Kurdistan
Tensions continue to mount as Iraq balances the Iran border crossing closures with national needs
Authorities closed the al-Shib crossing last week as they upgraded security and detection equipment, an Iraqi official told Reuters on Wednesday.
Iraqi PM orders investigation into provincial council threats over closed Iran border crossing
Fourteen years after genocide, Yazidis may see stability in Iraq - analysis
Voices from the Arab Press: Iran, the Kurds, and the future of Arab power
Baku was Hitler’s target. Now it is Erdogan’s - opinion
True peace in our region can only be guaranteed by a grand alliance between Greece, Cyprus, Israel, Kurdistan, and a united Azerbaijan.
Iran strikes Iranian opposition group Kurdistan Freedom Party in latest attack - analysis
This comes after Iran has targeted the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), Komala, and Khabat groups in recent weeks, and is also pressing Iraq to expel Kurdish Iranian opposition groups.
IRGC officer killed in Iran-Iraq border mountains as fighting with Kurdish opposition intensifies
Iran’s ambassador to Iraq says Tehran and Baghdad have reached an agreement on as Iran seeks to suppress what it calls Kurdish ‘terrorist’ and ‘separatists.'
Iran attacks Komala Kurdish opposition group in Iraq amid increased regional tensions
Many Kurdish Iranian opposition groups are concerned that Iran will now escalate attacks in the wake of the US leaving Iraq on September 30.
Syria’s Kurdish autonomy is fading as Arab unrest challenges Damascus’s control
BEHIND THE LINES: While the Kurdish-led authority was dissolved on paper, many of its institutions continued to function in reality.
Iran tensions, Syria talks put Iraqi Kurdistan at the center of Middle Eastern diplomacy - analysis
The Kurdistan Region is involved in a variety of discussions, in part due to its geographic position. It sits at the crossroads of major regional policies.
Israel, Kurdistan, and the hopes for a strong political alliance - opinion
In a twisted way, the closer Kurds and Jews get, and the more visible that becomes, the more people start seeing Kurds as another kind of Jew: in how they frame the Kurdish political struggle.
Iran launches drone strikes on Iranian Kurdish opposition camp in northern Iraq
Iran has carried out more than 1,000 drone and missile attacks on the Kurdistan Region. Many of them targeted Kurdish opposition groups.
Iraq targets lingering ISIS pockets with airstrikes, operations in security vacuum after US pullout
"F-16 aircraft carried out two airstrikes targeting a hideout belonging to remnants of Daesh elements in the Nareen area, resulting in its complete destruction."
Islamic regime attacks against Kurdish forces affect both Kurds in Iran, Iraq as tensions rise
More than 1,000 drones have been fired against Kurdish forces in Iraq, while Kurds in both Iran and Iraq fear that the strikes will reach their homes.
