating a snake...
UK sanctions Iraqi Kurdish people-smuggling gangs
Top row, left to right: Goran Assad Jalal, Bledar Lala (Albanian), Mariwan Jamal, Muhammed Khadir Pirot, and Hemin Ali Salih,...
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