Kurds in Iraq are powerbrokers in Iraq’s politics, but do they benefit?

Iraqi Shi’ite leaders arrived in Erbil for talks with Kurdish officials as political deadlock deepens over appointing a new ...
Foreign Policy Research InstituteOpinion

Leveraging the Kurdish National Council and Roj Peshmerga to Break the Deadlock in Syria

Northeast Syria, for long the most stable corner of the country, has been plunged into turmoil following a military campaign ...
Rudaw

Peshmerga forces thwart ISIS attack in Tuz Khurmatu

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdish Peshmerga forces early Friday repelled an attempted attack by Islamic State (ISIS) ...
The New Arab

Hundreds of armed Iraqi Kurds cross into Syria's Hassakeh province

Hundreds of armed Iraqi Kurds have crossed into Syria’s Hasaka province as clashes persist despite announced measures ...
Kurdistan 24

Iraqi Military to Prosecute ISIS Detainees Under National Law Amid Internal Security Friction

Iraq will try 700 ISIS militants from Syria under national law, a move the government calls preemptive, but PMF leaders ...

'We cannot do it alone': Kurdistan Freedom Party calls on US, Israel to assist Iranian protests

Since the eruption of Iran’s protests, SMK has carried out a number of successful operations targeting Ayatollah regime elements in Kermanshah and Isfahan.
Kurdistan 24

Iraq Confirms Secure Plan to Transfer ISIS Prisoners from Syria

Speaking to Kurdistan24 on Thursday, Interior Ministry spokesperson Miqdad Miri said the transfer process is proceeding as ...

Iraq's former PM who helped fuel ISIS makes unlikely comeback

Nouri al-Maliki let ISIS take over a third of Iraq in 2014. He spent years in the political wilderness, but now he is angling ...