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Iraqi Kurdistan

Latest news from the Kurdistan region in Iraq, including stories from Erbil, Duhok, Halabja and Sulaymanyah

The left scapula of Shanidar A, photographed at the University of Cambridge’s Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies. Photo: University of Cambridge

Neanderthal remains found in Iraqi cave reveal tale of care and cruelty

MENAOctober 15, 2026

Nechirvan Barzani, centre. Middle East Images via AFP

Iraq should not pose threat to Gulf states, Barzani says

MENAOctober 12, 2026

Smoke billows after reported Turkish air strikes against PKK militants in the Metina Mountains, in the Dohuk governorate of Iraq's Kurdish region, in April 2022. AFP

PKK withdraws from Turkish border area in Iraqi Kurdistan

MENAOctober 12, 2026

Iraq's Ambassador to the US Krikor Der-Hagopian and Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein at the Iraqi embassy in Washington on October 1. Thomas Watkins / The National

Iraq confident it can disarm Iran-backed militias by June 2027, Foreign Minister says

USOctober 01, 2026

Migrants prepare to sail across the English Channel. Getty

Former government adviser says UK should 'ramp up the pressure' on those who facilitate small boat crossings

UKSeptember 25, 2026

A member of the Kurdish Peshmerga militia faces ISIS positions in Diyala, Iraq. AFP

As US and Iraq engage in talks, the fight against ISIS continues

IraqApril 07, 2021

Protesters gather in the city of Sulaimaniyah in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on August 22, 2020, to call for the resignation of the local government, accountability for corruption, and early elections. AFP

Iraqi Kurdistan cracks down on protest coverage

August 23, 2020

Mazloum Dag has been named as the main suspect in the shooting of a Turkish diplomat in the Iraqi Kurdistan capital Erbil on July 17, 2019. Kurdistan Region Counterterrorism Unit / AFP

Iraq Kurds accuse PKK of Turkish diplomat's murder

July 27, 2019

hezbollah women supporters march in Beirut holding pictures of relatives who were killed fighting in Syria October 1, 2017. AFP

Iraq’s inability to curb Iran’s militias has ominous parallels

WorldJune 20, 2019

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi meets US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Cairo. EPA

Pompeo: no contradictions in Washington’s Syria policy

January 10, 2019

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, arrives in Erbil, in Iraq's Kurdish Region. AP

Iraqi lawmaker: US must treat Baghdad with caution

January 10, 2019

Iraqi Kurds wave flags during a demonstration outside the UN Office in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region. Safin Hamed / AFP

Iraqi Kurdish independence dreams are on hold

September 24, 2018

Dana Gas said it received Dh271 million in condensate sales from the Kurdistan Regional Government. WAM

Dana Gas to balance investment against payment owed in Egypt

EnergyAugust 14, 2018

Anti-FGM campaigner Mrs Kurdistan Rasul speaks to Said Abdulwahid, the village elder of Gomasheen. Florian Neuhof for The National

Iraqi Kurdish activists stamping out female genital mutilation

April 26, 2018

A burned poster of Massoud Barzani, the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, is displayed in front of the now abandoned building belonging to the Kurdish security forces in Kirkuk. Khalid Mohammed / AP

Kurdish leader Barzani says 'no regrets' about independence referendum

January 27, 2018

Queen Elizabeth II recording her annual Christmas message to the Commonwealth from the 1844 room at Buckingham Palace, London. John Stillwell - WPA Pool/ Getty Images

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World leaders deliver Christmas messages

WorldDecember 25, 2017

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