The Turkish President welcomed the unilateral ceasefire and insisted on the PKK’s immediate disarmament. Since the announcement, Türkiye has attacked alleged PKK targets and armed groups in Iraq and ...

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The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Tuesday that they have rescued a Yazidi man who was abducted by the Islamic State (ISIS) over 11 years ago, when he was just eight years old ...

On 25 February 2025, the University of Duhok hosted a conference titled ‘Preserving Cultural Heritage in Kurdistan – Iraq’. This event, organised in collaboration with the Institute of Development ...

Deq (Arabic: دەق) or xal (Kurdish: خاڵ) are the Arabic and Kurdish words for tattoo respectively. Traditional Deq (tattoo) or Xal has long been a part of cultural heritage in Kurdistan and Iraq, it is ...

The country insisted Muslim citizens weren’t to blame for 9/11—then handed its spy agency free rein to monitor them anyway ...

Nestled in the mountains of Duhok province’s Shekhan district, Lalish Temple, the holiest site in the Yazidi faith, hosted ...

The delegation reaffirmed the strong and enduring ties between the Kurdistan Region and both the UK and the EU. They ...

The UK and EU delegations commended the peaceful coexistence of the Region’s diverse ethnic and religious communities and ...

Rather than fostering genuine reconciliation, Turkey’s ‘terror-free’ process marginalizes and humiliates the Kurdish ...

In a shared witness of faith and unity, the Christian community of Ankawa, Erbil, gathered on the eve of Palm Sunday for the ...

The Kurdish community in Syria, which represents the second largest ethnic group in the country, is facing a crucial phase characterized by dialogues between the SDF and the government of Damascus.