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

Who’s who in Kurdistan’s parliamentary elections?

The Kurdistan Region is set to head to the polls on Sunday to vote in its repeatedly-delayed parliamentary election with 1,191 candidates vying for a spot in the 100-seat legislature.

Culture Left: Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird poses with a sign reading ‘Welcome to Lincoln,’; Top right: Yazidi Cultural Centre in Lincoln; Bottom right: Shahab Bashar (right) and another Yazidi farmer pose for a photo at a farm in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photos: submitted and Mayor's office
26-09-2024

Yazidis build new Shingal in America's Midwest

Kurdistan Erbil’s historic citadel with skylines obscured by a thick haze in the background. Photo Blind T. Abdullah
28-07-2024

Breathing Erbil’s toxic haze

Analysis 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?

Kurdistan From left: a Turkish soldier, a Duhok villager and a PKK fighter, with the aftermath of a bombardment depicted in the background. Graphic: Rudaw
13-07-2024

‘Another Anfal’: Duhok villagers bear brunt of Turkey-PKK clashes

Iraq Top: A person holding the LGBTQI+ flag during a pride parade in New Delhi, India, on January 8, 2023. Photo: Sajjad Hussain/AFP. Bottom: Iraqi lawmakers vote during a parliamentary session. Photo: AFP

'Everyone feels unsafe': Iraq's LGBT+ community horrified by law passage

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

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

Kurdistan Photographs shared by Iranian media claiming to illustrate Peshraw Dizayee's ties to Israel, but appear to have been doctored.

FACT-CHECK: Iran’s failed attempt to spread disinformation on Kurdistan

Kurdistan Erbil city. Photo: Bilind T. Abdullah/ Rudaw

Drone attacks put fear into Erbil’s struggling real estate sector

Syria Students hold up Kurdish language books in a class in Rojava. Photo: ANHA/file

Kurdish language finally flourishing in Rojava

Analysis 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

People & Places File Photo: Bilind T. Abdullah/Rudaw

The silent wails of Rojhelati workers in Kurdistan Region

Iraq Mourners attend a mass for the victims of the wedding hall fire at a church in Hamdaniya, also known as Qaraqosh or Bakhdida, on September 28, 2023. Photo: AFP

‘No reason to keep living:’ Hamdaniya fire burns all hope