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Iraqi Kurdistan airports suspend Iranian flights amid US sanctions
An Iranian AVA Airlines aircraft at Najaf International Airport, Iraq, September 24, 2026. Photo: Najaf airport/via iKurd.net ERBIL,— Erbil and...
Najaf airport still open to Iranian flights despite U.S. sanctions
Live data from Flightradar24, a flight-tracking service, showed an Iranian aircraft, AVA Airlines flight AXV9243, in the air heading from...
Turkey to hand over military base in northern Iraq to Baghdad under new deal
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi meets with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in New York City, US, September 23, 2026....
Iraq halts Iranian flights to Baghdad after US sanctions threat: sources
An Iranian Mahan Air plane. Photo: Creative Commons/Kursat Kuzu/pexels BAGHDAD,— Iraq has ordered a halt to Iranian flights into Baghdad...
When oil dies, Iraq, Iran, Algeria, Libya fall first: report
A worker at Zubair oil field near Basra, Iraq, March 28, 2026. Photo: AP ERBIL,— A new report warns that...
Syrian Kurds fight to keep their schools amid Damascus power push
A Kurdish girl holds a sign reading in Arabic "Our language remains, your decisions will fade" during a gathering in...
Despoiling the goddess: Zenobia of Palmyra and fading universality
Composite image of Zenobia as empress (Augusta) on the obverse of a coin minted in 272 AD called an Antoninianus...
Voices of a Linguistic Revolution in Rojava, Northeastern Syria
Kurdish students in Hasakaa and Kobani in Rojava Kurdistan, Syrian Kurdistan protest, calling for the expansion of Kurdish-language education and...
Kurdish Islamic preacher calls Jews “creatures”, glad they left Kurdistan
Anti-Jewish Kurdish Islamic preacher Haji Karwan who is affiliated with the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU), Iraqi Kurdistan, September 2026. Photo:...
Syria: The Dissolution of the SDF and Other Developments
General Mazloum Abdi, Syrian Kurdish leader and then-commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the de facto army of Syrian...
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