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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

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN , ERICA SCHACHNE

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

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

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

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

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

By Yuval Barnea

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

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

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

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, in Tehran, Iran September 3, 2023.

Iran and Turkey look to new regional strategy - analysis

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Kurdish-led militiamen ride atop military vehicles as they celebrate victory over Islamic State in Raqqa, Syria, October 17, 2017

Clashes in Iraq's Kirkuk kill three protesters; more than a dozen injured

By REUTERS

A security member walks as flames and smoke rising from oil wells are seen in the distance at the Bai Hassan oilfield, which was attacked by militants, close to the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, Iraq, May 5, 2021.

Rockets target giant Khor Mor gas field in Iraq, no damage reported

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take part in an intensive security deployment after Islamic State militants took it over the previous day in Luhaiban village in Kirkuk, Iraq December 6,2021.

Iran: Kurdish militants in Iraq agreed to 'disarm and relocate'

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

An ISIS fighter poses in front of an Islamic State flag

US appoints new commander for anti-ISIS mission in Kurdistan

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

View of a damaged building in the aftermath of missile attacks in Erbil, Iraq March 13, 2022

Turkish FM in Kurdistan region of Iraq after Baghdad visit

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN