Turkey's airstrikes, which mainly focus on the northern Iraqi countryside, have targeted positions held by the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), although civilian lives have also been lost.

The conflict between the two main Kurdish parties in Iraq could allow for political maneuvering among the smaller parties as Iraqi Kurdistan seeks to form a new government.

About 3 million voters were invited to choose 111 deputies, out of 673 candidates belonging to 29 political entities, in the parliament of Kurdistan.

On Sunday 30th of September, the Kurdish autonomous region held an election. Voters chose from more than 700 candidates to win 111 seats in Kurdistan’s Parliament, a year after a failed independence referendum to separate from Iraq.

The improved relations between Erbil and Baghdad have allowed for tourists within Iraq to travel to the Kurdistan Region during the festive season.

During the General Conference of the Unions of Religious Leaders in the Kurdistan Leader, KRG President Nechirvan Barzani warns of the spread of extremist ideology and says that his government is doing its best to counter their influence in the region.

Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) issues a decree to call for a parliamentary election in the KRG on the 30th of September. This will be the 5th term of Parliamentary elections in the region.

Across Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), gradual progress has been made, since 2003, to increase the representation of women in...

Across the Kurdistan Region of Iraq sporadic protests by public workers occasionally take place, especially in the city of Sulaymaniyah,...

Tensions have been increasingly fret between Baghdad and Erbil since the Kurdish independence referendum last year

Relations between Baghdad and Erbil hit their lowest in the aftermath of the referendum held by the Kurdistan Region

The Free Syrian Army (FSA) have taken control of the Bab al-Salameh border crossing between the province of Aleppo and Turkey.

Numerous reconciliation and de-escalation agreements have been made by the Syrian regime and the rebels, but how are they formed?

Tensions are high in Syria's oil-rich Deir ez-Zour Province. But who is advancing and to where?

The Kurdistan Regional Government announced that it will hold an independence referendum on 25 September 2017.

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Thursday called for more support for displaced civilians from Mosul, and called on civilians to return...