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Iraqi Kurdistan politics
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...
Salaries for Kurdistan region employees fully funded for 2024, Iraqi finance minister says
Iraq’s Finance Minister Taif Sami, 2024. Photo: Iraq’s Finance Ministry/mof.gov.iq Kurdistan has not delivered the region’s oil and non-oil revenues...
Iraqi passport remains among world’s worst, third weakest in 2025
Iraqi passports, 2025. Photo: Creative Commons/Lana/pintrest NEW YORK,— The Iraqi passport has dropped further in the latest global ranking, reaffirming...
Iraqi Kurdistan faces 3,800 MW electricity shortfall as demand hits 7,500 MW
A Kurdish electricity worker in Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2018. Photo: Hawlati Newspaper ERBIL,— Iraq's Kurdistan Region continues to face a...
The Kurds Will Never Succeed Without Great Leaders
Massoud Barzani (left), tribal leader and KDP party president, alongside his son, Masrour Barzani, the Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan...
New Generation’s Shaswar Abdulwahid and Masrour Barzani visit Turkey
Shaswar Abdulwahid (left), leader of the New Generation Movement NGM (Newey Nwê) of Iraqi Kurdistan with Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister...
Turkey extends flight ban to Sulaimani city for the 4th time
Photo: Creative Commons/wikimedia SULAIMANI,— Turkey has once again extended its flight ban on Sulaimani International Airport in Iraq’s Kurdish region,...
Kurdish journalist released after over a year in Iraqi Kurdistan jail
Syrian Kurdish journalist Sleman Mohammed Ahmed, an Arabic editor for RojNews, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2023. Photo: RojNews.news/ronahi.tv ERBIL,—A Kurdish journalist imprisoned...
Why do the Barzanis hide their women? Hidden in the shadows
Composite image: Massoud Barzani (right), tribal leader and KDP party president, alongside his son, Masrour Barzani (left). The Barzani family...
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