Middle East
Middle East
Democracy Is Dying Under Erdogan’s Autocratic Rule
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, May 21, 2026. Photo: AK Parti. Manish Rai | iKurd.net The Republican People's Party (CHP),...
Syrian Kurds reject parliament appointments
A press conference in the Kurdish city of Qamishlo in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), representatives of 21 Kurdish parties and political...
Syrian Kurds vote for seats in transitional parliament
Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava) votes for seats in the transitional parliament in Damascus, Hasaka, Rojava Kurdistan, May 24, 2026. Photo: Screengrab/Rudaw...
The Invisible Barrier: Why Persian Supremacism Outlasts Regimes
Iranian, security forces, police arrest people, 2020. Photo: Iran media/via iKurd.net Scherco R. Baban | Exclusive to iKurd.net In the...
Iraq’s new PM Ali al-Zaidi sworn in with partial cabinet
Iraq's new Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, left, was sworn in with partial cabinet, the parliament, Baghdad, Iraq, May 14, 2026....
Saudi warplanes hit pro-Iran Shiite militias in Iraq during war: Reuters
A Royal Saudi Air Force Typhoon fighter jet in 2010. Photo: Creative Commons/wikimedia RIYADH,— Saudi fighter jets struck targets tied to...
Israel’s Iron Dome shows 99% success rate against missiles: Rafael’s chairman
An Iron Dome anti-missile system fires an interceptor missile as a rocket is launched from the Gaza Strip toward Israel,...
US sanctions Iraq’s deputy oil minister, pro-Iran militias
Iraq's deputy oil minister Ali Maarij Al-Bahadly, April 2026. Photo: Bahadly's fb WASHINGTON,— The United States imposed sanctions on Iraq’s...
US wants Iraq’s next PM to take concrete action on pro-Iran militias
Iraqi PM-designate Ali al-Zaidi, center, Sulaimani city, Iraqi Kurdistan, May 2, 2026. Photo: Channel8.com WASHINGTON,— The United States is seeking...
Hany Shaker, Egyptian singer, dead at 74 in Paris
Egyptian singer Hany Shaker 1970s. Photo: iKurd.net/screengrab video tv/YT. CAIRO,— Egyptian singer Hany Shaker, widely known as the Prince of Arab...
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