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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:...
Tankers illegally dump oil waste near Dukan Dam, threatening pollution and water supply
Tankers illegally dump oil waste near Dukan Dam in Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan, threatening pollution and water supply, October 20, 2025....
One year after Kurdistan’s elections, still no government or parliament
Illustrative: Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament. Photo: iKurd.net/ai Kurdistan’s Hollow Democracy: A Political System in Paralysis Sartip Jawhar | Exclusive to iKurd.net...
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...
Iraq bans smoking across all university and college buildings
Illustrative image: iKurd.net/ai BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Ministry of Higher Education has announced a nationwide ban on smoking in all public...
Masrour Barzani tried buying U.S. zero-click spyware, faces lawsuit: report
Masrour Barzani, Caretaker Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, 2025. Credit: iKurd.net/K24. NEW YORK,— A legal complaint filed in...
EU report criticizes Iraqi Kurdistan over governance and human rights
Masrour Barzani, caretaker Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, 2025. Photo: iKurd.net/K24 BRUSSELS,— The European Union Agency for...
Kurdish man who burned Quran outside Turkey’s UK embassy wins appeal
Kurdish-Armenian man Hamit Coskun, while burning the Islamic religious book, the Quran, which contains passages calling for the killing of...
Turkey lifts flight ban on Sulaimani International Airport in Iraqi Kurdistan
Photo: Creative Commons/pxfuel Flights Between Turkey and Sulaimani to Resume November 3, 2025 ANKARA,— Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has...
Barzani brothers spent over $100 million in U.S., OCCRP finds
A composite image shows Massoud Barzani (back) and his five sons, from left to right, Waysi, Masrour, Mustafa (Babo), Muksi,...
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