Kurdistan

Women and girls subjected to domestic violence in Iraqi Kurdistan face “daunting obstacles” when they seek state protection, Amnesty International said, accusing authorities of failing to prosecute the abusers. A report issued Wednesday…
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Parliamentary elections in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region will be held on Oct. 20, the regional presidency announced Wednesday, after delays and political quarrels repeatedly pushed back the vote. The elections to pick the 100…
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The Kurdish Regional Security Council announced in a statement on Friday that it captured a senior Daesh figure, Socrates Khalil. Khalil was known to be a confidant of the late Daesh leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. “After spending five…
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The main party in northern Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region said on Monday it would boycott local elections, accusing the Baghdad-based Supreme Court of interfering in regional affairs. The Kurdistan Democratic Party or KDP said it would…
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The Kurdish people, like the Palestinians, have a legitimate right to self-determination, the prime minister of Iraqi Kurdistan said on Monday. Addressing the World Governments Summit in Dubai, Masrour Barzani said the roots of the…
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Authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan said Sunday two drones struck a military base used by the autonomous region’s security forces, blaming the attack on “outlaws” funded by Baghdad. The attack on the base in Irbil province was carried out…
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Three members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were killed Thursday in a Turkish drone strike in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, authorities said, as Ankara’s top diplomat visited the northern region. “A Turkish army drone struck a PKK…
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The Kurdish-led authorities in northeastern Syria on Friday called on the US-led coalition to make clear where it stands regarding Turkish drone strikes that have killed and wounded dozens of Syrian Kurdish fighters over the past months.…
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Kurdish-led armed groups in Iraq and Syria alleged that Turkish airstrikes killed a total of eight of their fighters Friday. The counterterrorism service of the regional government in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq…
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Around 6,000 Kurds rallied on Saturday to demonstrate against the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne which defined the borders of modern Turkiye but shattered aspirations for a Kurdish state. The demonstrators marched through…
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