War is no longer a distant headline in the Kurdish capital, Erbil. It is visible, audible, and deeply personal. Just meters from homes, explosions rip through the air. Within seconds, quiet neighborhoods turn into scenes of chaos.
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Friday said Iraq’s parliamentary elections should mark “a new beginning” for implementing the constitution and resolving longstanding disputes between Baghdad and Erbil, stressing that ignoring Kurdish rights threatens Iraq’s political stability.
In this episode of Unfinished Stories, Rudaw’s Hevidar Ahmed examines Iraq’s proposed law to restructure the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF, or Hashd al-Shaabi), exploring the debate over its impact on Iraq’s security, democracy, and relations with the United States.
In this episode of Unfinished Stories, Rudaw’s Hevidar Ahmed follows the disarmament of a first group of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters in Sulaimani province. The historic event took place on July 11.
