A peshmerga soldier in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq reportedly died during a fight with the PKK on Sunday amid tensions between the two groups as well as with Turkey.

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.

While authorities in Iraq continue to criticise Turkish military operations, their protestations of sovereignty have fallen on deaf ears.

The recent deal signed between the SDF and a US oil company is as much about political brinkmanship between Turks and Kurds as it is about oil.

Syria's rival Kurdish groups have announced their initial agreement on a Kurdish unity plan following US-mediated talks that began in April.

Domestic pressure on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan increased on Wednesday with the presentation of a new centre-right party led...

A celebration of solidarity and resilience held for Lebanese migrant workers in Beirut, amid economic crisis and political turmoil.

Three people were killed on Wednesday, including a diplomat from the Turkish Consulate in Erbil, when a gunman targeted a popular restaurant in the city.

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).

Iraq's Yazidi ethno-religious minority is safe from the Islamic State (ISIS), but now faces infighting among protective forces seeking dominance in Sinjar.

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.

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.

Lebanon heads to general elections for the first time in nine years. This is the first elections to include the 82k expat voters, totaling the total registered voters at 3.6 million. This election also sees a new Electoral system in which voters will vote twice, once for coalitions and once for the candidate.

Syrian Democratic Forces commander says the group is willing to engage with the Syrian Government after the defeat of IS in Raqqa.

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