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Released Syrian Kurdish journalist leaves Iraqi Kurdistan after over a year in jail
Syrian Kurdish journalist Sleman Mohammed Ahmed before he leaves Iraqi Kurdistan to Syrian Kurdistan, January 20, 2025. Photo: X ERBIL,—A...
182 violations against journalists in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2024: watchdog
Photo: iKurd.net/Gorran/fb SULAIMANI,—A new report from the Metro Center for Journalists’ Rights shows a noticeable drop in press freedom violations...
Without power, New Generation won’t join Kurdistan government, says Shaswar
Shaswar Abdulwahid, leader of the New Generation Movement ((Cûłanewey Newey Nwê), Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan,January 18, 2025. Photo: Screengrab/NRT TV SULAIMANI,...
The Barzani Billionaires: Power, Wealth, and Inequality in Iraqi Kurdistan
Composite photo: Massoud Barzani, tribal leader and president of the KDP party (center), with his sons from left to right:...
Iraqi Kurdistan lowers retirement age from 63 to 60 years
Retired Kurdish men engage in conversation at the Shaab Tea House in Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2016. Photo: NRT ERBIL,— The...
Massoud Barzani and Mazloum Abdi meet in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
General Mazloum Abdi (left), the commander-in-chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava) with Massoud Barzani,...
Masrour Barzani in ‘deep trouble’ as new lawsuit targets Barzani family in US: Rubin
Masrour Barzani, the prime minister Kurdistan Regional Government KRG, drinks tea in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, September 2024. Photo: Screengrab/video/Masrour's YT...
Massoud Barzani’s envoy in Syrian Kurdistan, meets SDF chief
General Mazloum Abdi Kobani (right), the commander-in-chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces SDF, the de facto army of Syria's...
No one knows where smuggled Kurdistan oil revenues go, former Iraqi MP says
Oil trucks in Iraqi Kurdistan 2015. Photo: Creative Commons/wikipedia SULAIMANI,— Kawa Abdulqadir, a former member of the Kurdistan Parliament from...
Kurds’ struggle among Arabs, Turks, and Persians, and Syria’s New Era
A Kurdish man (left) and an Arab (right) in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2016. Photo: travelwithpedro.com Serwan Zangana | Exclusive to...
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