As the salary standoff between Baghdad and Erbil intensifies, high-level political meetings are underway to prevent a rupture. Hadi al-Ameri, head of the Badr Organization, is expected to visit KDP…
A rare public disagreement has surfaced between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and its longtime Marxist ally, the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (MLKP), following the PKK’s historic decision to dissolve itself…
Yesterday’s decision by the Iraqi Finance Ministry to halt KRG public employee salaries comes as no surprise. The trigger was first pulled by KDP leader Masoud Barzani, who has long…
In what is widely interpreted as a response to the Kurdistan Regional Government’s recent unilateral signing of energy contracts in the United States without consulting the Iraqi federal government, the…
In a significant countermove following the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) recent energy agreements in Washington, the Iraqi Finance Ministry has announced that it has already fulfilled its full budgetary obligation…
A delegation from the Kurdish-led administration in northeast Syria is reportedly heading to Damascus, with Syria TV suggesting the visit could begin as early as today, to launch a new…
In Ankawa, Erbil’s Christian-majority district, public frustration is mounting over the rapid spread of nightclubs and hotels, amid growing reports of rising prostitution. This has sparked a grassroots campaign to…