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Assad’s government, survivors of Syria’s detention centers and torture chambers are struggling with severe physical and ...

Iranian Kurdish dissidents have been watching from abroad for signs that the government in Tehran might falter after the ...

Baghdad: Public frustration is surging across Sulaymaniyah province in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, as government employees face their second consecutive month without pay. The delays have deepened ...

The Iraqi government has long navigated a path between maintaining political ties with its Iranian neighbor and Tehran’s ...

Tensions between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government are soaring over oil, gas, and the budget, providing ample ...

To block protests over unpaid salaries, security forces in Sulaimaniyah have detained dozens of teachers and civil servants.

Oil exports through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline were halted in Mar 2023, following a ruling by the International Chamber of ...

A one-size-fits-all approach overlooks the sharp societal, institutional, and political differences between the states of ...

13 August 2011. Some small businesses and investment projects are exempt from taxes. Although Kurdistan Regional Government has its own tax system and tax authorities, and collects taxes from ...

In late May 2025, the Federal Government of Iraq’s Ministry of Finance issued an official letter claiming that the Kurdistan Region’s total expenditures - including public servant salaries ...

The federal government must deal with the Kurdistan Region within this framework — not through centralization and collective punishment, which history has shown only leads to destruction and division.