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Live: Former Kurdistan Region president marks the ‘triumph of people’s will’ on referendum anniversary

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‘Taste of Mosul’ kitchen becomes a platform for women empowerment

Disarmament deadline for Kurdish opposition Groups looms as backchannel negotiations continue

Nechirvan Barzani takes questions from local reporters

President Nechirvan Barzani takes questions from journalists after meeting Austrian FM

Unity among Iranian exiles fractures a year on from Amini protests

Fragile calm restored in Kirkuk as unresolved tensions linger

opinion and analysis

The (re-)militarization of Kurdistan Region’s Green Zone

Iranian Kurdish opposition groups stare into the void as Tehran turns the screw

Who’s to blame for creeping religious extremism in Kurdistan?

LGBTQ rights in Kurdistan under attack

Systemic assault on LGBTQ+ rights in Kurdistan: A troubling backslide towards inequality and exclusion

Federal budget: What next for Kurdistan

kurdistan region

Sweeping amendments to PUK bylaws see Bafel Talabani consolidate grip

Turkish drones kill 2 PKK members in Iraq, Kurdish officials say

Outcry follows Duhok journalist’s arrest, new sentencing

Front page of KDPI's Kurdistan newspaper.

Tehran blamed for multiple ‘political assassinations’ in Kurdistan Region

Bafel Talabani Chatham House

Bafel Talabani hints at who the saboteur-in-chief really is

iraq

Iraqi, Turkish FMs discuss water, oil and PKK

LGBTQ rights in Iraq under threat

LGBTQ+ Iraqis face new threat as lawmakers mull death penalty

Drought and Lake Habbaniyah, 2018/Photo: Nasa Earth Observatory

Iraq drought claims Habbaniyah lakeside resort

Extreme temperatures Iraq

Extreme temperatures in Iraq a ‘wake-up call’, UN says

Dry land. Iraq's water crisis

From ponds to dust, the decline of Iraq’s fish farms