Located in Sanandaj, the capital of Iran’s western province of Kurdistan, the Khosrowabad Mansion dates back to the Qajar ...

On 3 August, Barzani and his men were preparing to go to Sinjar, which had already been taken by IS, but on 6 August, Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region, came under threat when IS took ...

The attack was part of the larger genocidal Anfal campaign that Iraq carried out against Kurds.This is the 37th anniversary of the attack, which killed about 5,000 people. The larger Anfal campaign ...

Protesters tried to march to Erbil, the regional capital of Kurdistan, but were prevented security forces at the checkpoint ...

In 1946 Archibald Roosevelt, a United States intelligence officer, was one of the few Westerners to reach Mahabad, capital of the newly formed Kurdish republic. (photo: Library of Congress ...

Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political beginning is on the horizon ...

That would mark the end of a near two-year dispute that has cut flows of more than 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Kurdish oil via Turkey to global markets. Reuters spoke to eight sources in Baghdad, ...

Heavy rains began in many parts of the Kurdistan Region, especially in the capital city of Erbil, causing an increase in water levels on the streets and in some neighbourhoods. The rain storm is ...