The Kurdistan Region’s two ruling parties - the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) - ...

Months after dictator Bashar al-Assad fled Syria, the country’s Kurdish population faces continued uncertainty — and Turkish ...

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Iranian Kurdish dissidents abroad watch for signs of Tehran vulnerability after war with Israel - Iranian Kurdish dissidents ...

Kosovo’s Constitutional Court has asked the country’s newly elected lawmakers in Parliament to end three months of political stalemate and elect a new speaker within 30 days. The court’s ...

Women who gave voice to the Kurdish feminist slogan say Israel cannot bring liberation from 'gender apartheid' or the regime ...

The Middle East is undergoing a profound geopolitical transformation. Authoritarian regimes, long sustained by religious ...

Alan Wali’s story is not just one of survival, but of courage, clarity, and conviction. At a time when standing with Israel ...

An official with the PAK says their fighters are mainly based in Iraq with dozens of cells inside Iran. The official says ...

Beyond political allegiances in Iraqi Kurdistan, there is growing concern about the economic and environmental implications ...

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Iraq was already facing a crisis prior to the Israeli airstrikes on Iran and Iran’s retaliation. In May, the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq sent a delegation to Washington to ...