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 ‘A MONSTER’ – Members of the IRGC attend a ground forces military drill in the East Azerbaijan province of Iran in 2022.

Iran continues to face resistance, increasing dissent at home

 Rojin Hadid Talal (C), a member of Iraq's Yazidi minority who was captured by the Islamic State militant group as a child, sits with his brother Aydin Hadid Talal (L) and uncle Saeed Talal (R) at their home in Khanke, in Dohuk governorate, Iraq, June 8, 2024.

Iraq's missing Yazidis: Inside the long search for Islamic State captives

By REUTERS
 Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani holds a joint news conference with his Kurdish counterpart Masrour Barzani in Baghdad, Iraq April 4, 2023.

Iraqi Kurdish government and Baghdad make progress on restarting oil exports

By THE MEDIA LINE
 A Kurdish man votes at a polling station during Iraq's Kurdistan region parliamentary election, in Erbil, Iraq October 20, 2024.

Kurdistan regional elections mark a step forward for Iraq’s stability

 A Kurdish man shows his inked finger during voting at a polling station during Iraq's Kurdistan region parliamentary election, in Sulaimaniya, Iraq October 20, 2024.

Iraqi Kurds vote in regional election amid oil export crisis and political rifts

By REUTERS
 A war between Israel and Iran (illustrative)

Iranian diplomat claims Israel threatens Iran from Iraq

 Members of the Kurdish internal security forces (Asayish) patrol a street in the Kurdish-controlled city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria February 7, 2024.

Syrian Kurdish forces release 50 Islamic State detainees

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
An Iraqi Army helicopter flies during the "Solid Will" military operation against Islamic State militants in the desert of Anbar, Iraq April 23, 2022.

Iraqi army downs Turkish military drone over Baghdad-administered territory

By THE MEDIA LINE
 Supporters of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) gather to celebrate Nowruz, which marks the arrival of spring, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 17, 2024.

The war on Syrian Kurds and the little-known axis of ethnic cleansing

By HADEEL OUEIS
Suzan Quitaz at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

My journey through Arab media: A Kurdish journalist’s gloomy account

A Kurdish man carries a flag with a portrait of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan during Nowruz festival celebrations, in Beirut, Lebanon March 20, 2022.

Kurdish fighters met with Turkish artillery strikes in northern Iraq

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
KURDISH PROTESTERS carry flags and a banner with a portrait of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan during a demonstration against Turkey’s military action in northeastern Syria in Zurich, Switzerland, this week

Iraq claims it has arrested PKK-linked cell suspected of planning attacks

By REUTERS
 In conversation with city councilman Yehuda Ben-Yosef: ‘Jerusalem Post’ Deputy CEO of Strategy and Innovation Maayan Hoffman (L) and ‘In Jerusalem’ Editor Erica Schachne.

Kurdistan can be Israel's ambassador to the Muslim world - municipal candidate

 Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attend an IRGC ground forces military drill in the Aras area, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, October 17, 2022.

Iranian media falsely claims to have ‘injured’ Israeli in Iraq attacks

 A NEW hypersonic ballistic missile called Fattah – with a 1,400 km. range, unveiled by Iran – is seen in Tehran, June 6.

Iran’s attacks on Kurdistan region and Pakistan escalate Tehran’s threats

Funeral of members of Iran's IRGC who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Syria, in Tehran

IRGC attack US consulate in Iraq as tensions between the US and Iran escalate

 A plane is seen at the Erbil International Airport in Erbil, Iraq September 29, 2017.

Drone attack and Iran threats in Kurdish region of Iraq

 President of the Kurdistan region in Iraq Nechirvan Barzani attends a joint news conference with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (not pictured), in Erbil, Iraq March 7, 2023.

Kurds face unprecedented crisis in face-off with Iran, Iraq - analysis