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Comment: The trial of five Kurdish activists and journalists for 'spying' has left Kurds furious with their leaders. As hardship increases, they recoil against growing authoritarianism, writes Judit Neurink.
While there is obvious fury at the Islamic State, Iraqis have also expressed outrage at security forces and pro-Iran militias whom they blame for Iraq's endemic insecurity.
Why protests are raging in Iraqi Kurdistan
In-depth: With economic woes exacerbated by Covid-19 and the KRG's heavy-handed response to public anger, protests are expected to re-emerge in the future.
Governor of Iraqi-Kurdish Erbil province dies of coronavirus aged-42
Firsat Sofi, Erbil's governor died of coronavirus at the age of 42.
How Iran transformed post-war Iraq ties
In the 17 years since the US-led invasion of Iraq, Iran's ancient allies have cycled through Iraq's corridors of power.
Macron backs Iraq 'sovereignty' on first Baghdad visit
French President Emmanuel Macron met Iraqi leaders, stressing the country's 'sovereignty'.
Macron arrives in Baghdad on first Iraq visit
Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Baghdad for talks with top-level Iraqi and Kurdish officials, the first head of state to visit the country since ...
Bankrupt Kurdistan is no longer 'the other Iraq'
Comment: The Kurdistan region of Iraq has hit rock bottom. What was once a promising 'other Iraq' is now a politically and financially bankrupt ...
Oil price crash plunges Iraqi Kurdistan into crisis
A crash in oil prices has plunged Iraqi Kurdistan into economic crisis, with Baghdad's budget cuts adding to the region's financial woes.
Syrian Kurdish authorities ban journalist who 'offended martyrs'
Rudaw reporter Vivian Fatah has been banned from reporting for two months after she said Syrian Kurdish fighters were 'killed' rather than ...
Trump agrees US-Iraq 'security partnership'
More than 5,000 US troops are based in Iraq.
'President of Iran' Barham Salih meets Trump in Davos
The White House quickly changed the video's title to hide the error, but not before screenshots of the gaffe were circulated widely on social ...
American VP avoids Baghdad leaders on 'stealthy' Iraq visit
In his first visit as vice president, Pence visited American troops at Ain al-Asad base in western Iraq's Anbar province, but was not expected ...
Protesters renew Iraq demonstrations in defiance of deadly crackdown
Protesters in Iraq have defied a government crackdown which has left more than 300 people dead and renewed anti-corruption protests, as the UN ...
Nechirvan Barzani, Iraq's new Kurdistan president, is sworn in
Nechirvan Barzani was sworn in Monday as Iraqi Kurdistan's second president, succeeding his uncle and veteran leader Massud ...
The Iraq Report: Joint Turkey-Iran offensive against Kurds commences
This week, Turkey attempts to terminate the PKK threat emanating from Iraq, Kurdish factions elect Nechirvan Barzani and Shia clerics mobilise supporters to demonstrate against rising US and Iran
Iraqi Kurdistan elects Nechirvan Barzani as new president
Nechirvan Barzani, the nephew of former president Masoud Barzani, was elected by 68 Kurdish MPs amid a boycott by the ...
Turkish FM visits Erbil for talks with Iraqi-Kurdish leaders
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu arrived in the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Sunday, as part of a two-day visit to ...
Iraqi Yazidis to accept children of IS 'sex slaves'
Thousands of Yazidi women were forced into slavery by IS and raped in 2014. Yazidis now say that the children of these rapes will be accepted ...
Prince of IS-ravaged Yazidi community dies in Germany
Prince Tahseen Said Ali died in a German hospital aged 85, according to the head of the Iraqi Kurdish region's head of Yazidi affairs.
Baghdad to summon Turkey envoy over Kurdish protester death
Iraq said it would summon the Turkish ambassador over the death of a Kurdish protester after Turkish troops opened fire on demonstrators a day ...
Iraqis shun first election since defeat of IS
More than half of the nearly 24.5 million voters did not show up at the ballot box in the parliamentary election, the highest abstention rate ...
Iraq elections: Meet the contenders
With Iraqis expected to vote in some new faces and unusual alliances, who exactly are the main contenders for Baghdad's 329 parliamentary seats?
Iraq's Kurds risk shooting themselves in the foot
Comment: In mad scramble for seats in parliament, the fragmented political scene in the Kurdish region risks further weakening their position in ...
Comment: Macron's policy objectives in Iraq are not grounded in reality, writes Pieter-Jan Dockx.
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