Kurdistan

Iraq's Kurds emerge as Middle East's key diplomatic players at Munich Security Council - analysis

The KRG has helped smooth the transition in eastern Syria by working with Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces, also hosting US forces and other anti-ISIS coalition forces.

Nechirvan Barzani, President of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region, gives a joint press conference with France's Foreign Minister in Arbil, the regional capital, on February 5, 2026.
Members of the Kurdish community and other protesters attend a demonstration against recent military clashes between the Syrian army and Kurdish forces, in Berlin, Germany, January 24, 2026.

Kurds’ monumental role in defeating ISIS deserves recognition - analysis

 Members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after US-backed alliance led by Syrian Kurdish fighters captured Deir el-Zor, in Syria December 7, 2024

Rojava defeated: Why Kurdish leadership must adapt or risk extinction - opinion

A MEMBER of the Kurdish Internal Security Forces rides on a car, while vehicles of the internal security forces of the Syrian government arrive in the city of Qamishli during the curfew, following an agreement between the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian government on Tuesday.

Syria’s Sunni Islamist regime consolidates power, ending Kurdish autonomy


Iran and Turkey look to new regional strategy - analysis

While Iran and Turkey may not always see things the same way, they increasingly share interests.

 Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, in Tehran, Iran September 3, 2023.

Clashes in Iraq's Kirkuk kill three protesters; more than a dozen injured

Kurdish forces controlled the city after driving Islamic State out in 2014 but were ejected by the Iraqi army in 2017.

 Kurdish-led militiamen ride atop military vehicles as they celebrate victory over Islamic State in Raqqa, Syria, October 17, 2017

Rockets target giant Khor Mor gas field in Iraq, no damage reported

Several rockets landed near the perimeter of the large Khor Mor gas field in the Sulaimaniya region of northern Iraq.

A security member walks as flames and smoke rising from oil wells are seen in the distance at the Bai Hassan oilfield, which was attacked by militants, close to the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, Iraq, May 5, 2021.

Iran: Kurdish militants in Iraq agreed to 'disarm and relocate'

Iran has long accused Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region of harboring terrorist groups involved in attacks against the Islamic Republic.

 Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take part in an intensive security deployment after Islamic State militants took it over the previous day in Luhaiban village in Kirkuk, Iraq December 6,2021.

US appoints new commander for anti-ISIS mission in Kurdistan

The US also seeks to deter Iran. Iran has backed proxies in Iraq and Syria to attack US forces.

 An ISIS fighter poses in front of an Islamic State flag

Turkish FM in Kurdistan region of Iraq after Baghdad visit

Authorities in Erbil are approaching the topic in a sensitive manner as they don’t want airstrikes throughout their region but they want warm ties with Ankara.   

 View of a damaged building in the aftermath of missile attacks in Erbil, Iraq March 13, 2022

Three killed in Turkish drone attack on PKK members in northern Iraq

Turkey regularly carries out air strikes in northern Iraq and has dozens of outposts on Iraqi territory.

 Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (ICTS) members take part in the tactical exercise (Iron fist) in Baghdad, Iraq, June 21, 2023.

Five Turkish soldiers killed in operations in Iraq -ministry

Ankara says the offensive is a measure to prevent the PKK from using Iraq as a base to carry out attacks in Turkey.

 Pro-Kurd protesters hold flags with portraits of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan as they take part in a demonstration in support to him

Chaldean Catholic leader in Iraq moves to Kurdish region

The overall dispute is symbolic of larger power struggles.

 Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako

Iran seeks answers after reported secret US deal with Kurds

The Iranian governemnt is reportedly irate over a 'secret deal' between the United States and Iraqi Kurds that would provide the latter with air defense weaponry.

IRAQI KURDS celebrate a festival marking the first day of spring, in the town of Akra, in Iraqi Kurdistan, in March.