In a humble house on the outskirts of Zakho, one small room has become an altar to the love of a football club. Its wall

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At the most recent Kurdistan Medical and Scientific Federation in the UK (KMSF-UK) conference held in London, a young te

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High in the chill, misty hills of Penjwen, in the Kurdistan Region’s Sulaymaniyah Governorate, a single walnut tree burn

As the Middle East once again welcomed a papal visit – this time with the apostolic journey of Pope Leo XIV to Lebanon a

As daffodils blossom and the snowy peaks of Mount Zagros begin to melt, the moment signifies far more than a change of s