Kurdistan

An endangered leopard has been captured in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region after it was caught in a shepherd's trap. The endangered Persian Leopard needed to have its hind leg...

At least 16 bodies of Iraqi Kurdish migrants who drowned in November when their dinghy deflated while they tried to cross the English Channel were returned on Sunday to...

Recent floods and torrential rains which swept across 15 areas in Erbil have caused 21 billion Iraqi dinars (about $15 million) in losses, provisional Governor of the Kurdistan region,...

Iranian authorities yesterday executed Kurdish activist Haydar Kurbani after convicted him of several charges including murder, and affiliation to an armed group, in reference to the is the Kurdistan...

At least eight people, including a girl, have died as a result of torrential rains in Erbil province in northern Iraq, an official said on Friday, Anadolu Agency reported. In a...

Sweden remains an active partner to Syria's Kurds, Foreign Minister Ann Linde said yesterday following a meeting with officials in the region. Linde met with co-President of the Kurdish...

The Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq said on Tuesday that the US has pledged to continue supporting the region's security forces known as Peshmerga, as well as the...

Explosive devices from the 1980s dotted throughout the Kurdish border region have claimed 16 lives and wounded 30 people in the last 10 years

The UAE and the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) are to explore enhancing ties. The decision was announced following discussions between the UAE Consul-General to the KRI, Ahmed...

Poland's Prime Minister, on Thursday, held a phone conversation with the Prime Minister of the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), discussing the migrant crisis at the Belarus border, Anadolu...

Iraqi military and Kurdish Peshmerga forces have launched a joint security campaign against Daesh in the areas without security forces, the Iraqi Ministry of Defence announced on Friday. The...

Iraq must disarm Iranian Kurd "terrorists" and expel them from the Kurdistan region, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader declared yesterday. "The increasing movements of terrorist groups in the...

Turkey's main opposition party has visited Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region and met with officials there, leading many to suggest that it is seeking to win more votes from the...

Daesh militants killed 10 Iraqi policemen and wounded four during an overnight attack on a guard post near the city of Kirkuk, police sources said on Sunday, reports Reuters....

The head of northern Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), Nechirvan Barzani, held talks on Sunday with French President Emmanuel Macron on bilateral relations and the upcoming Iraqi elections, reports...

The Peoples' Protection Units (YPG) in north-east Syria are to open an office in Geneva, the Kurdish militia has announced. According to Turkey's Daily Sabah, the YPG is set...

Turkey's top prosecutor on Monday refiled an indictment seeking dissolution of the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Anadolu Agency reported. The indictment calls HDP an undemocratic party that colludes with the...

An officer was killed in a clash as part of a domestic anti-terror operation in the eastern Agri province, the Interior Ministry said early Sunday, reports Anadolu Agency. The...

The Kurdistan Counter-Terrorism Group (CTG) in northern Iraq yesterday denied reports that it had particated in the assassination of the former Iranian Quds Force Commander, Qasem Soleimani. Soleimani and...

Residents of Kista village in northern Iraqi Kurdistan's Dohuk governorate have allegedly fled their homes due to Turkish operations in the area, a local Iraqi news website reported on Friday. The...

The Interior Ministry of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq is holding Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants responsible for the bomb blast that wounded a Peshmerga soldier...

The Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq yesterday denied reports of the presence and "targeting an Israeli intelligence center in the region." "Several media organisations in the region circulated...

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq on Wednesday demanded the federal government of Baghdad to compensate the victims of the Anfal genocide that claimed the lives of...

The United States did not make any political promises to the Kurdish militia the Peoples' Protection Unit (YPG) despite backing it throughout the Syrian conflict, according to former US...

An Iraqi MP has said that the federal government in Baghdad and the northern Kurdistan Region have been unable to resolve their disagreements over the country's federal budget for...

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq on Thursday extended the suspension of face-to-face education in schools and universities across the region to avoid a second wave of...

The Ministry of Finance and Economy in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq yesterday suspended the salaries of more than 10,000 people who receive multiple payments from...

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Wednesday that Turkey should immediately release prominent Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas, and said the justification for his years in prison was...

A protester was shot dead during demonstrations against Kurdish political parties in the northern, Kurdish-run region of Iraq on Monday after several days of unrest, local medical officials and...

The UK's Ambassador to Baghdad Stephen Hickey announced on Wednesday the UK's support for the agreement of the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Region, regarding the status of the...

Kurdish-led authorities said on Monday up to 15,000 Syrians could be moved out of the overcrowded Al-Hawl camp in northeast Syria which holds displaced people and families of Daesh fighters

The President of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Nechirvan Barzani, has given his full backing to the federal government's fight against the attacks on foreign missions and interests in Iraq,...