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Iraqi Kurdistan faces a deepening economic crisis as unpaid wages pile up

Public sector workers in Iraqi Kurdistan, a semi-autonomous region of northern Iraq, have endured irregular and delayed salary payments for more than a decade. Many of these people are owed staggering amounts of money – US$50,000 (£38,700) on average, and as much as US$120,000 for higher-level employees.

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Six people charged after Met Police probe into banned Kurdistan terror group

The Met Police said six people have been charged with being members of the proscribed group known as the PKK

Evening Standard

'The Revolution Has Won': Syrians In Iraqi Kurdistan Celebrate Assad's Fall

Brandishing the flag of the opposition, dozens of Syrian refugees in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Sunday celebrated the fall of Bashar al-Assad, dubbing the Syrian president's fall a victory for the "revolution".

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Seventh person arrested as part of probe into banned Kurdistan terror group

The 31-year-old was arrested as part of an investigation into the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, known as the PKK, police said

Evening Standard

Iraq conducts first national census in nearly 40 years

Count stokes tensions in Iraqi Kurdistan, with fears that reduced numbers will lessen Kurdish clout in sectarian system.

Al Jazeera

Iraq Holds Its First Census In Nearly 40 Years

Iraq is holding its first nationwide census in nearly four decades this week, a long-awaited count in a nation that has been blighted by sectarian and ethnic divisions.

International Business Times

Kurdish militants claim responsibility for deadly attack on Turkish defense firm

The banned Kurdistan Workers' Party has claimed responsibility for an attack on the headquarters of a key defense company in Ankara that killed at least five people

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Oil-rich Iraqi Kurdistan Votes, Shadowed By Economic Struggles

Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region voted on Sunday to elect a new parliament for the oil-rich region, where voters express concern over economic struggles and disenchantment with the political elite.

International Business Times

Infighting And Inflation Ahead Of Iraqi Kurdistan Vote

Iraqi Kurdish seamstress Sanaa will, like many other voters, boycott an election later this month, a signal of growing disillusionment with the political class that has long dominated the autonomous region.

International Business Times

Iran President Arrives In Iraqi Kurdistan On Day Two Of Visit

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived Thursday in Iraqi Kurdistan to meet the autonomous region's leaders, on the second day of a visit aimed at deepening ties with the neighbouring country.

International Business Times

In Iraq's Summer, Residents Of Kurdistan's Arbil Ache For Water

The taps have run dry, and the wells are almost empty. - Dried wells - Iraq is known in Arabic as the Land of the Two Rivers, referring to the once mighty Tigris and Euphrates.

International Business Times

Kurdistan quiz for bigwigs

Spy is looking forward to next week’s annual conference of the Iraq Britain Business Council at The Mansion House.

Evening Standard

Ten years after Yazidi genocide, survivors struggle to rebuild lives

NGOs report that 200,000 are displaced in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, while thousands trapped in legal limbo in Europe.

Al Jazeera

'A Blessing': Rains Refill Iraq's Drought-hit Reservoirs

The reservoir behind the massive Darbandikhan dam, tucked between the rolling mountains of northeastern Iraq, is almost full again after four successive years of drought and severe water shortages.

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France 24

Strike on Iraq gas complex kills at least four Yemeni workers

Four Yemeni workers were killed in a drone attack on an Emirati-owned gas complex in Iraq's northern autonomous region of Kurdistan on Friday, local authorities said.

The Guardian - UK

Rojek review – unsettlingly intimate portraits of Islamic State militants

Documentary collects sequence of interviews with prisoners, not all repentant, alongside footage of war-blasted Syrian Kurdistan

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Biden finally responds to Iran attacks, but is it enough?

Experience a unique and creative perspective on the recent attacks in the Middle East. From retaliatory strikes to the pursuit of peace, discover the compl...

Radio France Internationale

Kurdistan leader cements decades-old ties in visit to Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday received Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Autonomous Region in the north of Iraq – where France still has troops as part of its fight against the Islamic State. Paris has supported Kurdistan since the early 1990s.

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France 24

Iraqi FM Fuad Hussein: US-Iran prisoner swap 'will lead to less tension'

On the sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly in New York, Iraqi Foreign Minister and deputy PM Fuad Hussein spoke to FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman about the recent deadly drone attack in Iraqi Kurdistan, a security agreement with Iran, the recent US-Iran prisoner swap deal, as well as relations…

Reuters

Iraqi Kurdistan 2022 parliament extension unconstitutional, supreme court rules

Iraq's federal supreme court ruled on Tuesday that a one-year extension of the term of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region parliament in 2022 was unconstitutional and undermined democracy in the country, its top judge Jassim Mohammed said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

SDF Commander Killed in Turkish Drone Attack

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was killed, and his escort was injured in an attack by a Turkish drone near Nusaybeen crossing on the border with Türkiye in al-Qamishli. The Observatory pointed out that the attack came a week…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq Condemns Turkish Attack on Sulaymaniyah Airport

Iraq demanded an apology from Turkiye over the drone attack that targeted the Sulaymaniyah International Airport on Friday in the Kurdistan region of Iraq without causing any casualties. President Abdul Latif Rashid condemned the blatant Turkish attacks on Iraq and its sovereignty, saying: "Turkish military operations are repeated in the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Baghdad and KRG Close to Deal to Resume Iraq’s Northern Oil Exports

Iraq's federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) are close to striking a deal aimed at resuming northern oil exports, four sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters on Saturday. Türkiye stopped pipeline flows from the Kirkuk fields in northern Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region to its port of Ceyhan…

Asharq Al-Awsat

OPEC+ Unlikely to Tweak Oil Policy in Monday Talks

OPEC+ is likely to stick to its existing deal to cut oil output at a meeting on Monday, five delegates from the producer group told Reuters, after oil prices recovered following a drop to 15-month lows. Oil has recovered towards $80 a barrel for Brent crude after falling to near…

Barchart

Crude Prices Close Higher as Iraq Dispute Curbs Crude Exports

May WTI crude oil (CLK23 ) on Tuesday closed up +0.39 (+0.54%), and May RBOB gasoline (RBJ23 ) closed up +2.54 (+0.96%). Crude oil and gasoline prices Tuesday extended Monday's sharp rally to 2-week highs. Dollar weakness Tuesday was supportive of energy prices. Also, a legal dispute between Iraq, Kurdistan,...

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