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The Kurdistan Region’s two ruling parties - the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) - ...

The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) on Tuesday strongly condemned an explosion that struck the Darkar camp housing internally displaced Yazidis in the Kurdistan Region’s Duhok ...

Thousands of Shiite pilgrims have gathered in Karbala, Iraq, for Ashoura, a holy day commemorating Imam Hussein’s martyrdom ...

Mesopotamia some 6000 years ago, one of the cradle of civilizations and the birthplace of the first writing system. In the ...

Tribes in Iraq's Shi'ite holy city of Najaf prepared their torches for a procession ahead of Ashura, the holiest festival in the Shi'ite calendar. Wimbledon Day 4: Djokovic, Rybakina, Sinner cruise to ...

Despite geopolitical tensions, dozens of Jews, including Israelis, have journeyed to shrine in Kurdish city of Alqosh since ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has worked in the fields of neuroscience ...

By John Lee. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani laid the foundation stone for the Al-Ghazlani City housing project in Nineveh on Monday morning. The city, the second to be built as part of ...