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).

Nechirvan Barzani has been sworn in as president of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in an inauguration ceremony that took place in the Kurdistan region’s capital, Erbil. Kurdish leaders said that the move would further cement the dominance of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).

The Parliament of the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq has elected Nechirvan Barzani as the president of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

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

The Kurdistan Parliament is set to convene on Wednesday (10th April) to vote on whether to approve legislation that would reactivate the Kurdistan Region’s presidency law.

The parliament of the Kurdistan region of Iraq elected Vala Farid, a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), to serve as the Speaker of the KRG's Parliament.

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.

The two largest Iraqi Kurdish political parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), are likely to agree eventually on a presidential candidate, but in the meantime several hats are in the ring.

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.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has announced it will be withdrawing its forces from the northern Iraqi areas of Sinjar,...

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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.