Statistic of Kurdistan’s Ghost employees

The parliament member of the Democratic Kurdistan Party, Solaiman Sharief, assured the federal government is...

The President of Kurdistan Government addresses a speech to Iraqis in Arabic

The president of Kurdistan regional government, Masrour Barzani, addressed the Iraqis in Arabic Language to pass on the successful experience of Kurdistan Region to other Iraq’s governorates.

Baghdad-Erbil meeting outcomes: discussing committing to Financial Deficit Act

The central government in Baghdad and Kurdistan discussed committing to execute the act of financial deficit that parliament ...

Baghdad and Irbil agree on terms of region’s share of 2021 budget

The Iraqi federal government has reached an agreement with the government of Kurdistan region on the latter 2021 budget...

Kurdistan extends schooling’s suspension until next year

The government of Kurdistan state announced school postponement until the Jan, 7th of the next year as the situation will be re-evaluate later.

Sinjar Agreement, Northern Iraq, comes into effect

Joint operations command revealed, on Saturday, duties of the dispatched federal police forces to Sinjar. The command confirmed the agreement implementation...

Navigating a Growing Chinese Influence in Iraqi Kurdistan

The former prime ministers statement also shows how Asia has changed from a geographical term into a political and civilizational concept.

Divisions in Iraqi Kurdistan Are Costing the United States a Reliable Partner

If Kurdish leaders do not find a way to get beyond petty squabbles and into governing, they will be unable to pull the KRI out of its current nosedive or put their relationship with Washington on more solid ground.

In Search of a New Patron, the KRG Turns Back to Moscow

As the Iraqi Kurds reach out to Russia, the Kremlins sway over their politics and energy resources is growing.

U. S. Needs to Realize Iraqi National Constants

US opposed Kurdistan referendum on independence but Kurdish leadership announced that the alternative did not provide guarantees

Why Doesn’t the U.S. Support Kurdish Independence?

The Kurds are one of Washington’s closest and most reliable allies in the Middle East

What is American policy toward Kurdistan?

Iraqi and Kurdish forces exchange fire at border

Iraqi army marches into central Kirkuk as Kurdish forces flee

Elite Iraqi forces reportedly fly flags in center of disputed city, as Kurdish commanders accuse fleeing peshmerga of treason

Battling for independence: Small states stake their claim

The battle for the ability to make independent choices is easier for existing small states like Qatar, the UAE and Singapore

Christians and Yazidis see a bleak future in a proposed independent Kurdish state

Bashiqa has become the focus of a tug of war between the Iraqi government and the Kurdish region

Iran’s Kurds are growing restless, too

A referendum held by Iraqi Kurds is revving up their Iranian cousins

The Economic Case Against an Independent Kurdistan

The costs will be large and exacting

Iran blocks flights to Iraq’s Kurdish region ahead of independence vote

It is Never a Good Time for the Iraqi Kurds to Become Independent

The Turkish government believes that their self-determination represents an existential threat

Independence movements in Catalonia and Iraqi Kurdistan face the point of no return

In both cases most outsiders would prefer these votes were not happening at all

Iraq will deploy troops if Kurdish referendum turns violent

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Iraq will intervene militarily if the Kurdish region’s planned vote leads to bloodshed

Iraqi Kurds opposing independence vote face threats, mistrust

Most Iraqi Kurds aspire to their own state, but No For Now campaigners see vote as political gamble to benefit presidency

Legitimacy of Kurdish Referendum and possibility of the Federal Supreme Court to abrogate it