A Kurdish lawmaker in the Iraqi parliament on Sunday accused Baghdad of hypocrisy in its dealings with Erbil, claiming the federal government applies excessive scrutiny to the Kurdistan Region while ...

After four decades of insurgency, Abdullah Öcalan’s call for democratic politics signals a transformative moment in the ...

President Masoud Barzani congratulates the Kurdistan Social Democratic Party on its 49th anniversary, commending the ...

Syria will not take part in Paris talks on incorporating the Kurdish semi-autonomous administration into the Syrian state, a ...

That sent a chilling message to the opposition and further narrowed the space in Turkey for democratic engagement. A sense of ...

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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A senior member of the Kurdistan Social Democratic Party (KSDP) on Tuesday accused security forces ...

Ever since the region effectively gained independence from Saddam Hussein's dictatorship in 1991, its government has been dominated by two political blocs: the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the ...

The democratic autonomy movement in North Kurdistan is part of the wider movements for 'democratic confederalism' in Kurdistan. In the writing of Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the ...

On Nov. 9, 1994, four Iranian warplanes, likely F-4 Phantom IIs, penetrated Iraqi Kurdistan’s airspace and bombed a camp belonging to the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) in Koi Sanjaq ...

Massoud Barzani, leader of Kurdistan Democratic Party whose forces now control northern Kurdish region of Iraq, with help from Iraqi army, says he wants area to be castle of peace and democracy ...