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Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (right) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left). Photo: file/Kurdistan Region Presidency

President Barzani, Erdogan stress political solutions to regional tensions

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. File photo: IRNA

Iran president apologizes to neighbors, says strikes will stop unless attacked

Traffic jam in Sidon, southern Lebanon, as residents flee their villages amid the Hezbollah-Israel escalation on March 2, 2026. Photo: AFP

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Smoke rises following airstrikes in a central area of Tehran on March 6, 2026. Photo: Atta Kenare / AFP

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Iraq’s ruling State Administration Coalition meeting. Photo: file/INA

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A member of Iraq's security forces stands guard on the Iraqi side of the Mandali border crossing on July 11, 2020. Photo: AFP

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Polish nationals detained in Baghdad for identity verification, not espionage: Interior ministry

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Christian bloc condemns attacks on Kurdistan Region, urges Baghdad to protect sovereignty

American businesses in Baghdad face closure amid US-Iran war

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Four PMF fighters killed in airstrike in Diyala

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Turkey

A new photograph of jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan was shared at a ceremony marking the first anniversary of his to end armed struggle on February 27, 2026. Photo: submitted

27-02-2026

Ocalan backs democratic politics, praises Turkish leaders on peace process anniversary

Jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan said democratic politics must replace armed struggle and praised the roles of Turkey’s political leaders in the country's peace process, marking the one-year anniversary of his appeal to end armed struggle in a landmark message on Friday.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reviewing the guard of honour during a state visit in Ethiopia, in Addis Ababa on February 17 2026. Photo: Turkish presidency

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Erdogan vows military action ‘wherever there is a threat’

Fighters with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) line up to put their weapons into a pit during a ceremony in Sulaimaniyah, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on July 11, 2025. AFP file photo

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Turkish parliamentary vote ‘accelerates’ PKK peace process: Erdogan

A Kurdish language class in Ankara. Photo: Rudaw

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Turkey's Kurdish classrooms face teacher shortage amid unemployment

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DEM Party delegation meets jailed PKK leader

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Turkey arrests 357 suspected ISIS members in nationwide raids

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Iran

A tall plume of smoke billows from a fire next to Azadi Tower (C) following strikes near Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran on March 7, 2026. Photo: AFP

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Smoke rises following airstrikes in a central area of Tehran on March 6, 2026. Photo: Atta Kenare / AFP

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Iran’s Assembly of Experts.

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Israeli military says it launched 'broad-scale' strikes on Tehran infrastructure

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Military bases in Kermanshah heavily bombed in Rojhelat

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Another party joins Iranian Kurdish opposition alliance amid regional conflict

Widening US-Israeli strikes hit Iranian military, security sites across Rojhelat

Israel destroys 300 missile launch platforms; Iran says 170 students, teachers killed

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Syria

SDF chief Mazloum Abdi receives Syrian presidential envoy on March 2, 2026. Photo: SDF

02-03-2026

SDF chief, Syrian presidential envoy discuss integration

The transportation of 61 Druze prisoners by Syrian state forces to Suwayda to be swapped by Damascus-affiliated prisoners on February 26, 2026. Photo: Syrian state media

26-02-2026

Damascus, Druze fighters swap prisoners

25-02-2026

Protesters in Qamishli demand answers on fate of missing after clashes with Damascus forces

24-02-2026

UN says security concerns hinder large-scale returns in northern Syria

Kurdish children and their families fleeing a government advance through Kurdish-controlled areas arrive in the Kurdish Syrian city of Qamishli on January 19, 2026. File photo: AFP

24-02-2026

Three children die in besieged Kobane, doctor says

Suspected ISIS attack kills four members of security forces in Syria’s Raqqa

US begins withdrawing from major base in Rojava

Syria closes al-Hol camp after relocating thousands of ISIS-linked families

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Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (right) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left). Photo: file/Kurdistan Region Presidency

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President Barzani, Erdogan stress political solutions to regional tensions

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. File photo: IRNA

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Traffic jam in Sidon, southern Lebanon, as residents flee their villages amid the Hezbollah-Israel escalation on March 2, 2026. Photo: AFP

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25,000 Syrians flee Lebanon amid Hezbollah-Israel escalation

Iraq’s top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani

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Sistani condemns war on Iran, calls for immediate halt

People hold pictures of assassinated Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian flags during a protest against the US and Israel attack of Iran near the US Embassy in Rome, on March 3, 2026. Photo: AFP

04-03-2026

Israel warns any future Iranian leader threatening it will be targeted

Iraqi militia group claims drone attack in Jordan

US hits nearly 2,000 Iranian targets in less than 100 hours: CENTCOM

Qatar says it captured IRGC-linked spy cells as Tehran ups attacks on US Gulf bases

Israeli forces advance to 'strategic' positions in Lebanon amid escalation with Hezbollah

President Masoud Barzani, Syria's Sharaa discuss regional unrest

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US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham speaks to Rudaw in Washington DC on January 30, 2026.

Prominent Senator Graham warns abandoning Kurds would be "disgrace" for US

Iraqi police cracks down on crime in Baghdad

Young, deaf man killed over friendly football match in Baghdad

Over 100 nightclubs shut in Baghdad

Yazidis call on Iraqi govt to speed up process to build houses for Shingal returnees

Skiing with wood; Kurdish villagers in Turkey preserve cultural heritage

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Iraq exhumes large mass graves of ISIS victims

Iraq’s top leaders warmly welcome President Barzani

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Syrians search of missing family members after Assad’s downfall