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At least five people were killed on Saturday in two separate drone attacks in the Iraqi Kurdistan region.

Another severe sandstorm has hit Iraq, causing thousands of people to be hospitalised.

Dozens were injured due to a huge explosion caused by a gas leak at a cafeteria in Sulaymaniyah city in northern Iraq.

The bill, which threatens the death penalty or life imprisonment for calling for normalisation, aims to stamp out future efforts for Iraq and the Iraqi Kurdistan region to formalise ties with Israel

Judicial authorities in Erbil have formally released Berivan Ayoub, a female Kurdish protester after she was held without charges for over 16 months.

Kurdish authorities were likely directly involved in the 2010  kidnapping and murdering of Sardasht Osman, a young journalist from Erbil, three international press freedom organisations said in a recent investigation.

The situation in Sinjar is now stable after the Iraqi army and Yazidi forces agreed on a "fragile deal" to deescalate tensions.

The Iraqi army launched a large military operation to take over Sinjar and surrounding areas and weaken the control of Sinjar Resistance Units, sources told The New Arab on Monday

Iraqi Shias, Sunnis and Kurds have set two different dates for kicking off the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.