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21 minutes ago Syria presses ahead with trials over March Alawite violence
1 hour ago Iraq’s electoral body takes key step in Basra autonomy push
4 hours ago Syrian forces raid ‘ISIS hideout’ in Damascus amid broader crackdown
13 hours ago Iraq welcomes US senate vote to repeal Iraq war powers, hopes President Trump signs bill
14 hours ago Artist opens music classroom for Kurdish women in Mahabad
17 hours ago US lawmakers urge minority protection, Kurdish inclusion in Syria
18 hours ago Security forces bar Kurdish youths from hoisting Kurdistan flag on Peshmerga statue in Kirkuk
18 hours ago Netherlands backs sustainable agriculture projects in Halabja: Consul
19 hours ago President Barzani urges unity under Kurdistan flag, hails the banner as emblem of peace
22 hours ago Iraq’s counter-terrorism forces arrest six ISIS ‘terrorists’ in multiple provinces

Syria presses ahead with trials over March Alawite violence

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Syria presses ahead with trials over March Alawite violence

Iraq’s electoral body takes key step in Basra autonomy push

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Iraq’s electoral body takes key step in Basra autonomy push

Syrian forces raid ‘ISIS hideout’ in Damascus amid broader crackdown

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Syrian forces raid ‘ISIS hideout’ in Damascus amid broader crackdown

Iraq welcomes US senate vote to repeal Iraq war powers, hopes President Trump signs bill

Iraq welcomes US senate vote to repeal Iraq war powers, hopes President Trump signs bill

Artist opens music classroom for Kurdish women in Mahabad

Artist opens music classroom for Kurdish women in Mahabad

US lawmakers urge minority protection, Kurdish inclusion in Syria

US lawmakers urge minority protection, Kurdish inclusion in Syria

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Iraq

The Peshmerga statue in Kirkuk, which used to hold the flag of Kurdistan, but has been replaced with the Iraqi flag since October 16, 2017. Photo: Rudaw/screengrab

18 hours ago

Security forces bar Kurdish youths from hoisting Kurdistan flag on Peshmerga statue in Kirkuk

Interview

Dutch Consul General to Erbil, Adriaan IJsselstein, in an interview with Rudaw. Photo: screengrab/Rudaw

18 hours ago

Netherlands backs sustainable agriculture projects in Halabja: Consul

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Kurdistan Flag Day in Erbil on December 17, 2025. Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency

19 hours ago

President Barzani urges unity under Kurdistan flag, hails the banner as emblem of peace

Iraq

Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) during a military operation on December 17, 2025. Photo: CTS/Facebook

22 hours ago

Iraq’s counter-terrorism forces arrest six ISIS ‘terrorists’ in multiple provinces

Iraq

An Iraqi film, The President’s Cake, has been shortlisted for the 2026 Oscars in the Best International Feature Film category. Photo: SonyClassics/Instagram

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‘The President’s Cake’ earns Iraq its first Oscar nomination

Kurdistan

Undated picture of President Masoud Barzani. Photo: Barzani Headquarters/Facebook

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Kurdish leaders celebrate Kurdistan Flag day

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Flag Day celebrated at Qandil School in Takiya sub-district, Chamchamal district, Sulaimani province on December 17, 2025. Photo: Peshawa Bakhtiyar/Rudaw

yesterday at 10:13

Chamchamal celebrates Kurdistan Flag Day despite flood devastation

Kurdistan

Ranj Sangawi. Graphic: Rudaw

yesterday at 09:07

Rudaw drive brings in over $5.3 million for flood-affected families in Kurdistan

World

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC on January 20, 2025. Photo: AFP

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Trump expands US travel ban to over three dozen countries, adds Syria

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Zakho SC fans win the 2025 FIFA Fan Award. Graphic: FIFA Club Football/Instagram

Zakho SC fans win FIFA 2025 Fan Award for charity campaign

Fans of the Duhok-based Zakho SC on Tuesday won the International Federation of...

Frontline Ukrainian village builds underground school bunker amid strikes

Yehor Cherniev, deputy chairman of Ukraine’s National Security, Defense and Intelligence Committee in an interview with Rudaw in Kyiv on December 5, 2025. Photo: screengrab/Rudaw

Ukraine official rejects land concessions, says Russia is buying time with talks

Yehor Cherniev, deputy chairman of Ukraine’s National Security, Defense and...

Volunteers defend Kyiv’s skies as Russia intensifies drone attacks

Interception units across Kyiv are working nightly as hundreds of Russian...

Tahrir Square in the center of Baghdad on December 1, 2025. Photo: Screengrab/Rudaw

Who will be Iraq’s next prime minister?

Sascha Graumann, UNDP deputy resident representative in Iraq, speaking to Rudaw in Erbil on November 30, 2025. Photo: Screengrab/Rudaw

Iraq, Kurdistan must develop strong digital regulatory framework: UNDP

The Rudaw Media Network holds a launch event for a special TV show for the coverage of the Kurdistan Region's upcoming elections in Erbil on September 16, 2024. Photo: Bilind T. Abdullah/Rudaw

Foreign missions praise free, objective press at Rudaw election event

Diplomats and foreign missions in the Kurdistan Region highlighted the...

Zakho expects 50 thousand tourists during Eid holidays

Germany deports Kurdish family with health issues to Iraq

Shaqlawa sets the stage for a grandiose touristic season

Iraqi police cracks down on crime in Baghdad

Kurdish melodies harmonized with Italian melodies in Sulaimani

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Halabja pomegranate festival kicks off, 300k visitors expected

PKK kicks off pullout from Turkey, nears end of four-decade conflict

Kurdish artist opens art exhibition in Erbil

Duhok hosts 18th annual grapes, honey festival

Duhok province is holding the 18th annual two-day grape and honey festival as...

Iraq exhumes large mass graves of ISIS victims

Erbil authorities to plant 5,000 orange saplings