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Flag of the United States (left) overlaying a picture of women from Aleppo, Syria. Graphic: Rudaw/Photo: AFP edit
14-01-2026

Is the US rethinking its strategy on the Kurdish dossier in Syria?

The Kurdistan parliament building in Erbil. Photo: Bilind T. Abdullah/Rudaw
25-11-2025

Kurdish parties' remain divided, stall KRG formation

An Iraqi voter shows her ink-marked thumb to her family members after casting her ballot at a polling station in the southern city of Basra on November 11, 2025 during Iraq's parliamentary elections. Photo: AFP
12-11-2025

Iraqis vote in a consequential election as regional tension engulfs the country

Turkish flag and PKK ceremony in Kurdistan Region on October 26, 2025 regarding withdrawal of fighters from Turkey. Graphic: Rudaw
02-11-2025

Ankara-PKK peace process: New developments expected

The building of Iraq's House of Representatives. Photo: Iraqi parliament
01-11-2025

Will a split vote harm Kurdish representation in Baghdad?

This frame grab taken from an AFPTV footage shows smoke billowing after explosions in Qatar's capital Doha on September 9, 2025.

How Israel’s Qatar strike is testing US’ Middle East alliances

Gas flaring in Kirkuk's Havana oil field on October 17, 2017. File photo: AFP

Gas flaring: a field-by-field and province-by-province analysis in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region

US presidential candidates former President Donald Trump (left) and Vice President Kamala Harris. Combined photo: AFP

Next US president faces tough decisions on Gaza, Ukraine conflicts

The Kurdistan parliament building in Erbil. Photo: Bilind T. Abdullah/Rudaw

Who’s who in Kurdistan’s parliamentary elections?

Iraq's budget and oil prices. Graphic: Rudaw Research Center

Oil price instability: What’s it mean for Iraq in 2025?

From left: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad meeting in 2011, with the background image showing people raising YPG flag. Photos: AFP. Graphic: Rudaw

What does an Erdogan-Assad rapprochement mean for Syrian Kurds?

Iraqi and Iranian banknotes. Photo: Bilind T. Abdullah/Rudaw

The impact of the Sulaimani exchange market on Iran

KDP election campaign in Erbil in October 2021. Photo:Rudaw

KDP's election boycott: How we got here and why