Politics
Iraqi Kurdistan politics
Two arrested over shooting of Kurdish Journalist Hemin Mamend in Sulaimani
Kurdish journalist, activist and television presenter Hêmin Mamend was shot and wounded in Sulaimani city in Iraqi Kurdistan, September 2,...
Shaswar Abdulwahid sentenced to five months in jail in Iraqi Kurdistan
Shaswar Abdulwahid, leader of the New Generation Movement (Cûłanewey Newey Nwê), Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan, August 2025. Photo: Video/Abdulwahid's FB Kurdistan...
Bafel Talabani says no one is above the law, commenting on Lalezar events
Bafel Jalal Talabani, the President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, August 2025. Photo: Talabani's Press Office/via iKurd.net SULAIMANI, Iraqi...
PUK’s Bafel Talabani named president of the SDAAW
Mohamed Farid Saad Zahran (right), an Egyptian social democratic politician and former president of the Social Democratic Alliance in the...
Iraq’s Presidency Should Go to a Kurd, Not a Kurdish Party
An Illustrative image of Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid from the PUK party, 2023. Photo: iKurd.net. Image credits: Farsnews and...
Lahur Talabani arrested in Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan
Lahur Sheikh Jangi Talabani, leader of the People’s Front (Baray Gel) and former co-president of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan...
Iraq court voids law granting diplomatic passports to officials’ relatives
A diplomatic passport of Idris Nechirvan Barzani, who holds no official government position. He is the son of Iraqi Kurdistan...
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...
New Generation’s Shaswar Abdulwahid arrested in Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan
Shaswar Abdulwahid, leader of the New Generation Movement (Cûłanewey Newey Nwê), Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2025. Photo: Screengrab/NRT TV SULAIMANI,— Shaswar...
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...
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