The leaders of the autonomous Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq on Sunday commemorated the Halabja massacre of Kurds that took place on March 16, 1988. It is the anniversary of the attack by ...

The Kurdistan Region already enjoys historic warm ties with the US. The autonomous region took shape in the wake of US support in the 1990s and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and it has received ...

A man registers to vote during parliamentary elections of Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region, in Irbil, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Salar Salim) ASSOCIATED PRESS ...

Kirkuk, a predominantly Kurdish, oil-rich city, was seized by Iraqi forces in 2017. Later, the Kurdish region was banned from exporting oil, a major source of revenue for the regional government.

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) will hold a referendum on independence on Sept. 25. We expect that an overwhelming majority of the people will vote in favor of independence.

Only the Kurdistan Region has proven to be a stable partner for peace. As deputy commander-in-chief of the Kurdish forces – and whose scars bear witness to the struggle against tyranny – few ...

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is preventing about 1,200 Arab families from returning home to five villages more than six years after the area was retaken from the Islamic State.

IRBIL – Residents of Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region went to the polls in long-awaited parliamentary elections Sunday under the shadow of ongoing rivalries, economic instability ...

A man registers to vote during parliamentary elections of Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region, in Irbil, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. Credit: AP/Salar Salim ...