The Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq says NRT's coverage of protests encouraged people to violate anti-coronavirus measures, but journalists say the closure is a violation of press freedom.

Despite the semi-autonomous status of northern Iraq’s Kurdistan region, its conditions are just as dire as the rest of the country’s and often the result of the same factors — corruption, waste of public money and misappropriation of resources.

Representatives from several political parties in the Kurdistan Region will meet in Erbil on Monday (February 24) with the Region’s top political leadership to discuss the ongoing government formation process in Baghdad.

Political pressure on the Iraqi prime minister-designate, Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi, could bring him down before he even forms a government.

Baghdad sent a delegation, headed by President Barham Salih, to the Iraqi Kurdistan region to discuss the budget, oil and other contentious issues.

New Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Rewaz Fayaq takes the position of Kurdistan Parliament Speaker during a parliamentary voting on Thursday

Despite Iraq's condemnation, Turkish fighter jets continue to bombard areas inside Iraqi Kurdistan claiming to target the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

In an attempt to control armed violence, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraqi Kurdistan has given gun owners six months to register their small firearms and give up heavy weapons.

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.

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.

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.

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.