Thousands of Kurds gathered in the German city of Cologne over the weekend to celebrate what organizers hailed as the largest ...

The BP deal signals a potential resurgence of Western influence in Iraq’s energy sector.

Iraq’s semi-autonomous north is grappling with a severe economic crisis, with many residents forced into massive personal debt.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s upcoming elections could ... the 2021 elections and entered an alliance with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), which won 39 seats in the Kurdistan Region ...

Reflections on a recent visit to Baghdad. Much has changed and ordinary life has resumed in Iraq's capital, but deep ...

Furthermore, the elites within both Iraqiya and the KDP might calculate that unseating ... like Iran that exercises political control. Similarly, Iraq is a frontline state in the conflict between ...

Moreover, the KDP is the rival party of Iran's traditional KRI partner, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, or PUK, which Tehran had leveraged against Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war from ...

In the Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakir in the southeast ... uncle and the veteran chief of the region’s ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). The other main party in the autonomous ...

The KDP has not issued an official response to the defections. The defection adds to tensions between Baghdad and Erbil over governance and security control in disputed territories, highlighting the ...

As part of his broader push to consolidate control, Sharaa has called on all armed factions ... Crowds gathered across the Syrian cities of Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Tartus, Deir Ezzor and Hasaka to ...

In a statement issued on the occasion, the KDP emphasised the importance of Kurdish unity and organization, urging all political factions to focus on strategic issues facing the Kurdistan Region. “The ...