The political scene in Iraqi Kurdistan over the past two weeks can be summed up in three politically significant developments that have dealt heavy blows to the region’s already fragile democratic ...

Heavily armed troops and anti-riot police locked down Iraqi Kurdistan’s second city Sulaimaniyah on Wednesday after two days of protests killed five people and wounded nearly 200 across the region.

During an event to celebrate the friendship agreement between Moorhead and Zakho, Kurdistan, Moorhead Mayor Shelly Carlson said the city would name a friendship park in honor of Zakho. Nuzad Brifki, ...

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani laid the foundation stone for the Zakho Valley tourism project, aiming to boost tourism and create jobs in the Kurdistan Region. The project is expected to diversify the ...

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On the charred remains of a modern symbol of love in the Iraqi Kurdistan city of Sulaimaniyah, a young couple sparked a public debate about the religious versus secular nature of Iraqi Kurdish society ...

With a new $2 million fund and a second year at Cannes, the Kurdistan Film Commission, led by H.E. Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of the semi-autonomous region in Iraq and commission president, ...