Iraq Kurdistan

Silhouetted Supporter of Kataeb Sayyid al-Shuhada armed faction (member of the Hashed al-Shaabi / Popular Mobilisation Forces or PMF) hold a flag during a solidarity stand against the Israeli aggression on Lebanon and Palestine near the Great Mosque ( not in veiw) of Mosul in the city of Mosul, Iraq.
Popular Mobilization Forces
MENA
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Iraq weighs new ministry to bring militias under state control

A proposed Iraqi security ministry would bring the Iran-backed PMF and other forces under a single structure amid growing international pressure

Adel Al-Nawab
22 May, 2026
A member of Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan stands while holding a machine gun at a mountain base in Khalifan near Erbil, Iraq's Kurdistan region, on March 12, 2026.
Iranian Kurds
MENA
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How did US weapons intended for Iranian Kurds disappear?

The New Arab Staff
08 May, 2026
Peace process stalls amid Turkey-PKK tensions
Turkey-PKK
MENA
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Turkey-PKK peace process stalls amid disarmament dispute

Zaid Salim
07 May, 2026
An Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric-fighter from the Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF/PMU), holds his rifle in an area after the reported liberation of Tal Afar Airport in western Mosul, on November 20, 2016
Iraq
MENA
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Deadly strikes in Iraq blamed on US and Iran

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 March, 2026
This picture taken on January 26, 2019 shows journalists filming outside the departure lounge and control tower of Sulaymaniyah International Airport
Sulaymaniyah
MENA
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Turkey flights to Iraq's Sulaimaniyah resume after ban

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 November, 2025
Turkey
MENA
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Turkish drone attack kills five in Iraq's Nineveh province  

Dana Taib Menmy
18 July, 2022
A worker monitors pressure levels at the Kar Refinery in Erbil, Iraq
Iraq
Energy
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Iraq aims to establish new oil company in Kurdistan region

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 May, 2022
Iraq
MENA
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Thousands flee after clashes erupt in Sinjar, northern Iraq

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 May, 2022
Analysis - Anfal genocide
Halabja
In-depth
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Seeking justice for the Anfal atrocities

Dana Taib Menmy
29 April, 2022
Erbil, in Iraq
Iran
MENA
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Iran delegation visits Iraqi Kurdistan after Erbil attack

The New Arab Staff
13 April, 2022
steel factory
Iraq Kurdistan
MENA
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13 workers injured in steel factory blast in Sulaymaniyah

Dana Taib Menmy
10 April, 2022
kurdistan workers on strike
Iraq Kurdistan
MENA
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Iraqi Kurdistan public workers strike over unpaid salaries

Dana Taib Menmy
07 March, 2022
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Iraq
Energy
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Iraq Kurds reject court order to cede control of oil exports

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 February, 2022
Kurdish Peshmerga forces
Islamic State group
MENA
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Four Iraqi Kurdish fighters killed in attack blamed on IS

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 December, 2021
There is violence at the Belarusian/Polish border [Getty]
Iraq Kurdistan
World
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KRG ready to facilitate the return of migrants: official

The New Arab Staff
11 November, 2021
Yazidi art has been a vital way to commemorate the 2014 genocide [Getty Images]
Yazidi genocide
Culture
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Embodying the Yazidi pain through art

The New Arab Staff

Ghazala Jango

03 June, 2021
Iraq army
United States
MENA
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Iraq forces assault last IS bastion, advance on Kurds

The New Arab & agencies
26 October, 2017
Iraqi security forces -- Anadolu
United States
Analysis
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Iraqi-Kurds are tired of being attacked with US-made weapons

Paul Iddon
24 October, 2017