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Gas flaring in Kirkuk's Havana oil field on October 17, 2017. File photo: AFP
09-04-2025

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
04-11-2024

Next US president faces tough decisions on Gaza, Ukraine conflicts

The Kurdistan parliament building in Erbil. Photo: Bilind T. Abdullah/Rudaw
19-10-2024

Who’s who in Kurdistan’s parliamentary elections?

Iraq's budget and oil prices. Graphic: Rudaw Research Center
18-09-2024

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
23-07-2024

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

Excess flammable gasses burning from gas flares at the Havana oil field west of Kirkuk on October 17, 2017. Photo: AFP

Will Gaza conflict spillover hamper restarting Kurdistan's oil exports?

Salary distribution process for civil servants at a public Erbil bank on August 19, 2020. Photo: Bilind T. Abdullah/Rudaw

Analyzing the path to stability: Iraqi dinar and US dollar dynamics

Israeli strikes targeting the Gaza Strip in October, 2023. Photos: AFP; Graphic: Aland Qaradaxi/Rudaw

Will the war in Gaza spill over to the Middle East?

Kurds flying their flag during an event aimed to encourage people to vote in the independence referendum in Erbil. Date: September 15, 2017. Photo: AFP

Stronger Baghdad hampers Kurdish dream of independence

A busy bazaar and park sit at the foot of Erbil's historic citadel. Photo: Karwan Faidhi Dri/Rudaw/file

Uncertainty plagues Kurdistan Region's democracy

A woman walks past the Green Left Party logo and a banner with a portrait of Erdogan handing on the historical Sur castle in Diyarbakir city on May 1, 2023. Photo: AFP

What went wrong with Turkey’s Kurds?